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{{short description|Fictional character from the BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City}}
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| series = [[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]
| name = Patrick Spiller
| name = Patrick Spiller
| image = Patrick Spiller.jpg
| introducer= [[Mal Young]]
| image_size = 200px
|years = 1999-2002
| image =
| caption = Ian Kelsey as Patrick Spiller
| first = 11 December 1999
| first = "[[Casualty series 14#ep269|Free Fall]]"<br />11 December 1999
| last = 16 March 2002
| last = "[[Casualty series 16#ep348|Past, Present, Future]]"<br />16 March 2002
| portrayer = [[Ian Kelsey]]
| portrayer = [[Ian Kelsey]]
| lbl1 = Spinoff(s)
| lbl1 = Spinoff(s)
| data1 = ''[[Holby City]]'', 2001
| data1 = ''[[Holby City]]'', 2001
| occupation = [[Specialist registrar]], [[emergency medicine]]
|death= 16 March 2002
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| significant_other = [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Holly Miles]]<br />[[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Rachel James]]<br />[[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Lara Stone]]
|classification= [[List of Casualty characters|Former; regular]]
| family = Gordon Spiller (father)
| occupation = [[Emergency medicine]] [[Specialist registrar|registrar]]
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| significantother = [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Holly Miles]]<br />[[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Rachel James]]<br />[[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Lara Stone]]
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'''Patrick Spiller''' is a [[fictional character]] from the [[BBC]] [[medical drama]] [[television series]] ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', portrayed by actor [[Ian Kelsey]]. The character first appeared on-screen on 11 December 1999 in the episode "Free Fall" - [[List of Casualty episodes (series 13-14)|series 14, episode 15]] of the programme. Patrick is a [[specialist registrar]] in the [[Holby|Holby City Hospital]] [[emergency department]], who attempts to advance his career and attain a [[Consultant (medicine)|consultancy]] post, whilst having relationships throughout his tenure with [[Senior house officer|SHO]] [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Holly Miles]], PC [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Rachel James]] and Holly's replacement, SHO [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Lara Stone]]. He dies following a motorway crash in episode "Past, Present, Future" - [[List of Casualty episodes (series 15-16)|series 16, episode 28]] of the programme - making his final on-screen appearance on 16 March 2002.
'''Patrick Spiller''' is a fictional character from the [[BBC]] [[medical drama]] ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', portrayed by actor [[Ian Kelsey]]. The character made his first appearance during the [[Casualty series 14|fourteenth series]] episode "Free Fall", which was broadcast on 11 December 1999. Patrick is a [[specialist registrar]] in the [[Holby|Holby City Hospital]] [[emergency department]], who attempts to advance his career and attain a [[Consultant (medicine)|consultancy]] post, whilst having relationships throughout his tenure with [[Senior house officer|SHO]] [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Holly Miles]], PC [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Rachel James]] and Holly's replacement, SHO [[List of Casualty characters#Former characters|Lara Stone]]. He dies from a head injury following a car crash in the [[Casualty series 16|sixteenth series]] episode "Past, Present, Future" – making his final appearance on 16 March 2002.


