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
Pictured At Home With Her Magnificent Arabian Horses
Actress Susan George Reveals Why She Gave Up Hollywood For The Good Life
(Mainly a Susan George article)
While Susan George remains firmly embedded in the nation’s psyche for her illustrious film career, these days the actress is more likely to to be found delivering foals than lines from a script
In a move that has taken her far from the bright lights of Hollywood, the Straw Dogs star now spends her time breeding Arabian horses at the farm she shares with her husband of 22 years, Casualty star Simon MacCorkindale. In turn, the magnificent animals have led to Susan’s inspired venture into photography.
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.
Simon will be appearing in a touring production of Sleuth, starting on 22nd January 2008 in Windsor for two weeks, then to various locations around the UK on a 16 week tour (starting 4th February and ending 25th May? – if my maths is right – so any dates after this will be without Simon, if the play continues) (Edit – see dates below)
At present the only other location I can confirm is The Grand in Wolverhampton in April. More details as soon as I’m aware of them but it’s still a long time away for details to come too quickly.
This probably means he will be leaving Casualty at the end of the year as most of us suspected, but no confirmation of that yet. (Edit – has now been confirmed)
Still no new locations confirmed, yet. But tickets are already on sale for both Wolves and Windsor.
All details are subject to change so please confirm with the theatre when booking
Simon has confirmed that he’ll start rehearsals for Sleuth on January 14th (this might be earlier now too)
Simon’s co star will be Micheal Praed and we will be sharing details with his official site so we can keep as up to date as possible. (Micheal will be playing Milo, so Simon will be playing Andrew(?)) Micheal Praed Official Site (added 01/11/07)
The years I ran Simon’s international club were 1982 – 1995. In the summer of 1982 my friend Violet and I had just seen “The Sword and the Sorcerer”. We noticed the young actor who played Micah and decided he deserved to have a fan club. I contacted his manager and presented our plan for a quality fan club for Simon. We outlined the club format using the accepted format by the National Association of Fan Clubs (NAFC). It was a nice coincidence that Simon was going to direct a play in Dallas at a dinner theater that Sept. I received a letter from his manager with official permission to begin the club, and soon after that received my first letter from Simon personally.
This is the interview we managed to arrange for the site’s first birthday in April 2007 , though the interview was recorded late February. All answers are pretty much word for word what he replied. The interview was carried out at the Grand Theater in Wolverhampton. This is quite a long interview and the questions are out of order from when they were originally asked to make more sense.
Question 000 – From shelliwood: How did you get the scar under your right eye?
How did I get the scar under my right eye? That happened when I was about 13 and I was playing cricket and I got hit by a cricket ball.
I hit a ball and it caught the edge of the bat and flew back up into my face, and hit me right under the eye, split it wide open. But it’s been there and I’ve used it, on a couple of jobs I did I actually highlighted it slightly and made it a feature of the character.
Did I use it in Manimal? Did I or not, do you know I can’t remember. I mean it was more noticeable, it become progressively less noticeable, I don’t even notice it anymore actually. I haven’t ever had anything done about it but as one’s face changes so does it. It also stated a little higher it was nearer my eye so it gets a bit lower, force of gravity (chuckle) or something like that.
Question 003 – From Kerri: Do you find it weird that there are fan sites about you?
I suppose I don’t find it weird because I did when it first happened and therefore having accepted it, I know it’s there.
When Lonna Poland approached my manager in California, which was probably 1982, she would know better than I, but I’m sure it was 1982, it seem to me to a very strange thing, seemed to be rather an American thing because I hadn’t really experienced it much in the UK. We discussed it, my manger said, ‘No this is really fairly normal and it’s not a bad things at all it’s good for PR, it a good way of communicating with fans and we can control a lot of thing so forth to a degree.’ So anyway I said to Lonna that we’d do it and we did. So having made that judgment, from then on I knew about fan sites and therefore I knew what it could be like and Lonna was exceptionally good at running it.
Casualty Star Simon MacCorkindale talks about his latest play, Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest, and explains how close he came to playing James Bond. . .
What’s The Unexpected Guest about, Simon?
