Overview The thirty-first series of
Casualty features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of
Holby City Hospital. The majority of the cast from the
previous series continue to appear in this series.
Amanda Mealing appears as clinical lead and
consultant in
emergency medicine Connie Beauchamp, whilst
Jaye Griffiths and
William Beck appear as consultants
Elle Gardner, who also briefly acted as clinical lead, and
Dylan Keogh.
George Rainsford,
Richard Winsor and
Crystal Yu portray
speciality registrars Ethan Hardy,
Caleb "Cal" Knight and
Lily Chao.
Chelsea Halfpenny appears as
Alicia Munroe, a second year
foundation doctor (F2).
Charles Venn portrays
clinical nurse manager Jacob Masters, whilst
Derek Thompson stars as
senior charge nurse Charlie Fairhead, who has appeared in the show since its conception. Amanda Henderson, Azuka Oforka and
Jason Durr play
staff nurses
Robyn Miller,
Louise Tyler and
David Hide.
Michael Stevenson and
Lloyd Everitt star as
paramedics Iain Dean and
Jez Andrews.
Tony Marshall and
Jamie Davis appear as
receptionist and
porter Noel Garcia and
Max Walker respectively.
Emily Carey and
Owain Arthur appear as
Grace Beauchamp-Strachan and
Glen Thomas in a recurring capacity. It was announced on 7 June 2016 that, following three guest appearances in the previous series,
Cathy Shipton had returned to the show as a regular cast member. Her character,
Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, who appeared in the show across various stints since its inception, returned in the opening episode of the series. Of Shipton's return, Kent said, "All of us at Casualty are incredibly excited that the fabulous Cathy Shipton has agreed to bring Duffy back to the Emergency Department." Hossington announced that Sam would be reintroduced to the series after receiving a job as the hospital's medical director. Sam returned in episode 24. It was announced on 7 February 2017 that the show had filmed a funeral for a regular character, and episode 33 featured the death of Cal Knight (Winsor) after he was stabbed by a
white supremacist who blamed Ethan for his father's death. Winsor decided to leave the series of his own accord, but was initially surprised to discover his character would be killed off, before coming round to the idea. which included:
Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker (
Charles Dale), who departed the show in the previous series;
Tess Bateman (
Suzanne Packer), who appeared in the show for twelve years; Bleasdale made a further three appearances in the series as Josh in episodes 20, 21 and 36. Mealing, Stevenson, Everitt and
Tonicha Lawrence, who plays patient Stephanie Sims, appeared in the episode of
Holby City that followed the feature-length special, "
Protect and Serve". Kent promised "several" more crossovers between the two shows following this. Marcel also appeared in episode 3, alongside
John Michie, who plays consultant
neurosurgeon Guy Self on
Holby City.
Hugh Quarshie guest appeared as acting CEO
Ric Griffin in episodes 17 and 18. The character appeared in episode 30. On 31 August 2016, it was confirmed that
Rik Makarem had joined the cast as
Sebastian Grayling. Makarem made his first on-screen appearance in episode 10, on 29 October 2016. Sebastian's father, Archie Grayling, a consultant surgeon, was introduced for the storyline.
James Wilby was cast in the role of Archie and also left in episode 17. and departed in episode 33. The show's winter 2016 trailer confirmed Lawrence had reprised her role, and Steph made another appearance in episode 23. St. Clement's return to the role was announced on 12 December 2016, and Hossington confirmed that she would return for a guest appearance in March; Collett reprised the role in episodes 17, 18 and 25. Killoran appeared in two episodes, before his character was killed off, whereas the rest of the family began making recurring appearances.
Main characters •
William Beck as
Dylan Keogh •
Jamie Davis as
Max Walker •
Jason Durr as
David Hide •
Lloyd Everitt as
Jez Andrews •
Jaye Griffiths as
Elle Gardner •
Chelsea Halfpenny as
Alicia Munroe • Amanda Henderson as
Robyn Miller •
Tony Marshall as
Noel Garcia •
Amanda Mealing as
Connie Beauchamp • Azuka Oforka as
Louise Tyler •
George Rainsford as
Ethan Hardy •
Cathy Shipton as
Lisa "Duffy" Duffin (from episode 1) •
Michael Stevenson as
Iain Dean •
Derek Thompson as
Charlie Fairhead •
Charles Venn as
Jacob Masters •
Richard Winsor as
Caleb Knight (until episode 34) •
Crystal Yu as
Lily Chao Recurring characters • Billy Angel as Hugo Bonning • Owain Arthur as
Glen Thomas (until episode 9) • Will Austin as
Scott Ellisson •
Lucy Benjamin as
Denise Ellisson •
Emily Carey as
Grace Beauchamp-Strachan •
Tom Chambers as
Sam Strachan •
Harry Collett as Oliver Hide •
Guy Henry as
Henrik Hanssen •
Mitch Hewer as
Mickey Ellisson •
Rik Makarem as
Sebastian Grayling (episodes 11−18) •
Rebecca Ryan as
Gemma Dean (episodes 20−34)
Guest characters •
Chizzy Akudolu as
Mo Effanga •
Ian Bleasdale as
Josh Griffiths (episodes 1−2, 22, 37) •
Russell Boulter as Ryan Johnson (episodes 15−16) •
Charles Dale as
Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker (episodes 1−2) •
James Gaddas as Howard Munroe •
Sam Grey as
Alice Chantrey (episodes 1−2) • Ariel Ivo Reid as Tara Jewkes •
Poppy Jhakra as
Amira Zafar • John Killoran as
Roy Ellisson • Martina Laird as
Comfort Jones (episodes 1−2) • •
Clive Mantle as
Mike Barratt (episodes 1−2) •
Rosie Marcel as
Jac Naylor •
Lee Mead as
Ben "Lofty" Chiltern (episode 39) •
John Michie as
Guy Self •
Steven Miller as
Lenny Lyons (episodes 1−2) • Amy Noble as PC Kate Wilkinson •
Hugh Quarshie as
Ric Griffin •
Suzanne Packer as
Tess Bateman (episodes 1−2) •
James Redmond as
John "Abs" Denham (episodes 1−2) •
Pam St. Clement as
Sally Hodge •
Ben Turner as
Jay Faldren (episodes 1−2) •
Alex Walkinshaw as
Adrian Fletcher (episodes 1−2) •
James Wilby as Archie Grayling •
Tracey Wilkinson as Jackie Munroe ==Episodes==