==Characterisation==
==Characterisation and development==
Kelsey admitted that he was not confident with the medical jargon that he had to say, likening it to learning Russian.<ref name="Dasey">{{cite magazine|last=Dasey|first=Annette|date=11–24 December 1999|title=Back in the spotlight|magazine=[[Inside Soap]]|issue=142|page=37}}</ref> He said "I haven't a clue what I'm talking about, but there's an adviser who makes sure we don't point at a patient's nose when we're talking about their feet. I'll have to start writing my lines on the patients' plaster casts."<ref name="Dasey"/>
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Patrick has been described as "''Casualty''{{'s}} bad boy" by Marion McMullen of the ''[[Coventry Telegraph]]'', who deemed him "arrogant, brusque and bad-tempered". Kelsey has disclosed that viewers of the show sometimes assume that he shares his character's temperament, but that he does not receive any hostility for it, surmising: "It must mean I'm somehow putting across the fact that there really is a nice bloke behind the brick wall that Patrick puts up."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SATURDAY+TV:+TONIGHT'S+HIGHLIGHTS-a073517701|title=Saturday Tv: Tonight's Highlights|last=McMullen|first=Marion|date=21 April 2001|work=[[Coventry Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref> Kelsey feels that the only trait of Patrick's which he shares is his "dry sense of humour". He has assessed that Patrick is "very good" at his job, but that his bedside manner becomes worse as the series develops. He has stated, however, that: "Away from the eyes of his colleagues he is perfectly capable of showing real humanity and care."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SATURDAY+TV:+TONIGHT'S+HIGHLIGHTS-a078533123|title=Saturday Tv: Tonight's Highlights|last=McMullen|first=Marion|date=22 September 2001|work=[[Coventry Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref> Kelsey believes that Patrick softened in the show's fifteenth series, but that he reverted to form "with a vengeance" in series sixteen. He believes that Patrick would be spoiled for the show's viewers if it was ever explained why he behaves the way he does, and prefers playing Patrick as the "bad guy".<ref name="Pain"/>


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Patrick has been described as "''Casualty''{{'s}} bad boy" by Marion McMullen of the ''[[Coventry Telegraph]]'', who deemed him "arrogant, brusque and bad-tempered". Kelsey has disclosed that viewers of the show sometimes assume that he shares his character's temperament, but that he does not receive any hostility for it, surmising: "It must mean I'm somehow putting across the fact that there really is a nice bloke behind the brick wall that Patrick puts up."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SATURDAY+TV:+TONIGHT'S+HIGHLIGHTS-a073517701|title=Saturday Tv: Tonight's Highlights|last=McMullen|first=Marion|date=21 April 2001|work=[[Coventry Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref> Kelsey feels that the only trait of Patrick's which he shares is his "dry sense of humour". He has assessed that Patrick is "very good" at his job, but that his bedside manner becomes worse as the series develops. He has stated, however, that: "Away from the eyes of his colleagues he is perfectly capable of showing real humanity and care."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SATURDAY+TV:+TONIGHT'S+HIGHLIGHTS-a078533123|title=Saturday Tv: Tonight's Highlights|last=McMullen|first=Marion|date=22 September 2001|work=[[Coventry Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref> Kelsey believes that Patrick softened in the show's fifteenth series, but that he reverted to form "with a vengeance" in series sixteen. He believes that Patrick would be spoiled for the show's viewers if it was ever explained why he behaves the way he does, and prefers playing Patrick as the "bad guy".<ref name="Pain"/>
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Discussing Patrick's relationship with PC Rachel James, Kelsey assessed: "Spiller and Rachel just fancy each other - it's all about sex."<ref name="Pain">{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17949214.html|title=Spiller's a pain in the neck|last=Gould|first=Phil|date=22 September 2001|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|publisher=[[Johnston Press]]|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref> SHO Lara Stone was introduced as a love-interest for Patrick, with [[Television producer|producer]] Mervyn Watson explaining: "I felt it would be good to bring Patrick Spiller into contact with a very worthy adversary, a woman who was his equivalent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/daily-mail-london-england-the/mi_8002/is_2001_Oct_10/doctor-prescribed-casualty-romance/ai_n36422989/|title=The doctor prescribed for a Casualty romance|date=10 October 2001|work=[[Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers]]|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref> [[Christine Stephen-Daly]], who plays Lara, has commented that Patrick is Lara's type, but that they clash often as they are so similar, asserting that they are both: "arrogant, like getting their own way and enjoy being in control." Stephen-Daly feels that Lara is more "caring" than Patrick, whose bedside manner "leaves a lot to be desired."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-80821992.html|title=New face raises the temperature|last=Gould|first=Phil|date=15 December 2001|work=[[The News Letter]]|publisher=[[Johnston Publishing (NI)]]|accessdate=4 February 2010}}</ref>

