Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep14 – Feuds and Fury First Aired: 14 December 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: A Christmas-tree thief chops off his own thumb and a farmer injures his leg while trying to catch him. Things don’t look good for the thief’s thumb and there’s a valuable lesson to be learned about the care of severed digits. The plastic surgeon suggests replacing the thumb with a big toe. It’s then revealed the bloke who nicked the tree is the brother-in-law of the farmer who has been brought in with the injured leg, and therein lies a 15-year family feud. Jack is forced to silence a victim of his father’s empire when Eddie’s gang confronts him. Lara spends an evening with Harry’s kids, unaware of Beth’s true feelings
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep13 – Blame First Aired: 7 December 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Lara faces new problems when the police officer who helped put her in jail is brought into the department. An horrific RTA dredges up painful memories for Josh.
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep12 – Gimme Shelter First Aired: 30 November 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Lara realises how vulnerable the events of the past few months have left her. Meanwhile, Nikki is reprimanded for endangering a patient’s life, but later redeems herself when called upon to deal with a little girl whose mother has been violently murdered
Casualty Saturdays BBC1 Name Simon MacCorkindale Age 50 Education Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, Studio 68 of Theatre Arts, London Role Call Could easily have been typecast as an urbane hunk, but has achieved a diverse gallery of roles – from classics to soaps – in TV, film and theatre. Also a writer, director and producer who runs his own production company, Amy International, with his actress wife, Susan George
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep8 – It’s a Boy Thing First Aired: 2 November 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Josh finds himself in the middle of a conflict between a father and his son; Anna tries to uncover the cause of a patient’s illness; and Jack lies to Tony about their father.
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep6 – What’s Love Got to Do with It First Aired: 19 October 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Roxanne struggles to cope with the pressures of being a working single mother – with potentially grave consequences. Meanwhile, Duffy and Comfort are surprised to discover they both have an admirer, and Dillon competes with Simon for Heather’s attention, clouding his professional judgement in the process.
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep5 – What Little Girls Are Made Of First Aired: 12 October 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Heather puts her career in jeopardy by making a misdiagnosis while treating a boy. Colette steps in to assess the situation, but the patient’s father threatens to take legal action. The death of a pregnant teenager forces Duffy to come to terms with losing her mother, and Ryan offers her a shoulder to cry on
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep4 – Thicker Than Water First Aired: 5 October 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Dillon is shocked as Lara receives her sentence and Simon lands himself in hot water when his love life starts to interfere with his work. Nikki is saluted for her recent bravery and seizes the opportunity to publicise the dangers facing paramedics, while a distracted Josh allows his marriage to suffer.
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep3 – Judgement Day First Aired: 28 September 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: It’s the day of Lara’s trial, but she’s not feeling positive since Melanie Collier denied her husband raped her. Lara tries to convince the jury her act was self-defence. Lara is shocked, when they return their verdict. While Duffy is in court, her mother, Kate, is brought in after her condition worsens. Kate tells Charlie she wishes not to be resuscitated. Duffy is angered by Charlie’s attempts at sympathy and finds a shoulder to cry on in new security guard Ryan. Dillon and Harry clash with Charlie over how to treat two sisters, who are found to be drug mules.
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep2 – Protection First Aired: 21 September 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Lara begins her court trial and suffers flashbacks and the bad memories associated with her assault. New SHO locum Heather Lincoln arrives and doesn’t go unnoticed by Simon, who gives her a guided tour – Colette teases ‘Does the tour include the cold showers?’. Later Dillon unwittingly starts to undress in the staff room, unaware Heather is enjoying the view. Heather, is quick to forget about a drink with Simon after shift, and is about to proposition Dillon, when Simon walks in. Heather gets Duffy’s back up by bluffing her way through a patient’s case and getting Harry on her side – and Duffy becomes more unhappy when her mother is brought in to the department, seriously ill with breast cancer. Finn is unhappy when he finds he is named in Comfort’s divorce papers.
Series: Casualty Episode: S17Ep1 – Déjà Vu First Aired: 14 September 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Three months on, Nikki returns to work and finds the experience still haunts her and has to deal with a stabbing victim on her first shift. Jack is embarrassed when she finds out about his spontaneous marriage proposal by her bedside. While taking his children out to the fair, Harry finds himself on-duty after a helicopter crash and is forced to deal with the injured as well as deal with his rebellious daughter. He feels guilty when he finds his heroic actions have infact cost lives. After being arrested, Lara is terrified for her future and looks to David’s wife to verify her story in court.
