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| Casualty 1909 | |
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 Casualty 1909 title sequence |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Directed by | Bryn Higgins |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Bryn Higgins |
| Running time | 58 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Stone City Films |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One BBC HD |
| Original run | 14 June 2009 – 19 July 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Casualty 1907 |
Casualty 1909 is a British hospital drama television programme, broadcast by the BBC.
It plunges the viewer into the Receiving Room - a similar concept to today's Accident and Emergency - 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 based on cases, characters and events taken from the actual hospital records, nurse's Ward Diaries and intimate memoirs. Casualty 1909, like its preceding series, is an unbroken experience of life with pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred years ago among the desperately poor.
It was preceded by a single episode of Casualty 1906, and Casualty 1907, which ran for three episodes. Casualty 1909 was extended to 6 episodes.[1]
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Episodes
Episode One
Revolution grips the East End as an explosion brings fears of a bomb, and Ethel Bennett and Dr Millais Culpin struggle to control the angry victims. When detectives arrive, Matron Luckes and Chairman Sydney Holland fear the hospital is in danger of becoming an extension of Scotland Yard. Meanwhile, Sister Ada Russell battles with irascible star surgeon Mr Henry Dean, whose addiction to cocaine is an open secret. And ambitious young Dr Ingrams faces catastrophe in the operating theatre.[2]
Episode Two
A scandal brews as Nurse Goodley suspects that Mr Dean is ignoring the terrible side-effects of a new anaesthetic, and battles internally as whether she should risk everything and turn whistleblower. Sister Ada Russell copes with her first day in reception following reassignment. Nurse Bennett fears that her secret alliance with Dr Culpin has been discovered when Matron Luckes sends her into private nursing.[3]
Episode Three
The strain of being 'married to the hospital' takes its toll on Sister Ada Russell, as she nears collapse. On one of the London's Jewish wards, Nurse Goodley finds herself increasingly drawn to the charismatic radical Saul Landau - but Saul has a life-threatening illness.[4]
Episode Four
Sister Russell discovers the secret of probationer Nellie Bowers when she catches her sneaking out to see a mysterious young man. The London admits a woman brought in wearing pauper's clothes yet with silk underwear underneath. Meanwhile, the brilliant pioneer Dr Henry Head commits to performing a dangerous experiment on himself.[5]
Episode Five
Dr Culpin is powerless to help when Ethel Bennett rushes to her dying brother in a naval hospital. Star surgeon Mr Dean faces destruction through his cocaine addiction. Sister Russell breaks the strict rules of Matron Luckes when she sneaks out of the London to help a young mother.[6]
Episode Six
All the secrets burst open, as Matron Luckes clashes with Sister Russell for leaving the London to help a family in the slums, while Dr Culpin clashes with Bennett for giving up studying to be a doctor. Mr Dean, supposedly clean, returns to work in the Operating Theatre. In the dead of night a sweatshop catches fire, bringing in scores of injured children, and the staff struggle to avert tragedy.[7]
Broadcast
Casualty 1909 was broadcast on Sunday nights through June and July 2009 at 9pm on BBC One and - a first for the Casualty 1900s series - BBC HD.
| Episode | Broadcast date | Channels | Viewer avg. | Share | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | 14 June 2009 | BBC One & BBC HD | 3.5 million | 16% | [2][8] |
| Two | 21 June 2009 | BBC One & BBC HD | 3.1 million | 13% | [3][9] |
| Three | 28 June 2009 | BBC One & BBC HD | 3.1 million | 13% | [4][10] |
| Four | 5 July 2009 | BBC One & BBC HD | 3.3 million | 14% | [5][11] |
| Five | 12 July 2009 | BBC One & BBC HD | 2.9 million | 12% | [6][12] |
| Six | 19 July 2009 | BBC One & BBC HD | 3.3 million | 15% | [7][13] |
DVD Release
The complete Casualty 1900s series has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK. The DVD comprises Casualty 1906, Casualty 1907 and Casualty 1909.
Cast
Main Characters
- Cherie Lunghi as Matron Eva Luckes
- Sarah Smart as Sister Ada Russell
- Will Houston as Dr Millais Culpin
- Nicholas Farrell as Chairman Sydney Holland
- Charity Wakefield as Nurse Ethel Bennet
- David Troughton as Hurry Fenwick
- Paul Hilton as Henry Percy Dean
- Lydia Leonard as Nurse Laura Goodley
- Tom Hughes as Dr Harry Ingrams
- Anton Lesser as Dr Henry Head
- Tessa Parr as Nellie Bowers
- Andrew Readman as Ernest Morris
- Jo Hartley as Anna
- Rebecca Johnson as Sister Spencer
- Aidan McArdle as Saul Landau
- Imogen Bain as Mrs Anderson
- Eleanor Bron as Miss De Burgh
Supporting Characters
- Kenneth Colley as Frederick Smith
- Dorothy Atkinson as Nurse Granger
- Eamon Geoghegan as Hospital Steward
- Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Deborah Lynch
- Kate Fleetwood as Grace Barnes
- Clare Higgins as Mrs Ramsbury
- Amy Stratton as Mrs Tabard
- Jon Lolis as Stepanovs
- John Davies as Uncle Mick
- Grace Cassidy as Teenage Girl
- David de Keyser as Mr Fischoff
- Caroline Harding as Edith Dean
- Lisa Brookes as Nurse Ansett
- Jennie Stoller as Mrs Gold
- Tim Woodward as DSI Hatton
- Christopher Wright as Mr Knopf
- Colin Tierney as Prescott
References
- ^ "BBC One to screen 'Casualty 1909'". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a150649/bbc-one-to-screen-casualty-1909.html. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Episode One 'Casualty 1909'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lb1vj. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Episode Two 'Casualty 1909'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lbtgn. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Episode Three 'Casualty 1909'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ldhcm. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Episode Four 'Casualty 1909'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lllty. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Episode Five 'Casualty 1909'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lpkn9. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Episode Six 'Casualty 1909'". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lsymm. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Week ending 14th of June TV ratings: Sunday". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/15/tv-ratings-cricket-andy-murray. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Week ending 21st of June TV ratings: Sunday". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/22/top-gear-tv-ratings. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Week ending 28th of June TV ratings: Sunday". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/29/blur-glastonbury-tv-ratings. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Week ending 5th of July TV ratings: Sunday". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/06/roger-federer-wimbledon-ratings. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Week ending 12th of July TV ratings: Sunday". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/13/stephen-fry-kingdom-tv-ratings. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ^ "Week ending 19th of July TV ratings: Sunday". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jul/20/taggart-tv-ratings. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
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