Writers created a fictional backstory for Patrick and Senior House Officer Holly Miles ([[Sandra Huggett]]), which is revealed when they meet again. The characters had "a fling" while they were at college together, and Kelsey said that they still fancy each other, so there is a lot of tension.<ref name="Dasey"/> He also expected there would be kissing scenes between them in the future.<ref name="Dasey"/>

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Discussing Patrick's relationship with PC Rachel James, Kelsey assessed: "Spiller and Rachel just fancy each other - it's all about sex."<ref name="Pain">{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17949214.html|title=Spiller's a pain in the neck|last=Gould|first=Phil|date=22 September 2001|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|publisher=[[Johnston Press]]|access-date=4 February 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> SHO Lara Stone was introduced as a love-interest for Patrick.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} [[Christine Stephen-Daly]], who plays Lara, has commented that Patrick is Lara's type, but that they clash often as they are so similar, asserting that they are both: "arrogant, like getting their own way and enjoy being in control." Stephen-Daly feels that Lara is more "caring" than Patrick, whose bedside manner "leaves a lot to be desired."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-80821992|title=New face raises the temperature|last=Gould|first=Phil|date=15 December 2001|work=[[The News Letter]]|publisher=[[Johnston Publishing (NI)]]|access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref>

In an interview with ''Inside Soap'', Kelsey revealed he took Patrick's coffin plaque, which is hung in his bathroom underneath the coffin plaque of his ''[[Emmerdale]]'' character, [[Dave Glover]]. He added he had "got a nice set now!"<ref>{{cite journal|date=9–15 March 2013|title=Ian Kelsey is at your mercy!|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|issue=10|pages=52–53}}</ref>


==Storylines==
==Storylines==
Patrick arrives at Holby City Hospital as the emergency department's new senior registrar. He discovers he is working alongside [[Senior house officer|SHO]] Holly Miles ([[Sandra Huggett]]), who he previously dated.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Free Fall|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 13–14)#Series Fourteen (1999–2000) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Andrew Rattenbury (writer), Michael Owen Morris (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=1999-12-11 |seriesno=14 |number=15}}</ref> In an attempt to get to know Holly again, he asks her out for a drink on her birthday, but she turns him down.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Peace on Earth|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 13–14)#Series Fourteen (1999–2000) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=[[Tony McHale]] (writer), Gill Wilkinson (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=1999-12-26 |seriesno=14 |number=17}}</ref> Patrick has an arrogant attitude, which leads to staff nurse Lisa Duffin ([[Cathy Shipton]]) reprimanding him,<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Untouchable|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 13–14)#Series Fourteen (1999–2000) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Katharine Way (writer), Alan Wareing (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2000-01-09 |seriesno=14 |number=19}}</ref> and sees him invited to work a shift with the [[paramedics]] after dismissing their importance.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=No More Mr Nice Guy|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Chris Jury (writer), Adrian Bean (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2000-10-28 |seriesno=15 |number=9}}</ref>
Patrick arrives at Holby City Hospital as the emergency department's new senior registrar. He discovers he is working alongside [[Senior house officer|SHO]] Holly Miles ([[Sandra Huggett]]), who he previously dated.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Free Fall|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 13–14)#Series Fourteen (1999–2000) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Andrew Rattenbury (writer), Michael Owen Morris (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=1999-12-11 |series-no=14 |number=15}}</ref> In an attempt to get to know Holly again, he asks her out for a drink on her birthday, but she turns him down.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Peace on Earth|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 13–14)#Series Fourteen (1999–2000) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=[[Tony McHale]] (writer), Gill Wilkinson (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=1999-12-26 |series-no=14 |number=17}}</ref> Patrick has an arrogant attitude, which leads to staff nurse [[Duffy (Casualty)|Lisa Duffin]] ([[Cathy Shipton]]) reprimanding him,<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Untouchable|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 13–14)#Series Fourteen (1999–2000) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Katharine Way (writer), Alan Wareing (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2000-01-09 |series-no=14 |number=19}}</ref> and sees him invited to work a shift with the [[paramedics]] after dismissing their importance.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=No More Mr Nice Guy|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Chris Jury (writer), Adrian Bean (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2000-10-28 |series-no=15 |number=9}}</ref>

