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Derek Barnes

Casting director
15 May 1950 to 22 December 2021

A British casting director, with a long list of credits including a 270-episode long run as the resident casting director of Casualty (2004-2017). Barnes was the first black casting director working in the UK and was also one of the founding members of the UK’s Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG). Other notable credits include Dramarama (1983-1989), The Famous Five (1995-1997), Animal Ark (1997-1998), The Worst Witch (1998-2000), Urban Gothic (2000-2001), Brief Encounters (2006), Dinosapian (2007) and Father Brown (2016-2018).