"Casualty 1907" (2008) TV series

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

30 March 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Uses case notes, ward diaries and memoirs from archives at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, to bring real doctors, nurses and patients from a Victorian London hospital back to life.

Cast

Alfie Allen	...	Nobby Clark (3 episodes, 2008)
Nicholas Farrell	...	Sydney Holland (3 episodes, 2008)
William Houston	...	Dr. Millais Culpin (3 episodes, 2008)
Neil Fitzmaurice	...	Thomas Hooley (3 episodes, 2008)
David Troughton	...	Hurry Fenwick (3 episodes, 2008)
Hywel Simons	...	Dr Lawes (3 episodes, 2008)
Michael Jenn	...	Dr Koch / ... (3 episodes, 2008)
Dominic Jephcott	...	Bedford Fenwick (3 episodes, 2008)
Will Keen	...	Dr James Sequeira (3 episodes, 2008)
Lydia Leonard	...	Laura Goodley (3 episodes, 2008)
Cherie Lunghi	...	Matron Eva Luckes (3 episodes, 2008)
Daniel Lusardi	...	Oliver Blaine (3 episodes, 2008)
Youkti Patel	...	Corisande Veveers (3 episodes, 2008)
Andrew Readman	...	Mr Morris (3 episodes, 2008)
Alan Stocks	...	Gould (3 episodes, 2008)
Sarah Smart	...	Ada Russell (3 episodes, 2008)
Adam Sopp	...	Frank Gorman (3 episodes, 2008)
Charity Wakefield	...	Ethel Bennett (3 episodes, 2008)
Jack Chissick	...	Joseph Levy (2 episodes, 2008)
Alan Gaunt	...	Watcher (2 episodes, 2008)
David Horovitch	...	Lord Rothchild / ... (2 episodes, 2008)
Tom Riley	...	Dr James Walton (2 episodes, 2008)
Greg Milburn	...	Docker (2 episodes, 2008)

Also Known As:

London Hospital (Australia)

Runtime:

180 min (3 parts)

Country:

UK

Filming Locations:

Liverpool University, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company:

Stone City Films

Movie Connections:

Follows Casualty 1906 (2006) (TV)

Absolutely Fantastic!

Finally a reason to pay the license fee.

This program is fantastic... Well worth watching if only for the historical knowledge you will undoubtedly gain.

The drama itself is great as well, truly gripping, you watch one episode and simply cannot wait for the next installment.

The realism throughout the three episodes should be applauded, well done BBC, for not conforming to the "perfect world, everything is happy and good" view on the past.

The quality of acting is also second to none, particularly William Houston, Charity Wakefield and Sarah Smart, although the rest of the cast did not let the bar slip.

The music accompanies the tension well, without taking away from the scenes themselves.

Overall, everything you could possibly want from a period drama and more.