Customer Reviews
CASULALTY 1,2.3 - By: Lee W. Reynolds, 17 Dec 2008 
HOW NICE TO SEE OLD CASUALTY COME OUT ON DVD I GOT CASUALTY SERIES 1,2,3 WHAT TREAT AND ABOUT TIME TWO ON DVD WHAT CAN SAY SAY SEAT THERE LIKE YOU DID WHEN ONE BCC 1 AT 2100 HOURS ON SAT NIGHT IN 80S GULE TO SEAT SEE WHAT COME NEXT AND WHEN PARAMEDICS JUST START OUT IN THE UK THAT WAS TIME 80S AND WAS NO MOBILE PHONES BUT TRUE LIFE WHAT CASUALTY ON SAT NIGHTS YOU WALK NHS NOW BUT HAVE MORE STAFF ON NOW YES IT WAS TRUE YOU ONLY FEW STAFF ON WEEKENDS IN CASUALTY 80S AND DOCTORS WORKING 100 HOURS WEEK WITH BUDGET CUTS HERE THERE AND BED MANGERS COME GO AND THATS WHEN PEOPLE RESPCT DOCTORS AND NURSE AND THATS FINAL WORD ON THE MATTER ! I LIKE SEE MORE OLD CASUALTY MY BE 4, 5,6 AMAZON? WORTH EVERY POUND NORTHING LIKE GOOD OLD CLASSIC TV PS ALL WOMAN LIKE ROBSON GREEN THIS WHAT MADE HIM STAR HIS TO DAY AS PLAYED PORTER LATER CASUALTY.
Sexy Nurses! - By: S Moore, 26 Apr 2008 
The best thing about this series is seeing very attractive actresses such as Brenda Fricker,Cathy Shipton,and Belinda Davisonin sexy nurses uniforms. I can't wait till the gorgeous Maureen Beattie joins as Staff Nurse Sandra Nicholl. She's a real stunner.
The base for 21 years of brilliance - By: Andrew Kyle, 11 Feb 2007 I did not start watching Casualty until i was old enough to understand what it was all about, & even then, as a kid i wasn'tin for medical dramas, i wanted sci fi & action. So when i started watching Casualty, one of the BBC's best saturday nighter ever, it must have been, ohhh i don't know, mid 90s. And from then till the early 00s i only watched it patchily. Now i watch it consistently & therefore the first season on DVD was clearly a need-to-buy. Of course i was dubious, i mean, this beganin 1986, surely there must be some changein quality since then.
Not so. Not so at all. In fact the shivers down my spine at the opening theme really got me going. The series has changed very littlein 21 years - back then it was topical, blunt, patchily good-humoured & patchily dark & gritty, laden with both comedy stories/characters & deeply dramatic plots & twists.
Showing the medical profession as people & not superheroes (although several of them are inherently superheroesin their own right...Go Charlie!)was a brave move back then, but an idea worth a round of applause.
The characters, so three dimensional, are all so varied. We have the daft, eccentric & polish Kuba; the witty yet troubled King; the weary but all knowing Ewart (the original Harry Harper); the stunning but mysterious Baz; the brilliant double act Paramedics; & of course, let us not forget, the workhouse of the lot...the not-really-that-good-an-actor Charlie Fairhead (sorry Mr Thompson, but honestly, i don't care - you're brilliant!!) who has lost none of his charismain the recent series. He is quite often the source of much amusement, but at the same time, the driver of real drama.
This DVD release is one of many so brilliantly, when you're sitting there enjoying the theme rolling on at the end, you're thinking...i have 20 odd more seasons to go. And we haven't met Ash or Sam or Maddox or Josh or...pick one. You'll all have one person you remember, or one event. Casualty is so brilliant & so British that it'll last forever. And DVDs like these simply reinforce that...long live Casualty!
Edited episode - By: A. Busby, 21 May 2006 Just thought I'd let readers know that the 'edits' mentioned on the packaging & talekd about here refer to the episode 'Teeny Poppers'. When originally broadcast, it featured a storyline about a man trying to impress his girlfriend by dressing as Spiderman. The BBC couldn't get the appropriate rights to use the Spiderman 'image' on DVD so had to edit the entire storyline out of the episode. It nows runs 43 minutes 52 seconds rather than approximately 49 minutes 30 seconds.
Casualty 1st Series - By: Mini, 05 May 2006 I ordered the Casualty first series DVD & received it this morning. Obviously not managed to watch it all yet, but I've had a quick look at a couple of the DVDs......looks really good. Looking forward to start watching it!
Matt O'Malley asked on a previous review if the programmes are edited or complete episodes.....well on the back of the box it saysin very small writing "Due to clearance & contractual reasons, certain edits have been made!". However, don't let this put anyone off.....I don't think much has been edited, perhaps only a couple of minutes over the entire series.....the four DVD's total 12 hours & 11 minutes. So thats just over 48 minutes per episode!!!
When I read Matts question I was a bit dubious about buying the DVD....but I'm pleased I did order it......can't wait to watch it all! (I hope this is of some help to you Matt!)
