The Delivery Man
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 2015
- 6 episodes (1 series)
ITV sitcom starring Darren Boyd as a policeman-turned-midwife. Stars Darren Boyd, Fay Ripley, Paddy McGuinness, Llewella Gideon, Aisling Bea and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2015
- Episodes
- 6 (1 series)
- Creators
- Victoria Pile and Robert Harley
- Stars
- Darren Boyd, Fay Ripley, Paddy McGuinness, Llewella Gideon, Aisling Bea, Jennie Jacques and Alex Macqueen
- Writers
- Robert Harley and James Henry
- Director
- Victoria Pile
- Producers
- Victoria Pile, Charlie Leech and Robert Harley
- Company
Sitcom from two of the writers and the producer behind Green Wing.
Set on a busy maternity ward, The Delivery Man focuses on a man who changes careers.
Newly qualified midwife Matthew Bunting is experiencing a kind of re-birth, having given up his life as a police constable in his mid-30s in the hope of finding something more meaningful.
He is too warm and caring to be a cop. Arriving in his first job as a junior midwife at Easthill Park Maternity Unit, Matthew makes an instant impact on his new team members.
The hospital team are led by recently divorced senior midwife Caitlin, witty and likeable junior midwife Lisa, the extremely no-nonsense senior midwife Pat and naive trouble-maker Tash.
Matthew has company from his former police buddy Ian who gets suspended from the force and lands a job in hospital security, while his nemesis comes in the shape of senior consultant obstetrician Luke Edward.
The team have to contend with teenage parents, a 'double dad' who has two partners in labour, a pregnant prisoner on release, an incognito celebrity, a major theft from the drugs cupboard and an abandoned baby.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Recording details
- 3 Mills Studios - Pilot recorded late 2013. Series recorded October - December 2014.