For an actor who’s survived more deaths than most, the original Mr Manimal remains optimistic
There’s a Casualty/Holby City special this Saturday. What is it?
It’s an organ donation episode. It’s the end of the BBC’s organ donor week, and we’ve combined with Holby to do a story that is organ-donor driven but has some reality TV elements to it.
What, as in people will vote out the organ they don’t like?
No. We’ve already created the drama part but the programme’s going to be bookended by Professor Robert Winston who makes an appeal in order to promote the notion of donation, which is also being pronounced as Do-Nation – as in the nation should respond by getting on to the organ donation register.
As part of the BBC’s DoNation season, Holby City and Casualty join forces for a special interactive episode in which viewers can vote to determine the outcome of an organ donation storyline.
Central to the process will be Casualty’s director of emergency medicine Harry Harper, who’ll reveal the decision at the end of the show.
Series: Casualty Episode: S19Ep48 – Truth, Lies & Videotape First Aired: 20 August 2005 Character: Harry Harper
Description: In a dramatic season finale, Claire invites Charlie and Luke to help her scatter Pete’s ashes. Charlie and Luke are unaware of why Claire is behaving so strange. After Claire reveals that she’s seen the tape, things start to look up and they get in the car and get ready to drive home. However, when Claire starts the engine, she drives straight into the river. Who will survive? Also, Harry accidently lets slip to Selena that she’s contracted MRSA. Will ends his affair with Ellen because he is determined to make his marriage with Selena work
Series: Casualty Episode: S19Ep47 – Smoke & Mirrors First Aired: 13 August 2005 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Harry helped Maggie get her father into a nursing home. Guppy apologised to Harry for his outrageous accusation. Selena collapsed and was taken into the hospital. Harry discovered that her stab wound had an abscess. Also, Claire thought that Luke was finally going to admit the truth about Pete’s death, but instead he was proposing. After slapping him, Claire walked off and Luke was unaware of why she behaved like that
Series: Casualty Episode: S19Ep46 – You Need Friends First Aired: 6 August 2005 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Claire found the CCTV tape in Luke’s car – the one which shows Bex pushing Pete away from her. Guppy accused Harry of being involved in his father’s illegal drug trials.