Product Information
Featuring true cases, characters and events taken from the London Hospital records, nurse's ward diaries and intimate memoirs, these gritty medical series show the lives û and forbidden romances û of pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred years ago.Product Identifiers
EAN5051561030307
eBay Product ID (ePID)73347693
Product Key Features
ActorCharity Wakefield, Nicholas Farrell, David Troughton, Cherie Lunghi, William Houston
Film/TV TitleCasualty 1900s
DirectorBryn Higgins
LanguageEnglish
Run Time570 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2009
FeaturesWidescreen
FranchiseCasualty
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs4
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Additional InformationFeaturing true cases, characters and events taken from the London Hospital records, nurse's ward diaries and intimate memoirs, these gritty medical series show the lives û and forbidden romances û of pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred years ago.<BR><BR><BR>Run with a will of iron by formidable Matron Eva Luckes, the hospital in LondonÆs poverty-stricken East End deals with anything from infectious diseases like syphilis, pneumonia and tuberculosis to shocking injuries of the times such as self-abortion injuries, victims of anarchist bombings and an East End gang member wounded in a shooting.<BR><BR>For the volunteer nurses and doctors û including Nurse Russell, Dr Culpin, Nurse Bennett, Dr Walton and the surgeons Hurry Fenwick and cocaine-addicted Dr Dean û work is tough and relentless. Relationships between staff might be strictly forbidden, but romance continues to blossom away from the MatronÆs gaze.<BR><BR><BR>In a time of great change, the hospital constantly faces up to the future. Pioneering radiographers work with the perilous x-ray equipment, chloroform is scandalously introduced as an anaesthetic and the use of revolutionary new electro-mechanical devices are instigated.<BR><BR>Equally gritty and heart-warming, these series bring the Edwardian hospital compellingly to life û illuminating the dramas and romances of a fascinating medical era.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleCasualty 1900s
Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody medical gore