BBC fan-favourite medical drama Casualty has been off-air for a couple of weeks.
BBC Casualty will not air again tonight(Image: BBC)
Casualty viewers have been left disappointed once again following a BBC schedule shake-up.
Fans of Casualty may have noticed a change to the BBC schedule tonight, April 4, as the much-loved medical drama has been taken off-air once again.
The series was pulled from the schedule last week, to make way for the The Big Night of Musicals, and fans hoped it would return to screens soon.
However, the drama continues to be absent from the Saturday evening schedule as another big event has taken precedent, leaving viewers disheartened.
In December 2025 it was announced BBC Studios had won the contract to continue to produce the next three seasons of the long-running show.
Yet fans have missed seeing their favourite Holby characters in action for two weeks in a row, and here is all you need to know about why the series will not be airing this week.
Why isn’t Casualty on tonight?
Casualty will not be airing on BBC One tonight as the channel is hosting coverage of The FA Cup for most of the evening.
Match of the Day Live will be on from 5pm until 10.05pm, with two separate games being shown, taking over Casualty’s usual slot.
The quarter-final coverage will see Chelsea and Port Vale go head to head first, followed by Southampton and Arsenal.
Fans will have to wait until Saturday, April 11, before Casualty returns to the BBC One schedule.
Casualty went off air in September 2025 and took a five month hiatus before returning in January this year.
Having first aired in 1986, Casualty is the longest running primetime medical drama in the world.
Fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to share their thoughts on the show’s absence, with one saying: “Settled down for Saturday night telly and just realised there is no #Casualty.”
Another fumed: “When the BBC f**** about with Saturday night schedules, why is #Casualty always the first, erm casualty?”
Towards the end of the year, the show will move to a new fictional hospital in Wales, with various Welsh characters set to be introduced.
Casualty returns to BBC One on Saturday, April 11 at 8.30pm