Country of origin United Kingdom Original network BBC One
BBC One HD | No. of episodes 44 | |
Original release 18 August 2012 – 20 July 2013 | ||
The twenty-seventh series of Casualty began airing on BBC One on 18 August 2012 with an episode featuring a disaster at a music festival. Filming series 26 was completed in April 2012 and filming series 27 began a week later. The first episode was in the normal format – a 50-minute episode. This season is 44 episodes, increasing from 42 for the previous one. Viewing figures for the first episode were 5.19 million viewers, continuing to be one of the most watched programmes of a Saturday night.
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This series saw the departures of Dylan Keogh (William Beck), Linda Andrews (Christine Tremarco), Lloyd Asike (Michael Obiora), and long-standing character Nick Jordan (Michael French); as well as the returns of former nurse, now consultant Martin "Ash" Ashford (Patrick Robinson) who last appeared fifteen years previously and former ambulance dispatcher, now receptionist Louise Tyler (Azuka Oforka). This series also saw the introduction of four new student nurses: Ally Hunter (Rebecca Newman), Aoife O'Reilly (Gemma-Leah Devereux), Robyn Miller (Amanda Henderson), and Jamie Collier (Daniel Anthony) - with only the latter two receiving a promotion to staff nurse and continuing into the next series.
Main characters
Recurring characters
Most of the cast from Series 26 carried over into Series 27. Scarlett Conway (Madeleine Mantock) and Nick Jordan (Michael French) left the show in the finale of Series 26. Tamzin Bayle (Gemma Atkinson) and Louise Tyler (Asuka Oforka) returned in episode one. Denise Andrews (Kate McEvoy) — Linda's sister — returned briefly as the cleaner in ED. Dylan Keogh (William Beck) left the show in the final episode of 2012. Four new Student Nurses joined the show in January 2013. Nick Jordan (Michael French) returned for four episodes and Yvonne Rippon (Rachel Shelley) returned for two episodes. Former nurse, Martin "Ash" Ashford (Patrick Robinson) returned after a 15-year break in February as a Locum Consultant. Linda Andrews (Christine Tremarco) left in episode 35 and Lloyd Asike (Michael Obiora) left in episode 38.
Crew
Nikki Wilson will continue to be series producer. Oliver Kent has been announced as the new Executive Producer of the show, a post which he will take up in April following the departure of Johnathan Young.