Casualty

Gory scenes from Casualty's series 23 opener last September have been criticised by the media regulator, Ofcom, which said the episode exceeded generally accepted standards and was inappropriately scheduled. In the special two-part episode, nurse Tess (Suzanne Packer) is impaled on a spike at a building site while searching for a patient. The patient, a young woman, subsequently films the nurse in her predicament, runs from the scene and ends up being hit by an ambulance, which sends her flying into the windscreen of an oncoming car. Five viewers complained to Ofcom, calling the scenes "disturbing", "violent", "extremely graphic", "shocking" and "disgusting". Two complainants said their 4 and 16 year old children were upset by the content of the episodes; a third complainant, a nurse, said the scenes were "unexpected and
By James Welsh

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ITV1's fantasy drama Demons lost another 650,000 viewers last night (Saturday), according to early figures. The third episode, guest-starring Kevin McNally, pulled in 4.18m (18.1%) for ITV1 from 7.45pm. The audience is down almost 1.6m on that for the first episode a fortnight ago. Demons was beaten in the period by National Lottery quiz show In It To Win It, seen by 6.93m (30.1%) on BBC One, and Casualty, which had 6.53m (28%) from 8.30pm. Before Demons, You've Been Framed! had managed 6.1m (28.6%) and Harry Hill's TV Burp had taken 6.19m (27.5%). The latest episode of Eurovision: Your Country Needs You - a talent search to find this year's UK entrant - brought in 4.65m (21.5%) to BBC One from 6.35pm. Amir Khan's appearance on All Star Family Fortunes was seen by 3.95m (17%) on ITV1 from
By Neil Wilkes

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After a teary acceptance speech at the Golden Globes two weeks ago and a pair of BAFTA nominations for The Reader and Revolutionary Road, Kate Winslet is shaping up to be 2009's all-conquering awards machine. She'll likely be glued to the TV tomorrow with husband Sam Mendes when the Oscar nominations are announced to see if she's on the shortlist for the biggest acting prize of them all. Read on to find out ten fascinating facts about Reading's only A-list leading lady. 1. Kate was educated at the Redroofs Theatre School in Berkshire, where she juggled her love of acting with head girl duties. 2. Early roles for a teenage Kate included turns in the TV movie Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, Dark Season and the BBC's long-running medical soap Casualty. 3. Though Kate will always be remembered for smooching Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic,
By Simon Reynolds

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