Does anyone watch Casualty?

[MeinKraft]

I saw Casualty featured on Gogglebox tonight and I would quite like to start watching it! But where to start? There's bound to be about 30 years worth of episodes? Should I just watch the most recent one and try to piece it together?

A person who has never watxhed Casualty is quite rarity 😀

Im guessing maybe you aren't British. I haven't seen it for years so can't help but was intrigued by your thread title as millions of people watch it

Oh I am! I vaguely remember it being on when I was younger but that was decades ago

It’s very easy to pick up. There’s episode specific stories but the ongoing stuff usually about the staff you might have to piece together.

There’s been a big event recently with a fair few charterers leaving and new ones joining so you could get up to speed quite quickly…if you want to backtrack go from Season 37, Episode 22 (last 10 episodes) which is where I picked up from recently having not watched for a few years.

I sometime catch a snippet when I'm flicking through the channels and without fail I mutter to myself, 'how is that shite still on the telly?'

I mean how??

Bloody Charlie is probably still on it looking perplexed.

Drama channel play re-runs of the old episodes.

Charlie has just announced he is leaving this week 😢

No you wouldn't need to catch you with the last 30 odd years, there might be bits about the staff you might not get.

You can always ask about staff things on the Casualty thread (there's always a dedicated thread on here been ongoing for years. (Where we complain about there being too many staff stories.))

I remember watching it years ago when they had a tragic incident/accident and then it showed the aftermath in the show. But I saw the Gogglebox thing tonight and… er, it didn’t seem quite the same these days. With the snake on the loose.

well it can't be said he hasn't had a good innings. time for him to look perplexed elsewhere.

Apparently Charlie was the highest paid British TV actor at one point - which for someone who can't act is quite remarkable!

I also saw Gogglebox tonight and was surprised to see Barney Walsh in it. Much as he seems a nice young man when on TV with Bradley, he's also someone who's not going to win any acting awards any time soon.

I watched it when I was at primary school. I remember characters called Ash, Duffy, Julian and of course Charlie. Glanced at it recently for the first time in about 30 years and couldn’t believe he was still there! The Ken Barlow of BBC drama. Wouldn’t he have retired from nursing in real life by now (sorry if that sounds ageist but he must be mid 70s)?

Was there a spin off called Holby or similar..?

Thanks! That's where I will start then

Only when one of my cars is on it. :)

How far did you get op?
This week's episode with Gethin is one of the most powerful I've ever seen....