Over the years, Casualty has played host to many star names – several of whom got their first break in the series.
Digital Spy presents a roundup of the most notable screen names, starting with a young Orlando Bloom who appeared in three episodes in the early 1990s before becoming the household name that he is today.
Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings/Pirates of the Caribbean)
Care in the Community 29/1/1994, Season 8 Episode 20 (Extra)
Another Day in Paradise 9/11/1996, 11.9 (Noel Harrison)
Made in Britain 23/11/1996, 11.11(Patient)
Kate Winslet (Titanic/Eternal Sunshine)
Family Matters 6/2/1993, 7.21 (Suzanne)
Minnie Driver (Will & Grace/Good Will Hunting)
The Last Word 15/11/1991, 6.11 (Zena Mitchell)
Marina Sirtis (Star Trek)
Something from the Heart 2/2/2001, 15.23 (Jane Taylor, MP)
Sylvester McCoy (Dr Who)
Life and Soul 22/12/2001, 16.15 (Kev the Rev)
Jerome Flynn (Soldier, Soldier)
Living in Hope 25/10/1991, 6.8 (Alan Deacon)
Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham/ER)
Next of Kin 7/11/1998, 13.11 (Asha Guptah)
Les Dennis (Family Fortunes)
The Point of No Return 12/4/2003, 7.31 (Pip Benson)
Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting)
Tender Loving Care 7/11/1992, 7.9 (Matt)
Alfred Molina (Spiderman 2)
Jump Start 27/9/1986, 1.4 (Harry Horner)
Griff Rhys Jones (Not The 9 O’Clock News)
Too Close for Comfort 4/5/2002, 16.35 (Paul Fuller)
Christopher Eccleston (Dr Who/28 Days Later)
A Reasonable Man 7/12/1990, 5.13 (Stephen Hills)
Stefan Dennis (Neighbours)
Innocence 9/11/2002, 17.9 (Mark Christie)
Kathy Burke (Harry Enfield)
Facing Up 6/12/1991, 6.13 (Lorraine McCullier)
Colin Baker (Dr Who)
Accidents Happen 15/9/1989, 4.2 (Colin Miles)
An Eye for an Eye 3/1/1998, 12.18 (David Vincent)
Anita Dobson (Eastenders)
Choked Part II 15/10/2000, 15.6 (Elaine Carrington)
Stephen Tompkinson (Ballykissangel)
Chain Reaction 8/9/1989, 4.1 (PC Tony Mitton)
Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel)
Penalty 7/9/1990, 5.1 (Anna)
Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly/Jonathan Creek)
Banking for Beginners 24/11/1989, 4.11 (Jane Locke)
Amanda Redman (New Tricks/Mike Bassett)
The Ties that Bind 2/1/1993, 7.16 (Olivia Purcell)
Helen Baxendale (Friends/Cold Feet)
Give Us This Day 27/11/1993, 8.11 (Emma)
Pauline Quirke (Birds of a Feather)
Living Memories 21/10/1988, 3.8 (Mary Taylor)
Sadie Frost (Dracula/Jude Law)
Inferno 28/10/1988, 3.9 (Natasha)
Marc Warren (Hustle/Band of Brothers)
Humpty Dumpty 6/9/1991, 6.1 (Nick)
Nick Mora (Lock, Stock…)
Money Talks 14/11/1992, 7.10 (Jez)
Kenny Baker (Star Wars)
Act of Faith 5/12/1992, 7.13 (Archie)
Rula Lenska (Celebrity Big Brother)
Act of Faith 5/12/1992, 7.13 (Circus Owner)
Pete Postlethwaite (The Usual Suspects/Romeo & Juliet)
Close to Home 21/9/1990, 5.3 (Ralph Peters)
The Good Life 11/12/ 1993, 8.13 (Hank)
Ray Winstone (Nil by Mouth/King Arthur)
Heartbreak Hotel 4/2/1995, 9.17 (Terry Brennan)
Hannah Waterman (Eastenders)
Honey Bunny 12/9/1998, 13.3 (Maria)
Martin Freeman (The Office)
