Re: Doctor Who spotting

On 2024-08-22 22:04:59 +0000, Blueshirt said:

Your Name wrote:

On 2024-08-22 21:07:53 +0000, Blueshirt said:

Your Name wrote:

 Of course, ER was a copy-cat of the UK series "Casualty"
(started in 1986 and is still going), including copying
many of the storylines, but Alex Kingston never appeared
in that show.

 Unfortunately, the missus liked that as well. She absolutely
loved Charlie!

 Yep. Charlie (played by Derek Thompson) was on the show from
the start, but left earlier this year. The actor recently
appeared in most of the season 2 episodes of the Irish police
drama "Blue Lights".

 I remember Derek Thompson from "The Long Good Friday" and the
ITV adaptation of "Harry's Game" from the 1980's... but to some,
he'll always be Charlie!

Well, he did play the "Casualty" role for 38 years (901 weekly episodes), since the show started in 1986, plus appearing a few times in the spin-off shows "Holby" / "Holby City" and "Holby Blue", and wasn't in much else during that time.
Of course, that length of time is nearly a blink of an eye when compred to the TV record holder: William Roache has played the role of Ken Barlow in "Coronation Street" for 64 years (4783 semi-weekday episodes), since that show started in 1960. He was in the very first episode and still appears regularly.  :-)