When Patrick and Holly become stranded in the snow after Christmas lunch, Patrick reveals that he hates Christmas as his mother died on Christmas Day.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Merry Christmas Dr Spiller|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Jeff Povey (writer), Michael Owen Morris (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2000-12-23 |series-no=15 |number=17}}</ref> He and hospital porter Spencer ([[Ben Keaton]]) are held hostage when they become involved in a family feud, but manage to escape unharmed.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Heart of Gold|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Ben Cooper (writer), Albert Barber (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-01-20 |series-no=15 |number=21}}</ref> Patrick grows increasingly concerned for Holly when someone begins stalking her. He offers to give her a lift home after a shift, only to discover his tires have been slashed. Holly is escorted home instead by anaesthetist Tom Harvey ([[Kieron Forsyth]]), who is revealed to be her stalker.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Kindness of Strangers|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Suzie Smith (writer), N.G. Bristow (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-03-10 |series-no=15 |number=29}}</ref> Holly is later kidnapped by Tom, and Patrick helps to find her.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Breaking the Spell: Part 2|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Katharine Way (writer), Tim Leandro (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-04-28 |series-no=15 |number=36}}</ref>


When Patrick and Holly become stranded in the snow after Christmas lunch, Patrick reveals that he hates Christmas as his mother died on Christmas Day.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Merry Christmas Dr Spiller|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Jeff Povey (writer), Michael Owen Morris (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2000-12-23 |seriesno=15 |number=17}}</ref> He and hospital porter Spencer ([[Ben Keaton]]) are held hostage when they become involved in a family feud, but manage to escape unharmed.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Heart of Gold|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Ben Cooper (writer), Albert Barber (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-01-20 |seriesno=15 |number=21}}</ref> Patrick grows increasingly concerned for Holly when someone begins stalking her. He offers to give her a lift home after a shift, only to discover his tires have been slashed. Holly is escorted home instead by anaesthetist Tom Harvey ([[Kieron Forsyth]]), who is revealed to be her stalker.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Kindness of Strangers|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Suzie Smith (writer), N.G. Bristow (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-03-10 |seriesno=15 |number=29}}</ref> Holly is later kidnapped by Tom, and Patrick helps to find her.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Breaking the Spell: Part 2|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000-2001) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Katharine Way (writer), Tim Leandro (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-04-28 |seriesno=15 |number=36}}</ref>
Holly leaves following her ordeal, and Patrick begins dating married policewoman Rachel James ([[Amy Robbins]]). He shows an interest in the department's new SHO Lara Stone,<ref>{{Cite episode |title=All's Fair|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=David Lane (writer), Paul Wroblewski (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-09-29 |series-no=16 |number=3}}</ref> who invites him to a Halloween party, but stands him up upon learning that he is already in a relationship. Patrick is turned down for a [[Consultant (medicine)|consultancy]] post due to his lack of people skills.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Bringing Up Baby|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Dan Sefton (writer), Sue Dunderdale (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-10-13 |series-no=16 |number=5}}</ref> Rachel dies after being mugged whilst on patrol.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Life and Soul|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Katharine Way (writer), Andrew Rattenbury (writer), Jim O'Hanlon (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-12-22 |series-no=16 |number=15}}</ref> Her husband discovers her infidelity and attacks Patrick, attempting to drown him.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Consequences|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Stuart Morris (writer), Adrian Bean (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-12-26 |series-no=16 |number=16}}</ref> Lara finds Patrick unconscious and resuscitates him, leaving her boyfriend to stay by Patrick's bedside as he recovers.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Playing With Fire|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Patrick Melanaphy (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-12-29 |series-no=16 |number=17}}</ref> When Patrick discovers he has been successful in his application for a consultancy in London, he takes Lara on a date to celebrate.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Acceptance|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=David Joss Buckley (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-02-09 |series-no=16 |number=23}}</ref> Lara is annoyed when Patrick asks her to join him in London.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Life Incognito|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=[[Tony McHale]] (writer), A.J. Quinn (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-02 |series-no=16 |number=26}}</ref> He later proposes to her, but she turns him down.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=You Can't Take Them All Home With You|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Leslie Stewart (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-09 |series-no=16 |number=27}}</ref>


