Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep21 – Adrenaline Rush First Aired: 12 January 2008 Character: Harry Harper
Description: As the work-to-rule continues, a keen agency nurse eases the load, much to everyone’s relief. But it soon becomes apparent he has a chilling agenda which leaves one of the team fighting for life.
ACTOR Simon MacCorkindale loves nothing more than a nail-bitingly good, edge-of-the-seat thriller, so he’s absolutely buzzing with enthusiasm ahead of his latest play, Sleuth, which opens in Windsor later this month.
First written by Anthony Shaffer, the Tony Award-winning play revolves around Simon’s character, Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer, who is fascinated by psychological games and game-playing.
He lures his wife’s lover, Milo Tindle (played by Michael Praed), to his countryside manor house, where he subjects him to a tangled web of intrigue and manipulation. But ultimately nothing turns out quite as it seems.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep20 – Broken Homes First Aired: 5 January 2008 Character: Harry Harper
Description: It’s Noel’s first day on reception, and in protest of Charlie’s unfair dismissal, Abs starts his work-to-rule campaign amongst the nurses, leaving Tess furious.
The cast of Casualty reckon that their colleague Simon MacCorkindale takes his role as top medic Harry Harper so seriously that they wish he was a real doctor!
Simon MacCorkindale is perhaps best recognized over the last few years as Harry Harper, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, in the BBC’s most popular and enduring drama series Casualty. Following his starring role in the successful 2007 tour of Agatha Christie’s Unexpected Guest, he now returns to the stage in Sleuth.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep19 – For Auld Lang Syne First Aired: 30 December 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Dean’s actions at the nightclub put the party-goers’ lives in danger, but Abs and Kelsey appear to be safe – until the mental-health nurse decides to negotiate with the troubled teen. Back at the hospital, Tess misses Charlie as she struggles to run the department in the aftermath of the Paradise incident, while Alice and a claustrophobic Adam get trapped in a broken lift with a pregnant woman. However, there is some light relief courtesy of a bagpiper who refuses to let a chronic wind problem get in the way of performing Auld Lang Syne at midnight
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep18 – Take a Cup of Kindness Yet First Aired: 29 December 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: In the first of a two-part special, Harry agrees to let his daughter Kizzy see in the New Year at a local nightclub when he learns Kelsey and Abs will be there too. However, a troubled teenager heads to the same place after causing a car crash. Nadia decides to sacrifice her own career rather than let Ruth take the blame for a misdiagnosis, and new doctor Zoe impresses the staff by arriving a day early
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep17 – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding First Aired: 22 December 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Charlie witnesses a hit-and-run and thinks his day can’t get any worse. But when Lois goes missing and Charlie finds himself face to face with the hit-and-run driver, he is forced to confront his future as a working parent – with explosive consequences
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep15 – Behind Closed Doors First Aired: 8 December 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: It’s Toby’s last shift. Adam allows him to successfully carry out a tricky procedure on his own, much to Ruth’s annoyance, but will this be enough to stop him leaving?
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep14 – Inheritance First Aired: 1 December 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Tensions rise between Tess and Charlie but Louis’s growing delinquency forces them to come to a resolution. Toby’s mother turns up in the ED and drives him to make the decision to quit. TC is fired.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep – How Soon Is Now First Aired: 24 November 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: There is a fire in Louis’s school. Greg is a hero when he risks his life to save children trapped in the blaze. Charlie is worried when Louis is among the children unaccounted for.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep10 – Finding the Words First Aired: 3 November 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Josh faces losing the woman he loves by working such long hours. Toby faces his worst day so far. Harry has to break some bad news to Tess and Charlie.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep – As One Door Closes… First Aired: 27 October 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Josh comes face to face with his demons, putting his career on the line. Harry is put under pressure to make redundancies, and the gang discover the warts ‘n’ all blog, Toxicshark.co.uk.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep – My Aim Is True First Aired: 20 October 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Harry’s new policy backfires. Adam tries to teach Toby the basics of intubation – on a dead body. Josh is stunned when he discovers Devika and Sajani are going back to India as soon as they can.
