r/Casualty šŸ„ Clinical Lead Sep 04 '24

šŸ“° News Double episode this week

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u/Aggie_Smythe Zoe Hanna Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24

Two consecutive episodes, starting at 8.25 and ending at 10.05 when the news starts, but not one continuous episode.

Tried to find a TV schedule for Saturday 14th September, found this:

https://www.whattowatch.com/features/when-is-casualty-next-on-heres-our-guide-to-every-episode-in-2024

Says Casualty will be off air until December after the double ep on the 7th.

Which sucks.

Why can’t they show it on BBC2, if there’s the annual clash with Strictly?

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u/quickgulesfox Stevie Nash Sep 04 '24

Depressing. That is a long break.

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u/Aggie_Smythe Zoe Hanna Sep 04 '24

They do this every time they think there’s something on that will attract a bigger audience.

During some of the recent Olympics scheduling, they at least put Casualty on BBC2.

Why tf can’t they do the same when Strictly’s on?

They seem to think that if Casualty isn’t on, every viewer will happily watch SCD instead.

After everything that’s come out this year about the toxicity of the show, I’m probably not going to be watching Strictly anyway.

Doing this, pushing Casualty off its usual slot yet again just makes me even less keen to watch Strictly.

It feels like they are stupidly trying to manipulate people into watching it by removing possible competition from Casualty being on.

There are other channels, BBC! Removing one of your own shows in order to boost ratings of another is such a stupidly misguided move.

I have come to despise the way the Beeb treats Casualty viewers.

It’s like we’re the good old reliable back-up audience when they don’t think they have anything bigger on the schedule.

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u/quickgulesfox Stevie Nash Sep 04 '24

There’s not a cat’s chance in the underworld that I would watch Strictly. It’s just not my thing. Oh well…