Overview Most of the cast from
series 25 carried over to the new series. These were senior charge nurse
Charlie Fairhead, played by
Derek Thompson, consultants
Nick Jordan,
Zoe Hanna and Dylan Keogh (
Michael French,
Sunetra Sarker and William Beck), trust grade doctor
Ruth Winters (
Georgia Taylor),
Core Training 2 doctor Lenny Lyons (
Steven Miller), clinical nurse manager
Tess Bateman (
Suzanne Packer), staff nurses Jay Faldren and Linda Andrews (
Ben Turner and
Christine Tremarco), paramedics
Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon and
Jeff Collier (
Jane Hazlegrove and
Matt Bardock), porter
Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker (
Charles Dale) and receptionist
Noel Garcia (
Tony Marshall). Series 26 saw the brief addition to the cast of
Gemma Atkinson (formerly
Lisa Hunter in
Hollyoaks) and
Dhaffer L'Abidine (previously Marcel Sabatier in
Dream Team). as paramedics Tamzin Bayle and Omar Nasri; their characters were written out early in the series, but Atkinson made two further brief returns, one in series 27 and one that stretched from late series 28 until early series 29.
Michael Obiora and
Madeleine Mantock joined the cast as newly qualified staff nurses Lloyd Asike and Scarlett Conway. Later in the series, Charlotte Salt joined the cast as Dr Sam Nicholls, an army medic who was later revealed to be married to consultant Dylan Keogh.
Oliver Coleman joined the cast on 7 January 2012, the first episode filmed in Cardiff, playing paediatric specialty doctor Tom Kent. New staff nurse Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher (
Alex Walkinshaw) joined the show on 7 July 2012.
Main characters •
Matt Bardock as
Jeff Collier •
William Beck as
Dylan Keogh •
Oliver Coleman as
Tom Kent (from episode 17) •
Charles Dale as
Big Mac •
Michael French as
Nick Jordan (until episode 42) •
Jane Hazlegrove as
Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon •
Madeleine Mantock as
Scarlett Conway (episodes 2−42) •
Tony Marshall as
Noel Garcia •
Steven Miller as
Lenny Lyons (until episode 38) •
Michael Obiora as
Lloyd Asike (from episode 2) •
Suzanne Packer as
Tess Bateman •
Charlotte Salt as
Sam Nicholls (from episode 9) •
Sunetra Sarker as
Zoe Hanna •
Georgia Taylor as
Ruth Winters (until episode 16) •
Derek Thompson as
Charlie Fairhead •
Christine Tremarco as
Linda Andrews •
Ben Turner as
Jay Faldren (until episode 16) •
Alex Walkinshaw as
Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher (from episode 39)
Recurring characters • Devon Beigan as Britney Andrews (from episode 19) • Kate McEvoy as
Denise Andrews • Taylor Parry as Joe Andrews (from episode 19) •
Rachel Shelley as Yvonne Rippon (from episode 18)
Guest characters •
Gemma Atkinson as
Tamzin Bayle (episodes 1−7) •
Danny Dyer as Rossy (episode 23) •
Dhaffer L'Abidine as Omar Nasri (episodes 1−7) •
Marshall Lancaster as Keith Parr (episodes 17−33) •
Azuka Oforka as
Louise Tilney (episodes 7−12) •
Michael Stevenson as
Iain Dean (episode 33) ==Episodes==