Casualty (Season 12)

Give My Love to Esme (Episode 1)

Air date: 1997-09-11

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: Jack is now engaged to Jayne but overreacts when new nurse Tina Seabrook makes an unfortunate comment about a man who deliberately fell off a ladder to get into hospital. Josh and Liz try to get Ian and Esme, a couple who are having a baby to the hospital, but end up having to deliver the baby in the back of an ambulance. Young black couple Jason and Lou are arguing about her desire to join the police, who Jason sees as institutionally racist. After they part ways, Jason sees someone park a van in the car park at a shopping centre. A bomb in the van goes off, causing many casualties. An elderly man removes glass imbedded in his wife's stomach and she dies of internal bleeding. Lou seems to have minor injuries but in hospital a scan shows she has a bleed on the brain, which leaves her in a coma. Ian has been left trapped in rubble and when a second bomb is discovered Baz and Josh amputate his foot to get him out.

Private Lives (Episode 2)

Air date: 1997-09-13

Runtime: 48 min

Overview: An underage prostitute, Lucy, is lured to a garage by a client where she is beaten up by a group of men and dumped outside the hospital. Jack warns George about getting too involved in the case. Lucy's friend Julie turns up and it transpires she set up the beating because Lucy was planning on quitting the game. Lucy initially leaves with Julie but later returns to see George. Liz argues with her husband John, who thinks she is not spending enough time at home. A young woman brings in her older neighbour; they are involved in a dispute over a fence and the older woman tripped over. Sam manages to get them talking. A young man with a history of mental health issues pushes his mother (Brigit Forsyth) down the stairs. Richard and Kate convince her to have him sent to a psychiatric hospital.

Nearest and Dearest (Episode 3)

Air date: 1997-09-20

What Friends are For (Episode 4)

Air date: 1997-09-27

The Things We Do For Love (Episode 5)

Writer: Peter Bowker

Air date: 1997-10-04

Counting the Cost (Episode 6)

Air date: 1997-10-11

Always on My Mind (Episode 7)

Air date: 1997-10-18

Finders Keepers (Episode 8)

Air date: 1997-10-25

Whatever It Takes (Episode 9)

Air date: 1997-11-01

A Taste of Freedom (Episode 10)

Air date: 1997-11-08

Bad Company (Episode 11)

Air date: 1997-11-15

Moving On (Episode 12)

Air date: 1997-11-22

Power of Persuasion (Episode 13)

Air date: 1997-11-29

Out of Control (Episode 14)

Air date: 1997-12-06

Love's Labour (Episode 15)

Air date: 1997-12-13

Facing Up (Episode 16)

Air date: 1997-12-20

The Golden Hour (Episode 17)

Air date: 1997-12-27

An Eye for an Eye (Episode 18)

Air date: 1998-01-03

Loco Parentis (Episode 19)

Air date: 1998-01-10

Degrees of Separation (Episode 20)

Air date: 1998-01-17

Secrets (Episode 21)

Air date: 1998-01-24

Love Me Tender (Episode 22)

Air date: 1998-01-31

Taking Sides (Episode 23)

Air date: 1998-02-07

We Can Be Heroes (Episode 24)

Air date: 1998-02-14

Everlasting Love Part 1 (Episode 25)

Air date: 1998-02-21

Everlasting Love Part 2 (Episode 26)

Air date: 1998-02-28