Casualty (1986)

04x08 Deluge

There's a crisis at Holby due to cut backs and it puts a strain on all the staff, when patients are kept waiting in corridors because there are no beds available. One of Megan's patient's, who has just lost a baby ends up rowing with the husband because of it and Megan has to keep apologising to them for not being able to move her to the ward. Duffy's first patient has a broken leg but she's more upset by the timing of her accident because she was about to go on holiday. After years of holidaying in the UK, she had finally persuaded her husband to go abroad and now they can't go but Duffy sees no reason why, after treatment, they can't go. Charlie and Valerie are at loggerheads over the bed shortage and when she offers him a course to go on, he sees it as a waste of valuable money, in the current crisis. Duffy's not pleased with him either for allowing Alex to go out with the ambulance team. The receptionist, Julie Stevens, is at odds with Jimmy, the porter over getting drunk on

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Cast

Derek Thompson Derek Thompson As: Charlie Fairhead
Brenda Fricker Brenda Fricker As: Megan Roach
Eddie Nestor Eddie Nestor As: Cyril James
William Gaminara William Gaminara As: Andrew Bower
Robson Green Robson Green As: Jimmy Powell
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There's a crisis at Holby due to cut backs and it puts a strain on all the staff, when patients are kept waiting in corridors because there are no beds available. One of Megan's patient's, who has just lost a baby ends up rowing with the husband because of it and Megan has to keep apologising to them for not being able to move her to the ward. Duffy's first patient has a broken leg but she's more upset by the timing of her accident because she was about to go on holiday. After years of holidaying in the UK, she had finally persuaded her husband to go abroad and now they can't go but Duffy sees no reason why, after treatment, they can't go. Charlie and Valerie are at loggerheads over the bed shortage and when she offers him a course to go on, he sees it as a waste of valuable money, in the current crisis. Duffy's not pleased with him either for allowing Alex to go out with the ambulance team. The receptionist, Julie Stevens, is at odds with Jimmy, the porter over getting drunk on


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Aired: 27 October, 1989 at 9:15 pm

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom

Runtime: 50m

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Writing Credits

Bill Gallagher

Bill Gallagher

Writer

Bryan Elsley

Bryan Elsley

Writer

Sam Snape

Sam Snape

Writer

Cast

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

Charlie Fairhead

Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker

Megan Roach

Eddie Nestor

Eddie Nestor

Cyril James

William Gaminara

William Gaminara

Andrew Bower

Robson Green

Robson Green

Jimmy Powell

Geoffrey Leesley

Geoffrey Leesley

Keith Cotterill

Susan Franklyn

Susan Franklyn

Valerie Sinclair

Catherine Shipton

Catherine Shipton

Lisa 'Duffy' Duffin

Tam Hoskyns

Tam Hoskyns

Lucy Perry

Belinda Davison

Belinda Davison

Alex Spencer

Vivienne McKone

Vivienne McKone

Julie Stevens

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