Casualty (series 2)

The second series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 12 September 1987 and finished on 19 December 1987.^[1]

Production

While the first series of Casualty had been filmed in London, a permanent place for the Set had now been found – a warehouse in Bristol. However, accompanying the publicity for the start of the new series were comments by producer Geraint Morris that there would be no more programmes, stating quite unequivocally that: "We felt it should end on a high after thirty episodes."

Once again as the characters of Holby's A&E department battled to save their night shift on screen, off screen a similar battle was being waged – and won. After six weeks on air, the critics were finally warming to the series and there were no longer any Government complaints about content. Following the dramatic episode Cry For Help, in which Paramedic Sandra Mute is stabbed the programme seemed to secure audiences of more than 10 million and therefore a sense of security to the programme.

An example of the series' now infamous tendency to bare similarity to real life events came during an episode where the team had to dig out bodies from a house bombed in an IRA attack. Just hours after being screen, an IRA bomb ripped through Enniskillen. It seemed that the writers had put their fingers on the country's pulse without exaggeration and from that point onwards no one dared to call it far-fetched again.^[2]

Cast

For series 2, the majority of the original cast remained unchanged. Continuing into Series 2 were consultant Ewart Plimmer (Bernard Gallagher), nurses Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson), Megan Roach (Brenda Fricker), and Lisa "Duffy" Duffin (Cathy Shipton), paramedics Sandra Mute (Lisa Bowerman) and Andrew Ponting (Robert Pugh), receptionist Susie Mercier (Debbie Roza) and porter Kuba Trzcinski (Christopher Rozycki).

Joining the regular cast were administrator Elizabeth Straker (Maureen O'Brien), senior house officer Mary Tomlinson (Helena Little), student nurses Karen O’Malley (Kate Hardie) and Cyril James (Eddie Nestor), paramedics Shirley Franklin (Ella Wilder) and Keith Cotterill (Geoffery Leesley). Nigel Anthony and Sonia Woolley had recurring roles as Ted Roach and Ros Plimmer respectively.^[3]

Episodes

Notes

1. ↑ "Episode No." refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Series No." refers to the episode's number in this particular series.

References

External links

• Casualty series 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• Casualty series 2 at TV.com