She Loved the Rain 17/10/1998, 13.8 (Ricky Beck)
Tony Robinson (Blackadder/Time Team)
Burned Out Hearts 5/2/2000, 14.23 (Reg Podmore)
Una Stubbs (Eastenders/ Till Death Us Do Part)
Not Waving But Drowning 19/2/2000, 14.25 (Joan Bannville)
Patsy Kensit (Emmerdale/ Holby City)
Happily Ever After 15/12/2001, 16.14 (Charlotte Leith-Jones)
Tracy-Ann Oberman (Eastenders)
Facing Up 20/12/1997, 12.16 (Zoe Garrard, Personnel Officer)
Secrets 24/1/1998, 12.21 (Zoe Garrard, Personnel Officer)
Love Me Tender 31/1/1998 12. 22 (Zoe Garrard, Personnel Officer)
Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers)
Out With a Bang 18/9/2004, 19.3 (Jocelyn Anderson)
McFly (Boy Band)
Fathers, Mothers, Daughters, Brothers 8/1/2005, 19.19 (McFly)
Ralph Ineson (The Office)
Aftermath 30/7/2005, 19.45 (Martin Woodbridge)
Lucy Benjamin (Eastenders)
The Ties That Bind Us I 11/9/2004, 19.1 (Gina Taylor)
The Ties That Bind Us II 12/9/2004, 19.2 (Gina Taylor)
Ashley Jensen (Extras)
Love, Honour & Betray 21/8/2004, 18.45 (Stella)
Ring of Truth 28/8/2004, 18.46 (Stella)
Lynda Bellingham (Oxo ads)
Trust 28/11/1998, 13.14 (Steph Yates)
Rudolph Walker (Eastenders/The Thin Blue Line)
Hidden Agendas 26/2/1994, 8.24 (Bill)
Letitia Dean (Eastenders)
Hit and Run 11/11/1995, 10.9 (Hannah Chesney
Gillian Taylforth (Eastenders/Footballer’s Wives)
Big Rocks & Very Hard Places 20/4/02, 16.33 (Justine Walker)
Scapegoat 27/4/02, 16.34 (Justine Walker MP)
Samara Reddy (Bollywood)
Animals 19/3/05, 19.28 (Anita Chada)
Check back later for an in pictures roundup of a selection of guests.
Digital Spy presents a roundup of the most notable screen names, starting with a young Orlando Bloom who appeared in three episodes in the early 1990s before becoming the household name that he is today.
Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings/Pirates of the Caribbean)
Care in the Community 29/1/1994, Season 8 Episode 20 (Extra)
Another Day in Paradise 9/11/1996, 11.9 (Noel Harrison)
Made in Britain 23/11/1996, 11.11(Patient)
Kate Winslet (Titanic/Eternal Sunshine)
Family Matters 6/2/1993, 7.21 (Suzanne)
Minnie Driver (Will & Grace/Good Will Hunting)
The Last Word 15/11/1991, 6.11 (Zena Mitchell)
Marina Sirtis (Star Trek)
Something from the Heart 2/2/2001, 15.23 (Jane Taylor, MP)
Sylvester McCoy (Dr Who)
Life and Soul 22/12/2001, 16.15 (Kev the Rev)
Jerome Flynn (Soldier, Soldier)
Living in Hope 25/10/1991, 6.8 (Alan Deacon)
Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham/ER)
Next of Kin 7/11/1998, 13.11 (Asha Guptah)
Les Dennis (Family Fortunes)
The Point of No Return 12/4/2003, 7.31 (Pip Benson)
Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting)
Tender Loving Care 7/11/1992, 7.9 (Matt)
Alfred Molina (Spiderman 2)
Jump Start 27/9/1986, 1.4 (Harry Horner)
Griff Rhys Jones (Not The 9 O’Clock News)
Too Close for Comfort 4/5/2002, 16.35 (Paul Fuller)
Christopher Eccleston (Dr Who/28 Days Later)
A Reasonable Man 7/12/1990, 5.13 (Stephen Hills)
Stefan Dennis (Neighbours)
Innocence 9/11/2002, 17.9 (Mark Christie)
Kathy Burke (Harry Enfield)
