Casualty (series 17)

Harry takes his children to a charity fun fair but ends up clashing with eldest daughter Tally, who is planning to drop out of school and go backpacking with her boyfriend Hugh, although Hugh is shocked to learn she is only sixteen. A skydive goes wrong when one of the parachutists, John, collides with a bungee jumper and, in a panic, releases his harness and falls several feet to the ground. With ambulances delayed by traffic, Harry calls in an air ambulance but when it tries to take off, the discarded parachute gets stuck in its rotors and it crashes, causing injuries to several bystanders including Jordan. A major incident is called but Roxy, now a staff nurse, has to go home to look after Nicole. Tally organises her siblings in performing triage on the walking wounded. One of the paramedics, Ben, and the pilot were killed instantly. The other paramedic, Terry, dies at the scene and Harry has to amputate the leg of a doctor, Eddie. John dies in hospital and Jordan is upset Harry didn't look after him but Tally decides not to go travelling. Harry's wife Beth is helping Lara with her defence. Duffy has received Andrew's life insurance and Charlie tries to talk her out of giving it away. Nikki is back at work after her stabbing and learns of Jack's proposal, which she jokingly accepts knowing he changed his mind. She and Josh talk down a couple arguing after a road accident, but when they are called to the flats where she was stabbed, she refuses to go in without back-up, waiting twenty minutes for the police. They find a man has been stabbed and he dies in Resus.

Guest starring Matthew Gillespie, Isabella Mayes and Charlotte Mayes

Locum SHO Heather Lincoln starts work at the department. Her first patient is a man with a fish hook stuck in his throat. She arranges a date with Simon but then stands him up in favour of Dillon. Roxy is struggling with childcare issues and has to leave Nicole with Jack at the flat. A teenager gives birth at home with help from her boyfriend and brother, then dumps the baby at the hospital. She is later brought in with the placenta lodged in her abdomen but refuses to be admitted or have anything to go with the baby, forcing Mubbs Hussein to remove it in A&E. Afterwards, Simon passes her details on to the police and Social Services. McGuire reprimands Nikki for delaying helping the stabbing victim, then tells her to accept a bravery award for the PR. Comfort reveals Rob is divorcing her and naming Fin as co-respondent. An elderly woman, Kate, is brought in against her wishes; Charlie recognises her as Duffy's mother. It is discovery she is in end stage breast cancer and Duffy is annoyed Charlie tried to keep it from her. Lara's trial for unlawful killing begins. The pathology reports fail to confirm her account and Melanie insists David wasn't the one who raped her.

Guest starring Jack Fortune, Radhika Aggarwal and Zienia Merton

Dillon has spent the night with Heather but it comes to an abrupt end when he gets a call from Lara updating him on the court case. Harry and Duffy are due to give evidence, leaving Simon running the department, but Duffy's evidence is dismissed as hearsay and the prosecution force Harry to admit Lara lost a promotion because she was distracted by David. Urdu sisters Mariam and Samera are brought in after a car accident, accompanied by a shady man. It turns out they have both swallowed heroin bags and Mariam dies of an overdose after hers burst. Their handler is chased off by new security guard Ryan Johnson and Samera explains Mariam's husband died leaving them in debt and the smugglers are holding her children. Charlie calls the police over Dillon and Heather's objections but when Harry returns he hands the drugs over to the police but lets Samera go. Josh and Nikki treat a man having a heart attack in a cold store. Nikki convinces Josh to give him thrombolysis despite the danger. He has a reaction because of an enlarged prostate but survives. Kate is brought in after fitting and tells Charlie she doesn't want to be resuscitated. She dies in Resus and Ryan comforts Duffy. Dillon goes to court in time to hear Lara be found guilty.

Guest starring Kiran Dadlani, Seema Bowri and Simon Bowen

A woman, Hanna, is brought in by her sister Sonia: She has a pulmonary embolism but has messed up her warfarin and ibuprofen, causing severe bleeding. Simon wants to give her a transfusion but she is a Jehovah's Witness. He waits until she is unconscious, then gives her the transfusion anyway. Sonia lies to Harry saying Simon didn't know but blames Simon for ruining her relationship with Hanna. McGuire insists Nikki attend the bravery award ceremony in uniform. She turns up wearing a stab vest she bought herself and makes comments to the journalists about the service failing to offer protection. Josh gets out of breath climbing the stairs at a multi storey car park and stumbles carrying a woman down the stairs at a block of flats, prompting Fin to call for back-up. He is unable to join Colette at salsa lessons so she invites Simon to accompany her. Heather refuses to believe Simon run a bet to get a date with a patient until she turns up at the department; even then, she only gives him a kiss on the cheek. Anna criticises Roxy for staying out all night and leaving her and Nikki to look after Nicole. A very young boy tells Jack and Ryan his mother is ill in the car park; she is diabetic and has gone hypo but Harry and Anna manage to revive her while Roxy looks after her son. Dillon accompanies Lara to her sentencing where she is given three years.

