CASUALTY SATURDAY / BBC1 / 9.30PM / DRAMA
Watch out, Holby City Hospital! There’s a blast from the past on the wards this week as actor Leslie Ash reprises her role as Chief Executive Officer Vanessa Lytton after an 11-year hiatus.
The Men Behaving Badly star made her debut as the character in BBC1’s Holby City in October 2009, where a six-month-long storyline saw Vanessa cause chaos for her colleagues. This time she will appear in its Saturday-night sister series, Casualty.
Vanessa is admitted to the ED with a suspected fracture after falling downstairs, and the other medics nominate Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson) to treat her – something he’s less than thrilled about!
To everyone’s surprise, Vanessa seems to be a changed woman – but can they trust her?
Here, in an exclusive interview, Leslie, 61, tells TV Times more…
How did you feel when you got the call to come back?
This story is from the June 26, 2021 edition of TV Times.
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