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Casualty
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About British medical drama series (since 1986)
Genres soap opera, medical drama
Created by Jeremy Brock, Paul Unwin
Starring Alex Walkinshaw, William Beck, Amanda Mealing, Michael Stevenson, Derek Thompson, George Rainsford, Amanda Henderson, Gregory Forsyth-Foreman
Length 41 seasons, 1401 episodes, 50 min each
Network BBC One
Country United Kingdom
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