Casualty (series 15)
| Casualty (series 15) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 16 September 2000 – 28 April 2001 |
| Series chronology | |
The fifteenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 16 September 2000 and finished on 28 April 2001. It saw another increase, this time to 36 episodes, including two hour-long self-contained 'specials', Sympathy for the Devil (episode 8) and Something from the Heart (episode 23), which were shown in addition to the regular Saturday night episodes.
Duffy is in charge of the department while Charlie is recovering from his pulmonary embolism. She has agreed to have beds put in the department but Max isn't happy so she asks their new manager, Dan Robinson, to sort it. Adam tells Chloe and Barney he has got a place with Reuben, while the staff receive a postcard from Sam and Tina. Spencer is now working at the department as a health care assistant and sees two youths, Luke and Andy, hanging around the nursing home; they have just burgled Chloe. The pair later break into a neighbour's house thinking she is on holiday only to find she is still there. They are also disturbed by neighbour Colette Kierney and during an escape attempt Andy falls through a conservatory. Colette patches him up until Josh and Fin arrive; Josh patronises Colette's efforts but later learns she is joining A&E as an F Grade nurse. Luke follows Spencer into the boiler room and threatens him but manages to get himself hit in the face with steam. He will be left with a scarred face and will possibly be blinded, so Chloe and Spencer decide not to report him to the police. Duffy and Patrick learn Spencer is sleeping in the boiler room after being thrown out of his bedsit so Patrick arranges for him to stay in an on call room temporarily. Charlie (Derek Thompson) meets a young mother and her baby, Phoenix. The woman then disappears, leaving the baby with him. Charlie arranges for the police to take him to hospital, then tracks the mother down to a house boat, where she has taken an overdose. He gets her to hospital and learns Phoenix's father died in a cliff walking accident. The incident convinces him he's ready to return to work.
Guest starring Sylvano Clarke, Stuart Morris and Honeysuckle Weeks
Charlie returns to work and immediately has a go at Dan about the beds in A&E. Dan wants a staffmember to be interviewed by a reporter from the Gazette so Max and Charlie pressgang Holly into it. A man, Brian, says goodbye to his disabled wife Cheryl before going to a job interview, where he reveals that he accidentally pushed Cheryl off a balcony, causing her to miscarry and leaving her in a wheelchair. A teenage boy, Denny, is taken to football training by his mother Jody: He is unaware that his coach, Ed, is his father, who wants it kept quiet since he has a family of his own. Ed takes Denny for a ride on his motorbike; Jody follows with his inhaler. Her trying to attract their attention and Brian trying to call Cheryl causes motorbike and car to collide. Brian, Ed and Denny are taken to the hospital with minor injuries, but then the car explodes: Jody takes most of the blast and Mel suffers minor injuries. Charlie has the bed patients taken up to wards to make space; he expects a showdown with Dan and is bemused when Dan agrees with the decision. Jody, needing surgery, tells the staff that Ed is Denny's father; Ed admits to Denny that it is true but after a chat with Chloe he tries to accept it. Brian feels guilty about causing another accident but Cheryl tells him he got the job. Patrick treats a young girl who has swallowed some batteries and realise she is anaemic. Josh apologises to Colette, who made a similar mistake with Charlie. Colette gets the junior nurses to fine Patrick for every time he is rude but the joke backfires when he is hurt by it and when Spencer reveals he has bought them all pizza.
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