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Patrick is involved in a motorway accident, saving six school children from a minibus before being rescued. He and Lara have dinner at a restaurant afterwards, and Patrick decides to turn the position in London down and remain in Holby with Lara. He proposes once more, and this time Lara accepts. Still in shock from the accident, Patrick feels dizzy and collapses.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Past, Present, Future|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Paul Cornell (writer), Tim Leandro (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-16 |series-no=16 |number=28}}</ref> He dies from an intercranial bleed caused by the crash. Lara does not attend his funeral, but later breaks into the crematorium to say goodbye to him.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Memories|episode-link=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |series-link=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Peter Mills (writer), Neil Adams (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-23 |series-no=16 |number=29}}</ref>
Holly leaves following her ordeal, and Patrick begins dating married policewoman Rachel James ([[Amy Robbins]]). He shows an interest in the department's new SHO Lara Stone,<ref>{{Cite episode |title=All's Fair|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=David Lane (writer), Paul Wroblewski (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-09-29 |seriesno=16 |number=3}}</ref> who invites him to a Halloween party, but stands him up upon learning that he is already in a relationship. Patrick is turned down for a [[Consultant (medicine)|consultancy]] post due to his lack of people skills.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Bringing Up Baby|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Dan Sefton (writer), Sue Dunderdale (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-10-13 |seriesno=16 |number=5}}</ref> Rachel dies after being mugged whilst on patrol.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Life and Soul|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Katharine Way (writer), Andrew Rattenbury (writer), Jim O'Hanlon (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-12-22 |seriesno=16 |number=15}}</ref> Her husband discovers her infidelity and attacks Patrick, attempting to drown him.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Consequences|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Stuart Morris (writer), Adrian Bean (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-12-26 |seriesno=16 |number=16}}</ref> Lara finds Patrick unconscious and resuscitates him, leaving her boyfriend to stay by Patrick's bedside as he recovers.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Playing With Fire|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Patrick Melanaphy (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2001-12-29 |seriesno=16 |number=17}}</ref> When Patrick discovers he has been successful in his application for a consultancy in London, he takes Lara on a date to celebrate.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Acceptance|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=David Joss Buckley (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-02-09 |seriesno=16 |number=23}}</ref> Lara is annoyed when Patrick asks her to join him in London.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Life Incognito|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=[[Tony McHale]] (writer), A.J. Quinn (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-02 |seriesno=16 |number=26}}</ref> He later proposes to her, but she turns him down.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=You Can't Take Them All Home With You|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Leslie Stewart (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-09 |seriesno=16 |number=27}}</ref>


