Casualty teases ‘edge-of-your-seat drama’ as two new doctors join the cast

Calling all medical drama lovers! Casualty is set to return on 10 January, and as two new doctors make their debut on the show, they’ve teased “edge-of-your-seat drama” that promises to put audiences through their paces.

The new season follows the BBC drama’s long-running success since it first aired in 1986, and comes as the show prepares to shift its setting from Holby City General to a hospital in Wales, in a move designed to better reflect Welsh communities on screen.

Keep reading to meet the new cast members and find out what they’ve teased about the new miniseries, titled Learning Curve

Matty (ARON JUILIUS)© BBC/ALISTAIR HEAP

Aron Julius joins the cast as Matty

Meet the two new doctors joining Casualty

As usual, the new series promises a whole host of fresh storylines and drama, as well as two new doctors, played by Aron Julius (Death on the Nile, Death in Paradise) and Jasmine Bayes (Vera, Hijack).

Speaking about his character Matty, a newly qualified resident doctor, Aron told the BBC: “He’s full of that, ‘I’m ready to take on the world’ energy. He’s eager to prove himself and loves competition. Being the best doctor is important to Matty, but not as important as patient care. He has a big heart, revealing a real vulnerability behind all that Scouse charm.”

Jasmine Bayes plays Kim © BBC STUDIOS

Jasmine Bayes plays Kim

Meanwhile, Jasmin said of her character: “Kim Chang is a resident Doctor on a rotation at Holby; she is still very new to the game, especially ED work. She is from a long line of doctors in her family and therefore has a lot to prove, making her quite the perfectionist.”

When asked what viewers can expect from the Learning Curve boxset, Jasmine teased: “Learning Curve really puts the audience through their paces. The chaos and tribulations of what the doctors, nurses and the entire team at Holby are faced with is nothing short of ‘close-call’, edge-of-your-seat drama.”

Aron added: “Learning Curve can promise viewers a lot of fun, energy and a real, ‘back to school’ feeling. Matty and Kim are the newest members of Holby and I think taking it back to basics is always a great way for the audience to ask themselves, ‘What if that were me on my first day? What would I do? How would I be?”