Radio Times

Review by:

Alison Graham

Getting On doesn’t heave with belly laughs, it’s more about smiling in pained recognition at the small things about life and death and the NHS. But there’s a proper gut-buster of a gag on K2 ward tonight involving a Christmas card competition among hospital staff for the kids’ oncology ward and an unfortunate guinea pig on the terrible Dr Moore’s icky pet project.

Moore (Vicki Pepperdine) is at her tin-eared worst when she tries to save her skin and later when she has to break some bad news. The woman is barely on nodding acquaintance with compassion and, as usual, she has to leave the tenderness to others. Well, I say “tenderness”, but in the case of wily Sister Den (Joanna Scanlan) it’s more a case of revising history.

About this programme

Comedy drama about life on a geriatric ward, following the medical team in an NHS Trust Hospital as they deal with each and every bowel movement and hip problem. Starring Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine.

Cast and crew

Cast

Sister Den Flixter

Joanna Scanlan

Doctor Pippa Moore

Vicki Pepperdine

Nurse Kim Wilde

Jo Brand

Crew

Producer

Geoff Atkinson

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