1. Charlie Fairhead is a fictional character from the BBC British medical drama Casualty.
25 Facts About Charlie Fairhead
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In Series 5, Charlie Fairhead was shot in the chest with a handgun by a schizophrenic man, holding Megan Roach hostage in CRASH.
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Charlie Fairhead pushes himself up against the door to prevent Leona from coming in.
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At the start of Series 15, it is revealed that Charlie Fairhead has suffered a pulmonary embolism and slowly comes back to health.
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Claire discovers that Luke had tried to protect the killer, his ex-wife Bex Reynolds, and that Charlie Fairhead knew of this as well.
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Charlie Fairhead dies, but Charlie and Luke make a full recovery.
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In Series 24, Charlie Fairhead is stressed after he relentlessly attempts to help Louis' pregnant girlfriend Shona from harming herself and the baby as Louis can't be bothered.
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Charlie Fairhead eventually finds Shona extremely drunk and high, slumped in a graveyard.
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Charlie Fairhead is brought back to the Emergency Department with Shona, where it is found he has had a heart attack.
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Charlie Fairhead is operated on by Elliot Hope, one of his oldest friends, and he makes a slow but full recovery.
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In March 2020, Charlie Fairhead quit his job at the emergency department, following a stressful several weeks after the death of Duffy.
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Charlie Fairhead rejoined the Emergency Department in May 2020, after being held as a hostage by a mentally ill man.
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Unhappily married, she reconciles with Charlie Fairhead and falls pregnant with their son, Louis.
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Charlie Fairhead has come close to death on several occasions since 1990 as a result of a shooting and later a hit and run involving a stolen ambulance, a pulmonary embolism, attempted drowning and a heart attack.
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When Zoe Hanna begins looking for a new consultant, following her promotion to clinical lead, Charlie Fairhead recommends a former nurse of Holby, Martin "Ash" Ashford, and he later wins the job and begins working in the ED.
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Charlie Fairhead begins mentoring a new student nurse, Ally Hunter, but after realising that she doesn't want to be a nurse and that she doesn't need to follow her mother and grandmother's footsteps she leaves the ED and decides to travel the world.
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Charlie Fairhead arranges an appointment with Elliot Hope where he believes Charlie Fairhead has a high possibility of angina.
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Charlie Fairhead later becomes irritable towards Tess when she recommends a retirement care plan.
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When Connie, Tess, Ash, Ethan and Lily are involved in a minibus crash, Charlie Fairhead takes charge of the ED and ensures that Connie does not attempt a risky procedure on Ethan due to her injuries.
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In February 2015, Charlie Fairhead gives Connie a few harsh words after she makes the rash decision to ask Caleb Knight for his letter of resignation.
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Later, Charlie Fairhead discovers that Louis is in Romania, has accumulated a large amount of debt and is addicted to heroin.
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Charlie Fairhead tries to support his son in his recovery, but Louis relapses several times; Charlie shows Louis a dead drug addict and even threatens to take heroin himself to highlight the danger of Louis' addiction.
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Charlie Fairhead is seen diving into the water to save Zoe; however, the exertion and hypothermia bring on a massive heart attack.
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Attempts to restart Charlie Fairhead's heart were shown in real-time, in parallel with other plot threads, with the episode ending with Charlie Fairhead completely flatlining, and some of his colleagues contemplating giving up and declaring him dead.
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Charlie Fairhead has been in the show for nearly 30 years, and he's such an iconic character.