One of Casualty’s most iconic characters is Charlie Fairhead. What many people may not realise is that he based on a real life medical professional called Pete Salt. Known as the ‘Original ...

Image caption, Charlie and Lisa Duffin (aka ... Jon Sen, executive producer of Casualty, said they used to joke that after Fairhead's long and dramatic career in the NHS there was not much that ...

Casualty legend Derek Thompson has dropped an intriguing hint as to why he really left the medical drama. Back in March, Derek’s character Charlie Fairhead left Holby ED after 38 years.

The man whose caring style inspired the TV drama Casualty has quit his job in ... model for fictional accident and emergency nurse Charlie Fairhead, says staff are unable to provide patients ...

Casualty's longest-serving cast member Derek Thompson has described his final ever episodes on the BBC show this Saturday (March 16) as the "best of my career". After 38 years and nearly 900 episodes ...

Casualty is to return to TV screens for an ... also seen the departure of the show’s longest-serving character, Charlie Fairhead, played by Derek Thompson. The series has won six Baftas ...

The star, who played Charlie Fairhead in the BBC One medical drama, is its longest-serving cast member. Expletives were mistakenly shown before the watershed although the words were not audible on ...

admitted Casualty legend Derek Thompson ... The episode is something of pivotal point for Thompson’s Charlie Fairhead and Amanda Mealing’s Connie Beauchamp. “He’s there for her when ...