Casualty

Series 5

TV-PG
A long-running UK medical drama series depicting the working, and also the private, lives of the hospital staff, paramedics and patients attending the small but frantically busy Accident and Emergency department of the large Holby City Hospital.

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13 Episodes

  • Penalty
    E1
    PenaltyA riot at the local football match brings several casualties from opposing factions. Megan buries her husband. Duffy is now a single mother to a baby boy. New doctor Julian Chapman gives new doctor Beth Ramanee a telling off, and it's pizza and salt & vinegar crisps for tea.
  • Results
    E2
    ResultsA couple of addicts hijack Keith & Jane's ambulance and get stoned on various substances. Some students overdo their exam result celebrations; a lorry has brake failure and Jimmy tries his luck with Jane.
  • Close to Home
    E3
    Close to HomeJimmy wakes up in a woman's flat and later comes to the rescue when a patient's briefcase is stolen. A firefighter realises his career is over. Megan has a run in with a psycho mum and a date with social services bloke Tony.
  • Street Life
    E4
    Street LifePatients include a runaway girl; a dutiful, lonely son who wishes to be free of his mother; a pair of shoplifters; an illiterate man with an acid burn; a young thug with a flirtatious girlfriend and a hooker with hepatitis and a horrible pimp.
  • Hiding Place
    E5
    Hiding PlaceA man makes suicide by Valium into a game of hide and seek; a former boxer sorts out some unruly bus passengers; Tony invites Megan to Paris. A cop pursues a junkie with enthusiasm and Charlie has yet another car.
  • Salvation
    E6
    SalvationDuffy narrowly avoids being run over then gets chatted up by the driver; a young woman is seriously injured when two fools have a car race; a man's religious beliefs won't allow his daughter kidney dialysis.
  • Say it with Flowers
    E7
    Say it with FlowersDistressed at the death of porter Harry, Charlie phones in sick and then goes to the pub where he is chatted up by drinking girl Lucy. Julian visits Charlie and gives him an Alcoholics Anonymous card. He also gets a visit from Lucy. Duffy is propositioned by another patient who is even more unsuitable than the one in the previous episode; a model takes a fall and an old lady wishes to conceal a large amount of cash from her husband.
  • Love's a Pain
    E8
    Love's a PainDuffy's let down by her child minder and is grateful to receptionist Helen's offer of help but then her mother arrives and agrees to take him. Julian has to operate on stab victim Reg to save his life, as his mother, Mavis arrives and Tony's got problems trying to fetch Reg's daughter Tina. When she finally turns up with a friend, Megan convinces her she's not to blame for his accident but her Gran does and they argue and she leaves. On her return the two agree to unite for Reg's sake and go to intensive care to see him. A wife gets caught with her boss by an unsuspecting husband and when he goes berserk, they all end up in casualty. Julian attends to John's injuries and he admits his affair with Diane, caused Gordon to attack him. As Gordon talks to Diane and the children, they're told John's dead and the police arrest him for murder. A young woman's attempted suicide is thwarted again but when her father arrives, he insists she leaves with him and Tony asks Megan to accompany h
  • A Will to Die
    E9
    A Will to DieDuffy's at her wits end trying to cope with the pressures of work and motherhood and is relieved, when her mother takes Peter away to give her a break, but Megan decides they should have a girls night out. Josh and Jane bring in a young black remand prisoner, who's been sexually assaulted and Beth intervenes on his behalf, to prevent him being sent back. Jimmy finds his chess mate pal, Frank has been admitted, who refuses to help himself, until his estranged mother arrives and they are reconciled and she offers him a home. A mother and daughter cause concern but tragedy strikes when the youngster takes an overdoes and dies. A gas explosion on a boat has horrific effects on Jenny, who's having an affair with her best friend's husband and has to be transferred to the burns clinic for further treatment. The wife turns up and having got over the shock of the affair, goes with Jenny and leaves Peter to fend for himself.
  • Big Boys Don't Cry
    E10
    Big Boys Don't CryParamedics Josh and Lily are faced with a life-threatening situation when they answer a call to an isolated house; the team battle to save a schoolboy who has tried to hang himself and Megan receives an unexpected visit from Tony's wife.
  • Remembrance
    E11
    RemembranceJimmy's new girlfriend, a student nurse, causes trouble for Jimmy in the department; a racist warehouse foreman and a worker arrive after inhaling chlorine fumes and a man brings in his difficult mother and asks Julian to end her life.
  • All's Fair
    E12
    All's FairJulian's weekend "war games" are halted when his gaming partner is admitted with an injured ankle; a diabetic woman finds Ash a comfort and Megan and Beth try to unlock a family secret that could explain a young girl's suicide attempt.
  • A Reasonable Man
    E13
    A Reasonable ManA schizophrenic man arrives after an accident but it's discovered he has shot his wife's friend dead suspecting an affair. When he sees the police, he is spooked and holds Megan at gunpoint in resus - can she safely be rescued by Charlie?

Cast of Series 5

  • Ian BleasdaleJosh Griffiths
  • Derek ThompsonCharlie Fairhead
  • Mamta KaashBeth Ramanee
  • Brenda FrickerMegan Roach
  • Robson GreenJimmy Powell
  • Eamon BolandTony Walker
  • Maggie McCarthyHelen Green
  • Geoffrey LeesleyKeith Cotterill
  • Catherine ShiptonLisa 'Duffy' Duffin
  • Patrick RobinsonMartin 'Ash' Ashford
  • Andrew CartmelWriter

 

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