Series 9 (1994-95)Contributed to by fans 24 Episodes, 17/9/94 - 25/3/95
Major Incidents
A large anti-racist march; a light-aircraft crash; the explosion of the ED.
Series Overview
Josh becomes a motorcycle paramedic. Ash clashes with new nurse Kate. Charlie turns down the job of Contracts Manager. Rachel's attacked by an abused patient. Later, Charlie talks the patient out of committing suicide.Casualties of a large anti-racist march are admitted.Ash finds himself the subject of racist abuse and is threatened with a knife.Rachel's still shaky from her assault and cracks under the pressure.Josh's trapped down a coal mine for 3 hours with an injured man.The racist thug who attacked Ash lodges a complaint about him.Josh returns to ambulance work in episode 10.Ash is asked to leave the hospital by Personnel following a hostile newspaper article.Mike faces his first Christmas alone.Mike and Rachel embark on a secret relationship.Ash begs Matt to give evidence at his trial. Ash's aquitted following Matt's statement.Eddie passes her exams.Ash returns to work and feels uneasy. He applies for a lectureship. Mike tries a reconcilliation with his wife.A married Baz returns as Mike's locum. Relations between Charlie and Baz are tense. Matt's attacked by the people against whom he gave evidence at Ash's trial.The ED's evacuated and a man blows himself up...
Baz and Charlie become friends again.
The Patients
A brother and sister living as a married couple; Take That fans crushed at a concert, a man with Shingles convinced he's about to give birth to an alien, a man with a moth in his ear; a pensioner who attaches a garden hose to his exhaust; Receptionsist Matt Hawley's drunk and disorderly dad; a Jehovah's Witness refusing surgery.
Guest Stars
Kwame Kwei-Armah (Casualty's Fin) plays Lloyd.
Lisa Faulkner (Holby's Victoria) plays Cassie.
Colette Brown (Holby's Sam) plays Emma.
Martina Laird (Casualty's Comfort) plays Pauline.
Ray Winstone plays escaped prisoner, Terry.
Lucy Davis plays Jehovah's Witness, Sarah who refuses a transfusion.
Judy Loe (Casualty's Jan) plays Ros.
Regular Characters
Charlie Fairhead (Charge Nurse), Josh Griffiths (Motorcycle Paramedic), Mike Barratt (Consultant) Rachel Longworth (Staff Nurse).
Characters Joining
Ep1: Eddie Gordon (Senior House Officer), Kate Wilson (Senior Staff Nurse/Acting Sister), Adam Cooke (Staff Nurse), Matt Hawley (Receptionist), Ep2:
Jude Korcanik (Staff Nurse), Ep10: Liz Harker (Paramedic), Ep20: Baz Hayes (Locum Consultant).
Characters Leaving
Ep24: Eddie Gordon (Senior House Officer), Ep20: Martin Ashford (Senior Staff Nurse), Ep24: Adam Cooke (Staff Nurse).
Series 9 was contributed to by fans -acknowledgements
