Casualty (TV series) Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as CASUALY, is a British medical drama series that airs weekly on BBC One (sometimes with a short break in the summer between series, but not always). It is the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world, and the most enduring medical drama shown on prime time television in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 6 September 1986. The original producer was Geraint Morris. The programme is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the
City Hospital (UK TV series) London's flagship NHS Health Trust - Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital The show followed real patients and staff and featured daily live-to-air footage of actual surgical operations, as they were being performed. The show's theme tune was a cover of part of Bruce Hornsby's song "The Way It Is". A ratings success, the final series commanded a quarter of all the UK television audience at 10am every weekday - over a million viewers daily. The programme had unprecedented BBC Audience Appreciation (AI) figures for a daytime broadcast. When viewers were asked which programme they would put at the top