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
Episode menu
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.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 26th October 2010
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jo Brand | Nurse Kim Wilde |
| Joanna Scanlan | Sister Den Flixter |
| Vicki Pepperdine | Doctor Pippa Moore |
| Ricky Grover | Hilary Loftus |
| 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 |
| Jo Brand | Writer |
| Joanna Scanlan | Writer |
| Vicki Pepperdine | Writer |
| 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.