Facing Up 6/12/1991, 6.13 (Lorraine McCullier)
Colin Baker (Dr Who)
Accidents Happen 15/9/1989, 4.2 (Colin Miles)
An Eye for an Eye 3/1/1998, 12.18 (David Vincent)
Anita Dobson (Eastenders)
Choked Part II 15/10/2000, 15.6 (Elaine Carrington)
Stephen Tompkinson (Ballykissangel)
Chain Reaction 8/9/1989, 4.1 (PC Tony Mitton)
Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel)
Penalty 7/9/1990, 5.1 (Anna)
Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly/Jonathan Creek)
Banking for Beginners 24/11/1989, 4.11 (Jane Locke)
Amanda Redman (New Tricks/Mike Bassett)
The Ties that Bind 2/1/1993, 7.16 (Olivia Purcell)
Helen Baxendale (Friends/Cold Feet)
Give Us This Day 27/11/1993, 8.11 (Emma)
Pauline Quirke (Birds of a Feather)
Living Memories 21/10/1988, 3.8 (Mary Taylor)
Sadie Frost (Dracula/Jude Law)
Inferno 28/10/1988, 3.9 (Natasha)
Marc Warren (Hustle/Band of Brothers)
Humpty Dumpty 6/9/1991, 6.1 (Nick)
Nick Mora (Lock, Stock…)
Money Talks 14/11/1992, 7.10 (Jez)
Kenny Baker (Star Wars)
Act of Faith 5/12/1992, 7.13 (Archie)
Rula Lenska (Celebrity Big Brother)
Act of Faith 5/12/1992, 7.13 (Circus Owner)
Pete Postlethwaite (The Usual Suspects/Romeo & Juliet)
Close to Home 21/9/1990, 5.3 (Ralph Peters)
The Good Life 11/12/ 1993, 8.13 (Hank)
Ray Winstone (Nil by Mouth/King Arthur)
Heartbreak Hotel 4/2/1995, 9.17 (Terry Brennan)
Hannah Waterman (Eastenders)
Honey Bunny 12/9/1998, 13.3 (Maria)
Martin Freeman (The Office)
She Loved the Rain 17/10/1998, 13.8 (Ricky Beck)
Tony Robinson (Blackadder/Time Team)
Burned Out Hearts 5/2/2000, 14.23 (Reg Podmore)
Una Stubbs (Eastenders/ Till Death Us Do Part)
Not Waving But Drowning 19/2/2000, 14.25 (Joan Bannville)
Patsy Kensit (Emmerdale/ Holby City)
Happily Ever After 15/12/2001, 16.14 (Charlotte Leith-Jones)
Tracy-Ann Oberman (Eastenders)
Facing Up 20/12/1997, 12.16 (Zoe Garrard, Personnel Officer)
Secrets 24/1/1998, 12.21 (Zoe Garrard, Personnel Officer)
Love Me Tender 31/1/1998 12. 22 (Zoe Garrard, Personnel Officer)
Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers)
Out With a Bang 18/9/2004, 19.3 (Jocelyn Anderson)
McFly (Boy Band)
Fathers, Mothers, Daughters, Brothers 8/1/2005, 19.19 (McFly)
Ralph Ineson (The Office)
Aftermath 30/7/2005, 19.45 (Martin Woodbridge)
Lucy Benjamin (Eastenders)
The Ties That Bind Us I 11/9/2004, 19.1 (Gina Taylor)
The Ties That Bind Us II 12/9/2004, 19.2 (Gina Taylor)
Ashley Jensen (Extras)
Love, Honour & Betray 21/8/2004, 18.45 (Stella)
Ring of Truth 28/8/2004, 18.46 (Stella)
Lynda Bellingham (Oxo ads)
Trust 28/11/1998, 13.14 (Steph Yates)
Rudolph Walker (Eastenders/The Thin Blue Line)
Hidden Agendas 26/2/1994, 8.24 (Bill)
Letitia Dean (Eastenders)
Hit and Run 11/11/1995, 10.9 (Hannah Chesney
Gillian Taylforth (Eastenders/Footballer’s Wives)
Big Rocks & Very Hard Places 20/4/02, 16.33 (Justine Walker)
Scapegoat 27/4/02, 16.34 (Justine Walker MP)
Samara Reddy (Bollywood)
Animals 19/3/05, 19.28 (Anita Chada)
Check back later for an in pictures roundup of a selection of guests.
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