Consultant Harry Harper is spending what he hopes will be a nice day out at the fair with his kids. But you just know that, this being the first episode in a new series of CASUALTY, disaster is looming.
Sure enough, it’s not long before Harry is dealing with one of the biggest and goriest disasters ever to hit Holby – a crash involving the air ambulance which is called to an emergency at the fair.
The dashing actor, 50, veteran of long-running US shows such as Falcon Crest, joined the show as caring consultant Harry Harper earlier this year and he says: “It is a big commitment. It is very intensive – we work 49 weeks a year.
“I was worried about the balance of my life and I am still a bit worried but I knew what I was doing. I have been in TV from a young age.”
Series: Casualty Episode: S16Ep40 – Code Red First Aired: 29 June 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: A call to aid an injured man leads to a dangerous time for Nikki and Finlay as the situation turns violent. Harry is confirmed as the new consultant, and the pressure’s on for Lara as wife-beater and rapist David Collier continues his fight for life after their aggressive clash.
Series: Casualty Episode: S16Ep39 – Broken Hearts First Aired: 22 June 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Lara’s desperate fight for her life has devastating results for evil attacker David Collier. A surprise visitor ruins Roxy’s plans to accompany Simon to his brother’s wedding – should the ceremony still go ahead following the revelation of the prospective bride’s infidelity.
New A&E consultant Harry Harper realises that he is going to be in for a rough ride with headstrong Lara Stone this fortnight. Lara has several run-ins with bullying Detective Inspector David Collier until finally, Harry is forced to reprimand her for her unprofessional manner.
“Harry picks up very quickly that Lara is a little fragile,” reveals Simon MacCorkindale, who plays the new recruit. “He doesn’t question her skills as a doctor but he feels that she can get a little too emotionally involved with the patients.”
While Harry and Lara clash, Simon is happily settling into his new role, where he is set to play the doctor for the foreseeable future.
“Harry’s a great character,” reveals Simon. “He’s a bit of a super doctor. He is also a family man and has five children but he still has an eye for a pretty girl! I like him a lot.”
Simon has a wealth of acting experience including the US soap Falcon Crest and hit films such as Death On The Nile. He admits that it was daunting to join such a close cast but he laughingly explains that some real-life experiences have helped him to adapt to the hospital environment. “Being an outdoors person, I have spent a lot of time in A&E over the years with various war wounds!”
Series: Casualty Episode: S16Ep38 – Taking It All Back to the Streets First Aired: 15 June 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Lara clashes with DI David Collier when a double shooting brings him back to the hospital on official business. Deliberately obstructing his enquiries, she threatens to share her suspicions about him with the rest of the staff – leading to a tense confrontation in the car park. Simon faces domestic strife as his brother’s wedding draws nearer, leading him into a heated argument with bride-to-be Claire.
Series: Casualty Episode: S16Ep37 – Denial First Aired: 8 June 2002 Character: Harry Harper
Description: The doctors vie for the registrar’s job when new consultant Harry Harper holds interviews for the position – but Lara gets off to a bad start as she is forced to explain her actions after becoming emotionally attached to a patient who was raped. Charlie is shocked to see a face from the past, and asks for Dillon’s help in dealing with him.
Smoothy Simon MacCorkindale has had more than his fair share of visits to A&E
Playing the likes of Manimal’s Jonathan Chase and Falcon Crest’s Greg Reardon, actor Simon MacCorkindale has earned himself the reputation as one of TV’s eternal bachelor boys. But it’s as a family man that he’ll be seen from this week, playing Casualty’s new consultant, Harry Harper.
He’s recently moved to a new home, not far from where CASUALTY is made, and was looking for a local company to make him a mask for his character in the Sky 1 series Relic Hunter.
And it was then that he found himself wandering onto the CASUALTY set in Bristol, to meet the hospital drama’s special effects team.
Holby is to have a familiar face coming through its doors when actor Simon MacCorkindale joins the cast of Casualty. The former Falcon Crest and Manimal star has appeared in a long list of US productions, and is delighted to be back working in the UK. “I’ve always been a fan of Casualty” he reveals. “It’s great to be joining such an established show with a lovely bunch of people.” Simon will play consultant Harry Harper, and his first episode will be on screen in May.
