Getting On (2009-)

UK

Television Series

Creators: Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan

Cast: Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan, Ricky Grover, Peter Capaldi

Set on a female geriatric ward of an NHS hospital, filled with superbugs, bureaucracy, and faecal matter, this (relatively) grittily realistic yet frequently lough-out-loud funny sitcom expertly combines incisive writing and probing direction with some beautifully naturalistic performances.

Series 1 (2009)

Kim Wilde (no not that one), returning to nursing after some time away, is introduced to the bureaucratic nightmare of the modern NHS by her timidly officious superior, Sister Den Flixter, whilst their overly sensitive male Matron, Hilary Loftus, looks on, and Dr. Pippa Moore worries endlessly about the ward’s faecal matter, in this hilarious, refreshing, and generally quite brilliant (although very brief) first series. Iain.Stott