Getting On (British TV series)

Getting On
Getting On title screenshot
Genre
Created by
Directed by
Starring
Ending theme"Roll River Roll" by Richard Hawley
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes15 (list of episodes)
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Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Four
Release8 July 2009 (2009-07-08) –
21 November 2012 (2012-11-21)
Related
Getting On (American TV series)
Going Forward
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Getting On is a satirical British sitcom based on a geriatric ward in an NHS hospital. It is written by its core cast, Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, and Joanna Scanlan. Series 1 and 2 were directed by Peter Capaldi, who also appears as Dr. Healy.[3] It first aired in July 2009, for three episodes.[4] The second series of six episodes aired in 2010, with the third series (also of six episodes) airing in late 2012.[5] Despite strong critical acclaim, the show was not recommissioned for a fourth series.[6] It was shot in the closed Plaistow Hospital.[7]

A U.S. version of Getting On began airing on HBO in November 2013 and concluded in December 2015.

A three-part spin-off series, Going Forward, was announced in March 2016 and began airing in May 2016 on BBC Four.[8]

  1. ^ Graham, Jane (23 July 2009). "Getting On with Hospital Comedy | Jane Graham | Television & Radio | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2016. I can't think of another TV show as ambitious as BBC4's black comedy Getting On
  2. ^ Seale, Jack (26 December 2012). "[Getting On review]". Radio Times. The definition of a slow-burn hit, this diffident black comedy picked up another armful of admirers with its third series
  3. ^ "Getting On - Production Details". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ Internet Movie Database Episodes
  5. ^ "BBC - BBC Comedy Blog: Getting On Series 3".
  6. ^ Dowell, Ben (9 July 2013). "BBC axes Ben Elton comedy The Wright Way - Heading Out and Getting On also chopped". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Jo Brand: 'Everything changed when the NHS started calling people 'customers' instead of patients'". Telegraph.co.uk. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  8. ^ "BBC Four commissions new comedy series Going Forward with Jo Brand". BBC. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

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