Formerly known for her work on the big screen, these days Susan George can be forgiven for horsing around behind the camera. The actress turned equestrian photographer has been celebrating her first major exhibition in Mayfair. The Straw Dogs star and film icon of the 1970s has latterly turned her attention to Arabian horses, which she breeds at the farm in Somerset that she owns with her husband of 23 years, Casualty star Simon MacCorkindale.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep7 – Inappropriate Behaviour First Aired: 13 October 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Harry introduces a ‘no inappropriate attenders’ policy: a refusal to treat patients who can be seen by their GPs. Tess and Abs disagree with the move, but Harry says it will mean more time to deal with emergencies. When partygoer Diane is raped by mini-cab driver Perry, she lashes out causing him to lose control of the car, which collides with a lorry driven by a drunk driver. At the hospital, Ruth is called to deal with the drunk lorry driver – it’s her estranged father! When Ruth tells Nadia her mother died because of his abuse, Nadia realises they have something in common. Later, Tess admits to Harry that his new policy gave her more time to convince Diane to report the rape. Also, Josh bonds with Sajani, and Alice stands up to Kelsey
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep06 – Core Values First Aired: 6 October 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Harry is back as consultant manager and his job is to turn the emergency department around within six months. His new boss, Marilyn Fox, gives him his first task: to fire Nathan Spencer. Harry sympathises with Nathan’s recent loss and questions the timing, but he is committed to following his superior’s orders. However, his efforts to sack Nathan are thwarted by one emergency case after another. Earlier that day, two groups of soldiers are on a live firing exercise, led by their new Corporal, Neil Hobbs. Two men are shot – one in the chest and the other in the leg. Corporal Hobbs attempts to establish whether this was an accident – a negligent discharge – or something more sinister. At first, he fears the shot came from within his team, but soon realises it came from a different direction. Elsewhere, in a recording studio, some musicians are laying down tracks when the female singer, Bunmi, collapses into the drum kit. Ruth seriously misdiagnoses Bunmi with potentially fatal repercussions and makes an enemy in the department when she blames Nadia for her own mistake.
Sad news for all those female fans who tune in to BBC1 on Saturday nights to gaze adoringly at Simon MacCorkindale. After five years playing consultant Harry Harper in Casualty the smoothy actor is hanging up his stethoscope.
Harry Harper makes a triumphant return to the A&E department -but not everyone is pleased. His new job as consultant manager means he’s now arch-rival Nathan’s boss!
The medic finally returns following Guppy’s pleas for him to come back to the troubled hospital.
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep5 – Sliding Doors First Aired: 29 September 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Returning from London without Harry, Guppy is lacking in confidence and feeling depressed. His train is cancelled because someone has pulled the emergency alarm, so he ends up waiting on a deserted platform. While waiting, he notices a child’s ball falls onto the train track. The child runs after it and gets his arm stuck. Guppy has to act instinctively and in doing so saves the boy’s life. Back at ED, Guppy investigates further. His diagnosis and subsequent life-saving treatment is praised by everyone and Maggie tries to persuade Guppy to stay, but he has made up his mind and says a quiet goodbye, leaving ED for good. Meanwhile, Toby experiences the first death in his care which leaves him devastated. Elsewhere, Charlie meets Devika and Sajani, and discovers they are Josh’s visitors. He questions Devika’s motives on learning that Josh has given them his compensation money. Josh is furious at Charlie’s suspicion. Harry returns and announces to the shocked department that he is back as the new Consultant Manager. Nathan is horrified – Harry will be his new boss
Series: Casualty Episode: S22Ep4 – No End of Blame First Aired: 22 September 2007 Character: Harry Harper MP
Description: It’s judgement day at Holby ED, as the department awaits the findings of the investigation into the handling of the bombing. Heads are going to roll, and Tess, Charlie and Nathan are first in line. Nathan is determined it won’t be him and doesn’t hesitate in blaming Charlie. Problems are compounded by the day’s newspaper headlines revealing utter chaos within Holby – someone has spoken to the press and rumours are rife as to who it was. Alice uncovers the truth and plucks up the courage to confront the whistleblower. Meanwhile, a disillusioned and desperate Guppy goes on a mission to bring Harry back from Westminster, convinced that he is the answer to Holby’s problems – but Harry is far from pleased to see him and sends him away. Also in ED, the team struggle to find a bed for a patient and the elderly gentleman ends up in a corridor. His daughter, Valerie, becomes more and more upset, faced with the prospect of watching her father die there. Disillusioned after a hard day, Josh returns home to discover Maggie has surprise visitors for him – Devika and Saja
Series: Casualty Episode: S21Ep48 – To Love You So First Aired: 4 August 2007 Character: Harry Harper MP
Description: Guppy steals Stitch’s supply of cocaine after being refused any more, in this week’s visit to Holby. Inadvertently, he administers a lethal dose of anaesthetic to a patient. However, Stitch, feeling responsible for his protégé’s decline, shoulders the blame. Selena, meanwhile, steps in front of Harry and saves him from a patient brandishing a gun. Will she recover from her serious wound
Series: Casualty Episode: S21Ep47 – Seize the Day First Aired: 28 July 2007 Character: Harry Harper MP
Description: Guppy resists calling his dealer but his resistance is futile. Stitch goes out with the paramedics for the day and infuriates Maggie when he berates a patient’s husband for interfering in his wife’s suicide. The team blames Stitch when the man later kills himself, but Stitch shows no remorse. Meanwhile, Selena is having a bad day and misses a vital diagnosis. She later confides in Harry that she didn’t go ahead with the abortion and is still pregnant.