page_title: Too Old for This Shift
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Too Old for This Shift / Cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Pam St. Clement at the EastEnders Meet and Greet event at BBC Elstree Centre.
context_page_description: "Too Old for This Shift" is a special feature-length episode of the British medical drama television series Casualty. It was broadcast as the premiere episode of its thirty-first series on 27 August 2016, on BBC One, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the show. The special, which is 99 minutes long, was co-written by Matthew Barry and Andy Bayliss, directed by Steve Hughes, and produced by Lucy Raffety.
  "Too Old for This Shift" explores the outcome of the cliffhanger broadcast at the end of the thirtieth series, by focusing on the events surrounding the aftermath of the collision involving established characters Connie Beauchamp and her daughter Grace Beauchamp. The episode centres around the celebrations of Charlie Fairhead's thirtieth anniversary of working in the fictitious Holby City Hospital's emergency department, where the show is set. It also features a helicopter crash outside the emergency department, which causes damage to the hospital.
  Several actors who have previously appeared on Casualty during its thirty years on air made a cameo appearance during the special, while Ian Bleasdale reprised his role as Josh Griffiths for the entirety of the episode.
context_section_description: Charlie Fairhead – Derek Thompson
  Connie Beauchamp – Amanda Mealing
  Jacob Masters – Charles Venn
  Elle Gardner − Jaye Griffiths
  Ethan Hardy − George Rainsford
  Alicia Munroe − Chelsea Halfpenny
  Lisa "Duffy" Duffin – Cathy Shipton
  Iain Dean – Michael Stevenson
  Lily Chao − Crystal Yu
  Caleb "Cal" Knight − Richard Winsor
  Dylan Keogh − William Beck
  Louise Tyler − Azuka Oforka
  David Hide – Jason Durr
  Noel Garcia − Tony Marshall
  Jez Andrews − Lloyd Everitt
  Robyn Miller – Amanda Henderson
  Max Walker – Jamie Davis
  Amira Zafar − Poppy Jhakra
  Sally Hodge − Pam St. Clement
  Josh Griffiths − Ian Bleasdale
  Jac Naylor − Rosie Marcel
  Henrik Hanssen − Guy Henry
  Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher − Alex Walkinshaw
  Grace Beauchamp − Emily Carey
  Kai Swift − Raif Clark
  Charlotte Swift − Daisy Douglas
  Steve Swift − Adam Foster
  Steph Sims − Tonicha Lawrence
  Harry Price − John Hogg
  Jay Faldren − Ben Turner
  Comfort Jones − Martina Laird
  Tess Bateman − Suzanne Packer
  Lenny Lyons − Steven Miller
  Alice Chantrey − Sam Grey
  John "Abs" Denham − James Redmond
  Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker − Charles Dale
  Mike Barratt − Clive Mantle
  Debbie Phillips − Holli Hoffman
  The official cast list for the episode was released by BBC Online on 19 August 2016; prior to this, the BBC and various media outlets revealed throughout late June and much of August, the various actors and their characters who would appear in the 30th anniversary special. The episode marked the permanent return of Cathy Shipton to the show, reprising her role as original nurse Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, following her guest appearances in the previous series, while Ian Bleasdale made a guest appearance throughout the episode, reprising his role as former paramedic Josh Griffiths. Three Holby City actors also performed as their characters for the special, their appearances announced on 28 June, 2016 – these were Rosie Marcel as consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, Jac Naylor, Guy Henry as chief executive officer Holby City NHS Trust and consultant general surgeon, Henrik Hanssen, and Alex Walkinshaw as ward manager and former Casualty character, Adrian Fletcher.
  Alongside Shipton and Bleasdale, a number of former actors from the show returned for the episode, each making a cameo appearance in the role of their respective former character and their scenes filmed in the style of giving a short video tribute to Charlie; these scenes are spaced out throughout the episode. Joining alongside Guy Henry, Amanda Mealing, Emily Carey and Jason Durr, all of whom did the same in the role of their own respective characters, these included: Charles Dale as Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker, Ben Turner as Jay Faldren, Suzanne Packer as Tess Bateman, Sam Grey as Alice Chantrey, James Redmond as John "Abs" Denham, Clive Mantle as Mike Barratt, Martina Laird as Comfort Jones, and Steven Miller as Lenny Lyons. In addition, former EastEnders actor, Pam St. Clement, made a guest appearance in the story as "very grumpy patient" Sally Hodge.
caption: Pam St. Clement (pictured) guest appeared in the episode as patient Sally Hodge.
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