Quick Info
Status: Ended
Network: BBC One
Type: Scripted
Rating: 7.9/10
Casualty 1900s
Overview
Featuring true cases, characters and events taken from the London Hospital records, nurse's ward diaries and intimate memoirs, these gritty medical series show the lives – and forbidden romances – of pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred years ago.
This production, originally released in 2008, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Drama genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 7.9 across its 2 seasons.
- Storyline Highlights:
- • Explores themes within Drama.
- • Produced in United Kingdom.
- • Original Language: English.
Starring Cast
Cherie Lunghi
Eva Luckes
Sarah Smart
Ada Russell
William Houston
Millais Culpin
Paul Hilton
Henry Percy Dean
Nicholas Farrell
Sydney Holland
Tom Hughes
Harry Ingrams
David Troughton
Harry Fenwick
Charity Wakefield
Ethel Bennet
Seasons
Specials
1 Episodes • Aired 2006-12-03
Casualty 1906 is an innovative hospital drama that plunges the viewer into the Receiving Room (today's A&E) of the London hospital deep in the teeming East End. The drama is shot with the pace and action of its modern day counterpart and namesake, Casualty, but every case and character is true. Focusing on cases, characters and events taken from the actual hospital records, nurse's Ward Diaries and intimate memoirs, 'Casualty 1906' is an unbroken experience of life with pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred years ago among the desperately poor.
Casualty 1907
3 Episodes • Aired 2008-03-29
Uses case notes, ward diaries and memoirs from archives at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, to bring real doctors, nurses and patients from a Edwardian London hospital back to life.
Casualty 1909
6 Episodes • Aired 2009-06-13
Available records and diaries of nurses, doctors, and patients of the London hospital are put to life in this compelling series about the historic London Hospital.
