Olly Rix joins the cast of Casualty

Olly Rix has joined the cast of Casualty to play charming but complicated Clinical Lead Flynn Byron.

The actor will first appear on screens from March during the show’s new miniseries Internal Affairs.

As the new Clinical Lead Consultant at Holby City ED, Flynn joins the NHS fresh from a tour of duty. He’s a man with a purpose, and with a fierce resolve to make a difference. He faces the challenge of instilling change in a system weighed down by bureaucracy, all the while grappling with the trauma he has experienced and a deception that threatens to be his undoing.

Olly Rix said:

“It’s been a pleasure to join the Casualty cast in such a dynamic role. Flynn crashes into the world of it from a very different background, resulting in a complex and exciting story in Internal Affairs and beyond. It’s a brilliant new chapter for the show and I am excited for the audience to get to know Flynn.”

The actor’s previous credits include Agatha Raisin, Our Girl and Call The Midwife.

Casualty’s Internal Affairs will also feature acclaimed actor Robert Bathurst, who is set to take on the guest role of Russell Whitelaw, a top-tier surgeon who has commanded the operating room for years with his unmatched skill and domineering personality.

Bathurst noted of joining the long-running medical saga:

“Joining Casualty for three months was very enjoyable; it’s so well run, well written and well directed.

“They built an operating theatre especially for this block of stories so all of us, actors and crew, were on a voyage of discovery.  As always with Casualty, there were brilliantly qualified advisers on hand to make it seem as real as possible.

“The Emergency Department film set was just like being in a hospital – I kept getting lost.”

Casualty is a BBC Studios Drama production for BBC iPlayer and BBC One.