Casualty
sat 18 August, 8.40pm BBC1 Drama
As the news of Sam Nicholls’ death ripples through the ED, people close to her react in unpredictable ways. Sam’s paramedic partner, Iain, is angry, while her ex-husband, doctor Dylan Keogh, devotes himself to helping Ciara (The Inbetweeners’ Belinda Stewart-Wilson) face her alcohol addiction.
Paramedic Iain Dean’s conscience weighs heavily on him following the horrific crash on a dual carriageway that left seven people dead, including his work partner, Sam Nicholls. Grieving Iain’s keen to get back to work immediately, but first he has a confession to make to boss Jan Jenning (Di Botcher). Namely, that Mia, who jumped to her death from a motorway bridge, setting the crash in motion, told him earlier on that fateful evening that she was suicidal. Iain assessed that it was okay to leave her, and also did not add this vital information to his patient report!
‘The decisions he made that night sparked the events of the crash,’
Casualty Saturday, 8.40pm BBC1 Drama
says Michael Stevenson, who plays Iain. ‘The fatalities are close to his heart, and he has a lot to answer for.’
Iain thinks he’ll simply be suspended and is shocked when Jan reveals he could be fired. Desperate not to lose another member of her team, Jan conspires with Iain to coerce paramedic Ruby (Maddy Hill) to lie on her statement. But Ruby is a stickler for rules. Will she get tangled up in Iain’s lies? ‘The shock Iain feels isn’t something he’s going to get over quickly,’ says Michael.
‘He’s changed by everything that’s happened.’