Getting On (British TV series)

Getting On
Getting On title screenshot
Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Jo Brand
  • Vicki Pepperdine
  • Joanna Scanlan
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.