Jack insists on accompanying Nikki and Comfort when they are called out to a gang fight. A girl, Shonagh, is being beaten by a rival gang, whose leader Kelly slept with the boyfriend of Shonagh's friend Chamelle. Chamelle turns up and points a gun at Jack when he tries to intervene. The ambulance leaves with Shonagh and hear a gunshot; Kelly is later brought into hospital and dies. Shonagh befriends Jodie, a girl brought in with stomach pains. She turns out to be pregnant but then develops a pulmonary embolism and dies in theatre. Shonagh, a single mother, refuses to go on the run with Chamelle and later hears she was arrested at the airport. A boy is brought in with what Heather dismisses as an asthma attack. Colette feels it is more serious and gets Harry for a second opinion. He discovers an epiglottis problem; Heather deflects blame by discovering he hadn't had his hepatitis jab. Roxy struggles with a crying Nicole on her day off and Jack helps her out. Lara discovers her cellmate has tried to commit suicide by hanging herself; she initially leaves it to the prison officers before stepping in and saving her. Dillon visits her in jail so Heather takes Simon back to hers instead.

A woman, Theresa, is in a car crash with her mentally disabled daughter Mary and a young girl, Amy. In hospital, Theresa dies and Amy is revealed to be Mary's daughter. Dillon and Colette try to get them admitted so Social Services can do a full assessment but Simon and Charlie refuse to go along with it and they are split up pending a review. Dillon gets into an argument with Simon which ends with them fighting over Heather. A man, Joe, is found beaten up. The man who found him tries to chat up both Comfort and Duffy. His girlfriend Sabine turns up and reveals her family were behind the attack; they are travellers and disapprove of the relationship. The couple try to leave but Joe is attacked again and dies in Resus. Sabine tries to commit suicide in front of her brother, who led the attack, by slitting her wrists. He takes her back to hospital where he is recognised and arrested. Duffy agrees to a date with Ryan. A man comes in with food poisoning after eating with an old girlfriend he met on Friends Reunited; Heather nearly starts a health investigation until his ex admits she spiked his food with droppings as revenge for dumping her in school. Harry asks Anna's help in buying lingerie for Beth. Roxy struggles with Nicole when Stella refuses to take her and she has to rely on creches. At the end of the shift, she abandons Nicole in the mother and baby section of a department store.

Roxy rings the Samaritans on waking and talks to Dillon, with them eventually realising who the other is. Roxy retrieves Nicole from the store, where she has been left undiscovered all night, and takes her to hospital where Harry finds she is dehydrated. Charlie and Harry discipline Simon and Dillon for their fight. Dillon lets slip to Charlie about Roxy's problems; he has no option but to put her on special leave and call Social Services. Ryan helps an old woman who falls down the steps in a shopping mall. She has had a stroke and Heather thinks her incomprehensible speech is dysphasia: In fact, she is talking Gaelic, having grown up on a small Scottish island. She recently came to live with her daughter after her husband died but wants to go back. When she suffers a second stroke, Duffy tells the daughter she wants to go home to die. Club owner Eddie Vincent brings in a bouncer who has been beaten and has internal injuries. He cancels his contract and bribes his wife to stay quiet. Tony recognises him as his and Jack's estranged father and is uncomfortable when Jack decides to get to know him. Lara reluctantly treats her cellmate, Amber, on the quiet after she receives a beating. Duffy visits her with a birthday card and afterwards kisses Ryan.

Two drivers, Robert and Alan, confront each other in a road rage incident. Alan collapses from a heart attack and, when the ambulance turns up, Robert attacks Josh before driving off. A teenager, Matt, is brought into hospital and claims he took an overdose. Colette learns he is lying and that he is Robert's son, who thinks Robert cares more about his lady friends than him. Alan smashes up Robert's car but collapses again; his wife tells him that, since he has to stay in hospital, she will go on the holiday she has booked with someone else. Robert is arrested but Josh downplays things for Matt's sake, before admitting to Fin he thinks something is wrong with him. A man comes in who thinks he has been made ill by lack of sex. Anna realises his wife fed him HRT tablets to slow him down and convinces him and Harry to keep quiet about it. Duffy talks to Roxy, who explains she can't afford child care. Jack visits Eddie at the club he owns. Harry takes Anna to feed a friend's dog; he kisses her but she puts a stop to things. Melanie comes in with chest pains and turns out to be addicted to pain medication. Duffy learns she came in with injuries under assumed names and that her daughter Lisa was injured when caught in the crossfire of an argument. She convinces Melanie you can't stay loyal to a dead husband and she needs to help Lara.