Casualty versus ER - have your say!

The first episode was enough to put me off.
A bit like acorn antiques but without the laughs 😂

I gave up on Casualty years ago, after having to compare the angelic characters, always arranging weddings for patients/bringing in their pets to comfort them/going that extra mile for anyone, no matter how unpleasant-and Charlie with his inability to look anyone in the eye!-with real life medical staff who treated both my mum and my brother horribly when they were both unfortunate enough to need medical help. If only the staff were the way they are portrayed in "Casualty" in reality, we'd all be a lot less scared of having to go to hospital!!

My favourite Casualty doctor was Nigel le Vaillant. I called him Nigel the Valliant which brought up an image of him as a knight on a white horse etc. 😍 He went on to star in Dangerfield which of course I also loved.

Much prefer ER. Another vote for The Pitt here - it's so good.

Yes he did. I also enjoyed watching Simon MacCorkindale as a doctor. So sad he died quite young.

Clive Mantle made a lovely doctor, didn’t he.

Casualty was fab in the 80's. Loved Brenda Fricker and Clive Mantle in it. Clive, an ex cathedral choirister had a honeyed gorgeous speaking voice. Lovely memories

But half the fun in watching British dramas like Casualty, Silent Witness etc is picking up the bloopers and mistakes in continuity or, if you know even a little about the subject, picking faults and saying "but they'd never do that" or "that's just not right!".

Loved ER and you husband was raving about the Pitt but haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

I loved ER. I quite enjoy Casualty, but the double bill last week did lack a bit of credibility. America does produce some good series. I’m currently on series five of This Is Us - an American drama. I’d recommend it.

I love them both can’t choose between them

I have to own up to the fact that I have appeared in Casualty many times as a background artiste but I still don’t watch it. I’ve watched all of the ER seasons and loved the episodes with Noah Wyle, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards and Alex Kingston. Some of the later episodes suffered because of the writers’ strike but it’s still superior to CAS. I do enjoy seeing Charles Venn around the set, though.

Loved ER who wouldn’t with George Clooney in it 😂! Stopped watching Casualty years ago as it got very boring and ‘same ish’ As others have said The Pitt is excellent well worth a watch. Sorry but American hospital series are far superior to the U.K. ones.

Vintagegirl The Pitt is available in the UK on HBO (Sky).

Had not heard of All Saints. Enjoyed watching the several Australian series I have watched, definitely tick the ‘ preferred’ box. Will give that a go.

Casualty has been rubbish for at least 20 of those 40 years. Charlie looking into the middle distance while delivering his lines, I'm still convinced he had cue cards everywhere.

Absolutely LOVE Casualty and thought the 40th very good. Used to love Holby City too, shame it’s not on now.

My DD and I are/were both nurses and could not watch casualty after a few episodes because its stories are so ridiculous. Charlie seems to run the whole hospital and would pop up in any ward or department where in real life they have their own staff with their own capabilities.
I love to watch a nice murder drama and I’m sure any police watching pick holes in the plot like we did with Casualty or any other hospital soap .

Oh thanks for reminding me of All Saints. I had leg in plaster years ago and a guilty pleasure was watching that in daytime.

Thanks. Will check that out!

All Saints is free to watch on Amazon. 😍

The best as far as I'm concerned is a 1990s Australian medical drama series set in Sydney called All Saints 😍😍

It's created by the wonderful Bevan Lee who also did 'A Place to Call Home' so you know it's heart is in the right place. There are 493 episodes so enough to keep you going.

ER ... must have watched every episode back in the day. My medical relatives say The Pitt is very authentic but not available to view here. Another medical drama I rate highly is
RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service is an Australian drama television series which centres on the lives of workers for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. I think I picked up episodes on Youtube, maybe three seasons.

Yes. American hospital dramas make ours look so amateurish. OK if you like that sort of thing or don't bother to check the difference! Odd 'preferences' can so restrict perspective.

ER, Grey's Anatomy, The Pitt, all streets ahead of UK hospital dramas