==Reception==
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Patrick is involved in a motorway accident, saving six school children from a minibus before being rescued. He and Lara have dinner at a restaurant afterwards, and Patrick decides to turn the position in London down and remain in Holby with Lara. He proposes once more, and this time Lara accepts. Still in shock from the accident, Patrick feels dizzy and collapses.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Past, Present, Future|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Paul Cornell (writer), Tim Leandro (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-16 |seriesno=16 |number=28}}</ref> He dies from an intercranial bleed caused by the crash. Lara does not attend his funeral, but later breaks into the crematorium to say goodbye to him.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Memories|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001-2002) |series=Casualty |serieslink=Casualty (TV series) |credits=Peter Mills (writer), Neil Adams (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate=2002-03-23 |seriesno=16 |number=29}}</ref>
Charlie Catchpole of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' was keen to see a television doctor who did not like people and cited Patrick as an example.<ref name="Catchpole">{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60291237.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911025502/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60291237.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016|title=Charlie Catchpole's TV column: Beast of the bunch|last=Catchpole|first=Charlie|date=18 January 2000|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=22 July 2016}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Catchpole wrote, "he's selfish, cruel, bad-tempered, thick-skinned, homophobic and misogynistic. Just wait till we discover what his bad points are."<ref name="Catchpole"/> A reporter for ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' noted that Patrick had a "lack of charm", which got him in trouble.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CRITIC'S+CHOICE+-+Saturday+23+September%3B+Charlie+runs+out+of+patience.-a065411299|title=Critic's choice – Saturday 23 September; Charlie runs out of patience|date=23 September 2000|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>


== References ==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/casualty/pastcharacters/profiles/index.shtml?content/_patrick/page1 Patrick Spiller] at [[BBC Online]]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/casualty/pastcharacters/profiles/index.shtml?content/_patrick/page1 Patrick Spiller] at [[BBC Online]]
* {{imdb character|0154667|Patrick Spiller}}
* [http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=5,3,0,0,1,0 Patrick Spiller] at The Casualty Files Database
* [http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=5,3,0,0,1,0 Patrick Spiller] at The Casualty Files Database


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Patrick Spiller
Casualty character
Ian Kelsey as Patrick Spiller
First appearance"Free Fall"
11 December 1999
Last appearance"Past, Present, Future"
16 March 2002
Portrayed byIan Kelsey
Spinoff(s)Holby City, 2001
In-universe information
OccupationSpecialist registrar, emergency medicine
FamilyGordon Spiller (father)
Significant otherHolly Miles
Rachel James
Lara Stone

Patrick Spiller is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Casualty, portrayed by actor Ian Kelsey. The character made his first appearance during the fourteenth series episode "Free Fall", which was broadcast on 11 December 1999. Patrick is a specialist registrar in the Holby City Hospital emergency department, who attempts to advance his career and attain a consultancy post, whilst having relationships throughout his tenure with SHO Holly Miles, PC Rachel James and Holly's replacement, SHO Lara Stone. He dies from a head injury following a car crash in the sixteenth series episode "Past, Present, Future" – making his final appearance on 16 March 2002.

Characterisation and development

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Kelsey admitted that he was not confident with the medical jargon that he had to say, likening it to learning Russian.[1] He said "I haven't a clue what I'm talking about, but there's an adviser who makes sure we don't point at a patient's nose when we're talking about their feet. I'll have to start writing my lines on the patients' plaster casts."[1]

Patrick has been described as "Casualty's bad boy" by Marion McMullen of the Coventry Telegraph, who deemed him "arrogant, brusque and bad-tempered". Kelsey has disclosed that viewers of the show sometimes assume that he shares his character's temperament, but that he does not receive any hostility for it, surmising: "It must mean I'm somehow putting across the fact that there really is a nice bloke behind the brick wall that Patrick puts up."[2] Kelsey feels that the only trait of Patrick's which he shares is his "dry sense of humour". He has assessed that Patrick is "very good" at his job, but that his bedside manner becomes worse as the series develops. He has stated, however, that: "Away from the eyes of his colleagues he is perfectly capable of showing real humanity and care."[3] Kelsey believes that Patrick softened in the show's fifteenth series, but that he reverted to form "with a vengeance" in series sixteen. He believes that Patrick would be spoiled for the show's viewers if it was ever explained why he behaves the way he does, and prefers playing Patrick as the "bad guy".[4]

