Interesting quote from BBC Director of Drama
Piers Wenger, who's Director of BBC Drama, said: "It was an incredibly difficult decision. But you know, when [Director-General of the BBC] Tim Davie gave us some very clear direction on wanting to make more drama across the UK, and we knew we had EastEnders, Holby and Casualty – all of which are based in the South, albeit Casualty in Wales – we knew we needed to better reflect life across the whole of England
he’s given a directive of “across the UK”, but choses to limit this to England.
IMO casualty is suffering because
there aren’t enough characters the audience actually cares about
storylines are wheeled-in and then disposed of.
See the stupid “cat-fishing Charlie” SL which went precisely nowhere. It could have been so much more - SM targeting of an elderly man and the subsequent impact on him - not just humiliation, but realising the world has moved on and left him behind.
Or how about the recent Robyn/surrogacy SL? Was there any discussion about the whole issue of surrogacy? Or that Robyn was too heavy to safely undergo super ovulatory drugs? Or that Marty and Adi were in a very new relationship and Marty was clearly just going along with the idea to please Adi? Not to mention the aspects of coercive control. But no, it ended just as it began - as a half-thought out, partly baked mess.
increasingly, Casualty is out of touch.
Robyn, a single mother, rarely has issues with shift work and child care. Likewise Ethan.
Charlie is far too old and frail to manage a full shift in a busy ED.
you want to have an IVF baby? No problem! No waiting for appointments, oh no. You can just go straight ahead. clearly, if you are a social worked you earn pots of money in Casualty-land, unlike nurses.
You want to walk straight into a school - go right ahead! The door is open and you can spend time alone with a young child.
there hasn’t been a single school shooting in the U.K. since Dunblane. Except in Holby, which has had not one, but two. You would think their schools would be more safety conscious, wouldn’t you?