05-06-2023, 01:19 PM
Sort of related, but I looked at the first episode on UKTV Play, and it began with a caption that said "Casualty 250: The First Episode" and had sped up end credits, so for some reason they must have plucked out a version that was repeated ien 1999.
Really don't think I can keep up with this repeat run though, even though I've been wanting to see the show from the start and through the 90s and early 00s at least for a long time. I watched when UK Gold started from the beginning a couple of times in the early 00s, but they only ever showed the first 6 series, and Drama have until now only ever started from series 10 so I've never seen any of those early-mid 90s episodes, at least since these were originally shown (I distinctly remember the series 9 finale with a suicide bomber, I think that one got repeated a couple of times on BBC1 during the 90s too). But I'm watching far too much right now to be able to easily fit is in on top, and it will be years until they catch up and potentially go back to the start again and I'll have another chance, if they even do.
Just like the early episodes of The Bill though, it all feels very dated and basic (in terms of the hospital equipment, uniforms, techniques as well as the production itself)- they felt that way even when I first saw them 20+ years ago, whereas the mid-90s episodes of both shows don't really feel to have aged much at all, even though they're twice as old now as the mid-late 80s episodes would have been when I first saw them.
Really don't think I can keep up with this repeat run though, even though I've been wanting to see the show from the start and through the 90s and early 00s at least for a long time. I watched when UK Gold started from the beginning a couple of times in the early 00s, but they only ever showed the first 6 series, and Drama have until now only ever started from series 10 so I've never seen any of those early-mid 90s episodes, at least since these were originally shown (I distinctly remember the series 9 finale with a suicide bomber, I think that one got repeated a couple of times on BBC1 during the 90s too). But I'm watching far too much right now to be able to easily fit is in on top, and it will be years until they catch up and potentially go back to the start again and I'll have another chance, if they even do.
Just like the early episodes of The Bill though, it all feels very dated and basic (in terms of the hospital equipment, uniforms, techniques as well as the production itself)- they felt that way even when I first saw them 20+ years ago, whereas the mid-90s episodes of both shows don't really feel to have aged much at all, even though they're twice as old now as the mid-late 80s episodes would have been when I first saw them.