This September, Casualty will be celebrating a major anniversary as the BBC medical drama will be turning the big 4-0. While it’s a bit too early for concrete spoilers, William Beck has teased that it’s going to a worthwhile way to mark the occasion. Speaking to Digital Spy and other press, the Dylan Keogh actor (who is the show’s longest-serving cast member, having joined in 2011) said that the anniversary is “going to really hit”.

“I mean, obviously I haven’t seen very much, but there’s a really beautiful example of Casualty coming out of where it normally sits,” he said.

“Hopefully, there’s an elegance about the appreciation of an anniversary. From my personal point of view, it’s rare that one comes to a show that’s been on for so long because it’s been on for so long.

“It’s not necessarily something that’s going to bring people in, but what you can do is go ‘look how far 40 years takes us – imagine what we can do next, imagine where we can go next’. We have the opportunity and we are taking the opportunity to renew the show going forward.”

Beck also spoke about how he feels “incredibly fortunate” to be part of the long-running BBC show as it hits this milestone.

“This year is 100 years of television, and it’s such a privilege to be involved in a show that has been on for nearly 40% of the time that television has been with us,” he said.

“To have been such a part of it, you just have to pinch yourself – and I do frequently.”

Dylan has been at the centre of some major storylines over the years, mostly famously his struggle with alcoholism.

Recently, he discovered that he is the biological father of Matty Linlaker, and after being unsure about what to do with the information, he eventually revealed the truth in the most recent episode.

Matty understandably didn’t have a great reaction to the news and insisted they will never be anything more than colleagues. Will they ever be able to forge a father/son relationship?