Nightingales
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1990 - 1993
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about the surreal antics of three security guards working the night shift. Stars Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall and James Ellis.
Press clippings
"There's Nobody Here But Us Chickens!"
Yet where so many other similarly offbeat sitcoms of the time seem to have since been virtually forgotten, despite its obscurity and late-night timeslot, Nightingales had attracted a surprisingly large and devoted following who continued to speak of the show in fond and almost reverential tones.
TJ Worthington, Off The Telly, 30th June 2007Nightingales (Channel 4) is dark black comedy with a brilliantly starry cast. The effect makes you blink. The nucleus is three security guards, Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall and James Ellis. Channel 4 describes them as unconventional, which is like calling Dracula anaemic. They are raving.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 7th January 1993Nightingales (Channel 4) is a ghoulish new comedy series by Paul Makin, which may have a limited but violently enthusiastic following. I personally will hit anyone who doesn't like it. If you can imagine The Young Ones grown up? Well, try harder then.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 28th February 1990