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Getting On. Image shows from L to R: Sister Den Flixter (Joanna Scanlan), Nurse Kim Wilde (Jo Brand), Doctor Pippa Moore (Vicki Pepperdine). Copyright: Vera Productions
Getting On

Getting On

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Four
  • 2009 - 2012
  • 15 episodes (3 series)

Comedy drama which follows the daily lives of nurses as they go about their routine tasks in an NHS hospital. Stars Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan, Vicki Pepperdine, Ricky Grover and Cush Jumbo

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Series 2, Episode 1

There's more grim humour among the bedpans as a new shift unfolds on B4. Kim has an unknown female admission to occupy her, Den has Hilary to cope with, and Pippa has a ward round. Mrs Fyvie, a new patient, is admitted but it's her daughter, Beedy, who requires more attention than her mother.

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Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 26th October 2010
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Four
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Jo Brand Nurse Kim Wilde
Joanna Scanlan Sister Den Flixter
Vicki Pepperdine Doctor Pippa Moore
Ricky Grover Hilary Loftus
Guest cast
Joshua Mbaka (as Josh Mbaka) Josh (Student Doctor)
James Statham James (Student Doctor)
Nan Kerr Mrs Fyvie
Lindy Whiteford Beedy Fyvie
Peter Belgrave Actor
Dot Cosgrove Actor
Ninette Finch Actor
Richard Watts Actor
Kat Ahyow Actor
Jennifer Capon Actor
Pamela Craine Actor
Maureen Dabney Actor
Kulwant Dhaliwal Actor
Hazel Godfrey Actor
Jeanie Gold Actor
Writing team
Jo Brand Writer
Joanna Scanlan Writer
Vicki Pepperdine Writer
Production team
Peter Capaldi Director
Geoff Atkinson Producer
Simon Lupton Executive Producer
Sam Roberts Editor
Jim Holloway Production Designer
Richard Hawley Composer

Videos

The Unidentified Woman

Kim, Den and Pippa struggle through another normal day on ward B4. Kim has an unknown female to occupy her, which includes trying to establish if the woman is a Derrick.

Featuring: Jo Brand (Nurse Kim Wilde), Vicki Pepperdine (Doctor Pippa Moore) & Joanna Scanlan (Sister Den Flixter).

Getting On Extra: Angels

Assembled by editors Sam Roberts and Jennie Wright as a wind-down exercise after yet another mammoth edit, here's a musical glimpse into the ward.

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