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Casualty fans ‘sobbing’ over Charlie Fairhead's emotional soap exit after 38 years


Casualty aired nurse Charlie Fairhead's final scenes in an episode fans said was one of the 'best ever', but it also left fans in tears as Derek Thompson quit the show

After almost four decades on the BBC medical drama Casualty, Derek Thompson’s final scenes as Charlie Fairhead were aired on Saturday 16 March and fans were emotional to say the least. Casualty's longest-running actor Derek Thompson has called it quits Read MoreRelated Articles Coronation Street's Lauren's 'not dead' as viewers 'work out' what really happened Fans of the show went to social media to praise Charlie's exit scenesOne viewer wrote: “So pleased he wasn’t killed off - and loved the back story of him meeting Stevie #Casualty.”

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