Stars who had their first break on Casualty: After 30 gory series of the medical drama, we reveal the actors who went from the hospital ward to Hollywood
Its gore and drama have kept viewers entertained for more than three decades.
And as Casualty celebrates its 30th series, the BBC programme can count more than a few stars in its alumni of actors.
Many have achieved Hollywood status while others, among them some of Britain's most beloved actors, are immortalised in memory.
Here, we wind back the clock to reveal those indebted to the drama, without which some might never have found fame.
Blooming: He’s used to starring in Hollywood blockbusters but, in the mid Nineties, a young Orlando Bloom played a builder called Noel
Fresh-faced: Even Oscar winners have to start somewhere. In 1993, 18-year-old Kate Winslet starred as a girl with an abusive boyfriend
Not so fabulous! Now best known as Saffy in Absolutely Fabulous, Julia Sawalha appeared as a blood-stained Casualty patient in 1991
Little Walliams: Now giving other wannabes their break on Britain’s Got Talent, comic David Walliams’ own chance came on Casualty in 2003
Has glamorous Minnie Driver had a car crash? Before she made it in Hollywood, the actress played patient Zena in a 1991 stint on the show
Not such a slob: Harry Enfield And Chums comedian Kathy Burke looking seriously smart as Lorraine in a 1991 episode
Here’s Jerome Flynn. . . but where’s Robson Green? Before musical stardom, Flynn played Alan Deacon in 1991
Elementary, my dear Watson: Sherlock star Martin Freeman was cast in 1998 as a robber who is stabbed. He later said he took the role extremely seriously
Caught in the web: Alfred Molina was a rogue journalist in the first series in 1986, going on to star in Spider-Man 2
Driving to bigger things: From Casualty in 1993, Helen Baxendale starred in Cold Feet and Friends
Is there a doctor in the house? In 1990, future Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston had a cameo in the drama
Hard man: As a prisoner in 1995, Ray Winstone started a theme. In later roles the actor maintained a tough exterior
There’s Robson Green! And he’s pushing Pete Postlethwaite in the third series of Casualty
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