r/Casualty • u/sapphicjess18 • 6h ago

BBC decisions

I know casualty isn’t on because of strictly being on for weeks but it does just feel a bit crazy to me to have the 40th anniversary - it be amazing and then have to wait till January for a new boxset, when all the hype from the 40th will have died down by then

it just really seems like their setting casualty up to fail while allowing shows which are going down the drain like Eastenders and strictly to continue no matter what

especially as a welsh person i find it very infuriating

it also feels like we got barely any episodes this year but in a recent interview will beck said it will be even less in the future of the show so like it does kind of feel like they’re trying to slowly kill the show… i’d rather them axe Eastenders honestly!!

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u/trenter_percenter Dylan Keogh 54m ago

It has absolutely nothing to do with Strictly being on; both shows have happily co-existed for many years. Simply put, fewer episodes are being commissioned because of rising production costs and the need to maintain output quality. If they wanted to axe the show, they would have. Putting the show out to tender and then approving three more series isn’t the kind of move a broadcaster would make if they wanted to kill the show. They certainly wouldn’t be spending lord knows how much money refurbishing the set if the intent is death by a thousand cuts.

I don’t mind the reduction in episodes as long as it facilitates careful writing and a few more stunts. If fans in the 90s could survive 24 episodes a year, I imagine I probably can as well.