Episode
Casualty: Waiting for a Star to Fall
Overview
Lily is assigned to an emotional case involving a teenage cancer patient in order to learn some empathy, while Charlie investigates an act of heroism as a bus crash unravels a web of deceit.
Details
- Series
- Casualty
- Season
- Season 28
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2013-08-31
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
Waiting for a Star to Fall is Episode 5 in Series 28 of Casualty. It aired on 2013-08-31. The runtime is 50 min.
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