It’s the story of a man who arrives at a property in South Wales after having trouble with his car. When he enters the property he finds a dead body, and a woman who claims she’s responsible for the murder. The man, for a variety of reasons, decides to set about trying to give her an alibi…
Casualty star Simon MacCorkindale has spoken for the first time about the moment he became a hit-and-run driver, abandoning a seriously injured cyclist in a remote country lane.
The 55-year-old actor, who plays consultant Harry Harper in the BBC hospital drama, hit John Lilley in a narrow lane near Taunton, Somerset, in 2005.
But instead of stopping to help, he made the split-second decision to continue on to Casualty rehearsals in Bristol.
Half an hour later, his conscience got the better of him and he called an ambulance to the scene.
MacCorkindale then drove to a police station to report the accident.
Series: Casualty Episode: S21Ep25 – The Miracle on Harry’s Last Shift First Aired: 17 February 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Alice has made a big sign for reception, announcing the saving of the department. Jeff and Dixie cope with a difficult drunk in a fight on the street, and Jeff proves his prowess as a paramedic. Meanwhile, Harry and Selena deal with a pensioner brought in by Jeff, but they fail to save his life and Harry is distraught. Later, Nathan decides he needs to apologise to Harry. He goes up to his office and, through the blinds, sees Selena and Harry in a passionate embrace
Harry is elected Holby’s new MP – but we haven’t seen the last of actor Simon MacCorkindale on the hospital wards. . .
Ever since we heard that Simon MacCorkindale was planning to quit his role as Casualty’s Harry Harper, the Inside Soap team has be distraught. How on earth would the emergency department ever be able to cope without him? And who else could offer the patients such a charming bedside manner? Luckily, when we put these questions to the man himself, it didn’t take him long to quell our worries. . .
Series: Casualty Episode: S21Ep23 – The Silence of Friends First Aired: 3 February 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Kelsey agonises over whether to tell Selena the truth about Nathan as their wedding approaches. Harry’s had enough when news of Alice’s harassment claim is leaked to the papers. Dixie makes an enemy of Tess.
IT was typical of a doctor to keep you waiting. When have they ever kept their appointment times?
But as my consultation was with one of Holby City’s finest medics, the stoical Harry Harper, I was prepared to wait.
In the four years that actor Simon MacCorkindale has worn the lead stethoscope and a furrowed brow in the BBC’s flagship Saturday night soap he has set more than a few hearts fluttering on and off set.
But can the 54-year-old actor cut the mustard while temporarily back in civvie street on stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week in Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest?
There’s bad news for fans of hospital drama Casualty – it looks like Simon MacCorkindale, who plays Harry Harper, could soon be leaving the show. The star recently admitted that he’s considering quitting his role to pursue his cherished dream of big-screen success.
“There comes a point when you feel you’ve done enough,” reveals the 54-year-old. “And I’ve always felt that the best part of my career would be at the latter end. I want to go on as an actor and move up to the next level.”
Series: Casualty Episode: S21Ep21 – The Personal Touch First Aired: 20 January 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Harry is suspended by Nathan, after he persuades Alice to make a formal complaint. Abs has an emotional day. Kelsey is forced into taking desperate measures, leading to a nasty surprise.
Series: Casualty Episode: S21Ep20 – Stormy Weather First Aired: 13 January 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: Kelsey is forced to consider taking drastic action when her debt problems escalate and she is threatened with eviction. Elsewhere, Cyd’s loyalties are torn when Greg and Dixie reveal they are both applying for Josh’s job. Harry acts on Maggie’s advice that he needs to be more personable if he wants to succeed in his election campaign when he comforts a distressed Alice – but Nathan sees an opportunity he can’t resist. Meanwhile, he waits impatiently for Selena’s answer to his proposal.
Series: Casualty Episode: S21Ep19 – Fish Out of Water First Aired: 6 January 2007 Character: Harry Harper
Description: The gang decide to get away from all the recent tragedy, but their seaside trip goes horribly wrong. Nathan’s mother causes havoc for her son, with unexpected results for Selena.
Following widespread critical acclaim for their star-studded production of The Hollow, the second production from The Agatha Christie Theatre Company promises to be another “beautifully staged and executed murder-mystery… a killer production of classic Christie class” (The Argus).
