Casualty's return date has been announced.

Sharing the news on the show's official Twitter account, the BBC confirmed that new episodes will begin airing from next week on Saturday, July 11.

May 30 was the last time Casualty aired on TV.

There will be plenty of drama when the show makes its return later this month. Upcoming storylines that fans can expect include Jade Lovall meeting her birth mother, Charlie Fairhead returning to the ED, and Lev Malinovsky harbouring a secret.

Plus, Coronation Street star Stirling Gallacher will be joining as police officer Ffion Morgan, who is also Jan Jenning's wife.

"Jan has a huge and terrifying story coming up in the next series where Ross comes into her life again – and given that Ross is pretty dodgy and Ffion is a police officer, it's all going to get pretty turbulent!" executive producer Simon Harper teased back in February.

Filming on Casualty was suspended earlier this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, star Gabriella Leon has suggested that the show could consider referencing COVID-19 in future storylines.

"I think it is a chance to pay homage to our wonderful frontline workers and the NHS in this terrible and tough time," she recently told Digital Spy.

"The NHS is something we so deeply care about and are eternally grateful to them for being the incredible heroes they are."


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