Writers created a fictional backstory for Patrick and Senior House Officer Holly Miles (Sandra Huggett), which is revealed when they meet again. The characters had "a fling" while they were at college together, and Kelsey said that they still fancy each other, so there is a lot of tension.[1] He also expected there would be kissing scenes between them in the future.[1]

Discussing Patrick's relationship with PC Rachel James, Kelsey assessed: "Spiller and Rachel just fancy each other - it's all about sex."[4] SHO Lara Stone was introduced as a love-interest for Patrick.[citation needed] Christine Stephen-Daly, who plays Lara, has commented that Patrick is Lara's type, but that they clash often as they are so similar, asserting that they are both: "arrogant, like getting their own way and enjoy being in control." Stephen-Daly feels that Lara is more "caring" than Patrick, whose bedside manner "leaves a lot to be desired."[5]

In an interview with Inside Soap, Kelsey revealed he took Patrick's coffin plaque, which is hung in his bathroom underneath the coffin plaque of his Emmerdale character, Dave Glover. He added he had "got a nice set now!"[6]

Storylines

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Patrick arrives at Holby City Hospital as the emergency department's new senior registrar. He discovers he is working alongside SHO Holly Miles (Sandra Huggett), who he previously dated.[7] In an attempt to get to know Holly again, he asks her out for a drink on her birthday, but she turns him down.[8] Patrick has an arrogant attitude, which leads to staff nurse Lisa Duffin (Cathy Shipton) reprimanding him,[9] and sees him invited to work a shift with the paramedics after dismissing their importance.[10]

When Patrick and Holly become stranded in the snow after Christmas lunch, Patrick reveals that he hates Christmas as his mother died on Christmas Day.[11] He and hospital porter Spencer (Ben Keaton) are held hostage when they become involved in a family feud, but manage to escape unharmed.[12] Patrick grows increasingly concerned for Holly when someone begins stalking her. He offers to give her a lift home after a shift, only to discover his tires have been slashed. Holly is escorted home instead by anaesthetist Tom Harvey (Kieron Forsyth), who is revealed to be her stalker.[13] Holly is later kidnapped by Tom, and Patrick helps to find her.[14]

Holly leaves following her ordeal, and Patrick begins dating married policewoman Rachel James (Amy Robbins). He shows an interest in the department's new SHO Lara Stone,[15] who invites him to a Halloween party, but stands him up upon learning that he is already in a relationship. Patrick is turned down for a consultancy post due to his lack of people skills.[16] Rachel dies after being mugged whilst on patrol.[17] Her husband discovers her infidelity and attacks Patrick, attempting to drown him.[18] Lara finds Patrick unconscious and resuscitates him, leaving her boyfriend to stay by Patrick's bedside as he recovers.[19] When Patrick discovers he has been successful in his application for a consultancy in London, he takes Lara on a date to celebrate.[20] Lara is annoyed when Patrick asks her to join him in London.[21] He later proposes to her, but she turns him down.[22]

Patrick is involved in a motorway accident, saving six school children from a minibus before being rescued. He and Lara have dinner at a restaurant afterwards, and Patrick decides to turn the position in London down and remain in Holby with Lara. He proposes once more, and this time Lara accepts. Still in shock from the accident, Patrick feels dizzy and collapses.[23] He dies from an intercranial bleed caused by the crash. Lara does not attend his funeral, but later breaks into the crematorium to say goodbye to him.[24]

