BBC promises an ‘innovative’ return for Casualty this Christmas as they confirm that the hit medical drama will be back on screen over festive period
The BBC has promised an ‘innovative’ return for Casualty.
The long-running medical drama will return to screens around Christmas after the final episode of its final series aired last Saturday.
But bosses have already hinted that when a new episode drops over the festive period, it will be in an “innovative, format-breaking way” that has not been seen before.
A new trailer has been released for the upcoming special, showing Holy City Hospital covered in snow.
In the background, the classic song Fairytale of New York by the Pogues can be heard as a hand takes a blood bag with a Christmas bow from the refrigerator.
The long-running medical drama will return to screens at Christmas after the final episode of the latest series aired last Saturday
Little information has been released about the plot, but the BBC has hinted that the episode will “celebrate the gift of giving” when it hits screens
A flat line could be heard on a heart monitor and a hospital bed was covered in snow, along with bloody footprints.
Little information has been released about the plot yet, but the BBC has already hinted that the episode will celebrate “the gift of giving” when it hits screens.
Fans immediately wondered what this all meant on social media, with one fan even speculating that Jacob Masters (Chucky Venice) would soon be fired.
A user wrote on X: “I’ve watched this a billion times and I can’t handle it. Please don’t tell me they’re planning to kill Jacob? Jacob’s son is trying to kill Jacob?”
A second pleaded: ‘Please protect Dr Dylan Keogh, Jacob and Ian, really!!! #Casualty’
And a third wrote: ‘That teaser gave me goosebumps/shivers. #Casualty.’
The drama series first appeared on screen in 1986 and also spawned the spin-off Holby City, which ended in 2022.
The classic Pogues song Fairytale of New York plays in the background as a hand removes a blood bag with a Christmas bow from a refrigerator
A flat line was heard on a heart monitor and a hospital bed was submerged in snow, while bloody footprints were also visible
Fans immediately took to social media to wonder what this all meant, with one speculating that Jacob Masters (Chucky Venice) was about to be killed off
The final series of Casualty also saw the departure of legendary character Charlie Fairhead, with actor Derek Thompson saying goodbye after almost four decades
The final series of Casualty also saw the departure of legendary actor Charlie Fairhead, who retired from the series after almost forty years.
He told OK!: ‘I never expected to stay for 38 years. I originally signed for three years, but it quickly became clear what a great character he was to play.
‘Medicine and television have changed tremendously since I started.
‘But the basics are still there: the reception and the desk where people report still have the same function as on my first day.’