Casualty (series 29)

The twenty-ninth series of Casualty began airing on 30 August 2014, one week after the end of the previous series. The series consisted of 46 episodes, and concluded on 23 August 2015. The series saw the shock death of Jeff Collier (Matt Bardock), as well as the departures of long-standing characters Tess Bateman (Suzanne Packer) and Martin Ashford (Patrick Robinson). This series also welcomed Honey Wright (Chelsee Healey), Jacob Masters (Charles Venn) and Grace Beauchamp (Emily Carey); as well as the returns of Maggie Coldwell (Susan Cookson), Sam Bateman (Luke Bailey) and Ben Harding (Mark Letheren).

The twenty-ninth series of Casualty featured a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. The majority of the cast from the previous series continued to appear in this series. Amanda Mealing appeared as the clinical lead and a consultant in emergency medicine Connie Beauchamp, whilst Patrick Robinson appeared as consultant Martin "Ash" Ashford. George Rainsford and Richard Winsor portrayed specialist registrars Ethan Hardy and Caleb "Cal" Knight. Crystal Yu starred as a doctor undergoing the first and later, second year of core training Lily Chao. Derek Thompson continued his role of senior charge nurse and emergency nurse practitioner Charlie Fairhead, whilst Suzanne Packer appeared as clinical nurse manager and later, ward sister Tess Bateman. Chloe Howman portrayed staff nurse and later, senior staff nurse and clinical nurse manager Rita Freeman, whilst Amanda Henderson and Lee Mead starred as staff nurses Robyn Miller and Ben "Lofty" Chiltern. Charles Dale portrayed emergency care assistant and later, healthcare assistant Mackenzie "Big Mac" Casualty. Jamie Davis continued his role of porter Max Walker, whilst Tony Marshall and Azuka Oforka appeared as receptionists Noel Garcia and Louise Tyler. Matt Bardock and Gemma Atkinson starred as paramedics Jeff Collier and Tamzin Bayle, with the latter appearing in a recurring capacity.