Reception

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Charlie Catchpole of the Daily Mirror was keen to see a television doctor who did not like people and cited Patrick as an example.[25] Catchpole wrote, "he's selfish, cruel, bad-tempered, thick-skinned, homophobic and misogynistic. Just wait till we discover what his bad points are."[25] A reporter for Daily Record noted that Patrick had a "lack of charm", which got him in trouble.[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Dasey, Annette (11–24 December 1999). "Back in the spotlight". Inside Soap. No. 142. p. 37.
  2. ^ McMullen, Marion (21 April 2001). "Saturday Tv: Tonight's Highlights". Coventry Telegraph. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. ^ McMullen, Marion (22 September 2001). "Saturday Tv: Tonight's Highlights". Coventry Telegraph. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b Gould, Phil (22 September 2001). "Spiller's a pain in the neck". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 4 February 2010.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ Gould, Phil (15 December 2001). "New face raises the temperature". The News Letter. Johnston Publishing (NI). Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Ian Kelsey is at your mercy!". Inside Soap (10): 52–53. 9–15 March 2013.
  7. ^ Andrew Rattenbury (writer), Michael Owen Morris (director) (11 December 1999). "Free Fall". Casualty. Series 14. Episode 15. BBC. BBC One.
  8. ^ Tony McHale (writer), Gill Wilkinson (director) (26 December 1999). "Peace on Earth". Casualty. Series 14. Episode 17. BBC. BBC One.
  9. ^ Katharine Way (writer), Alan Wareing (director) (9 January 2000). "Untouchable". Casualty. Series 14. Episode 19. BBC. BBC One.
  10. ^ Chris Jury (writer), Adrian Bean (director) (28 October 2000). "No More Mr Nice Guy". Casualty. Series 15. Episode 9. BBC. BBC One.
  11. ^ Jeff Povey (writer), Michael Owen Morris (director) (23 December 2000). "Merry Christmas Dr Spiller". Casualty. Series 15. Episode 17. BBC. BBC One.
  12. ^ Ben Cooper (writer), Albert Barber (director) (20 January 2001). "Heart of Gold". Casualty. Series 15. Episode 21. BBC. BBC One.
  13. ^ Suzie Smith (writer), N.G. Bristow (director) (10 March 2001). "Kindness of Strangers". Casualty. Series 15. Episode 29. BBC. BBC One.
  14. ^ Katharine Way (writer), Tim Leandro (director) (28 April 2001). "Breaking the Spell: Part 2". Casualty. Series 15. Episode 36. BBC. BBC One.
  15. ^ David Lane (writer), Paul Wroblewski (director) (29 September 2001). "All's Fair". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 3. BBC. BBC One.
  16. ^ Dan Sefton (writer), Sue Dunderdale (director) (13 October 2001). "Bringing Up Baby". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 5. BBC. BBC One.
  17. ^ Katharine Way (writer), Andrew Rattenbury (writer), Jim O'Hanlon (director) (22 December 2001). "Life and Soul". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 15. BBC. BBC One.
  18. ^ Stuart Morris (writer), Adrian Bean (director) (26 December 2001). "Consequences". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 16. BBC. BBC One.
  19. ^ Patrick Melanaphy (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) (29 December 2001). "Playing With Fire". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 17. BBC. BBC One.
  20. ^ David Joss Buckley (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) (9 February 2002). "Acceptance". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 23. BBC. BBC One.
  21. ^ Tony McHale (writer), A.J. Quinn (director) (2 March 2002). "Life Incognito". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 26. BBC. BBC One.
  22. ^ Leslie Stewart (writer), Graham Wetherell (director) (9 March 2002). "You Can't Take Them All Home With You". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 27. BBC. BBC One.
  23. ^ Paul Cornell (writer), Tim Leandro (director) (16 March 2002). "Past, Present, Future". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 28. BBC. BBC One.
  24. ^ Peter Mills (writer), Neil Adams (director) (23 March 2002). "Memories". Casualty. Series 16. Episode 29. BBC. BBC One.
  25. ^ a b Catchpole, Charlie (18 January 2000). "Charlie Catchpole's TV column: Beast of the bunch". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.(subscription required)
  26. ^ "Critic's choice – Saturday 23 September; Charlie runs out of patience". Daily Record. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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