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 3, Episode 3
Further details
Hypochondriacal Mrs Dethick is re-admitted, adding to Den's problems.
Kim finds help from an unexpected quarter, while Hilary is a man on a mission as the different designations of waste offer him a way back onto the ward.
Megan is having trouble drumming up support for the forthcoming strike, while Pippa benefits from previously unseen talents hidden away on K2.
The lights go down on another shift at K2 leaving Mrs Dethick in the dark, and Den in a dark place.
With Megan moody and Pippa scornful, Kim reluctantly turns to Damaris for help with her studies and sparks off an unexpected alliance.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 31st October 2012
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Cast & crew
| Jo Brand | Nurse Kim Wilde |
| Joanna Scanlan | Sister Den Flixter |
| Vicki Pepperdine | Doctor Pippa Moore |
| Ricky Grover | Hilary Loftus |
| Cush Jumbo | Damaris Clarke |
| Joshua Mbaka (as Josh Mbaka) | Josh (Student Doctor) |
| Helen Griffin | Megan Hughes (Union Rep) |
| Babou Ceesay | Hansley (Cleaner) |
| Eve Pearce | Mrs Julia Dethick |
| Simon Fisher-Becker | Stephen Ferris |
| Christian McKay | Dr Nigel Hoskins |
| Kathleen Fraser | Actor |
| Shabbir Halai | Actor |
| Christine Osibona | Actor |
| Brenda Palmer | Actor |
| Purvi Jhalla | Actor |
| Victoria Shepherd | Actor |
| John Johnson | Actor |
| Bethany Compson-Bradford | Actor |
| Jonny Gepheart | Actor |
| Lorna Sinclair | Actor |
| Martin Billany | Actor |
| Conrad Peters | Actor |
| Rob Vowles | Actor |
| Janie Mak | Actor |
| Jenny Wilson | Actor |
| Amanda Piery | Actor |
| Alan Low | Actor |
| Jo Brand | Writer |
| Joanna Scanlan | Writer |
| Vicki Pepperdine | Writer |
| Sue Tully | Director |
| Geoff Atkinson | Producer |
| Gregor Sharp | Executive Producer |
| Sam Roberts | Editor |
| Jim Holloway | Production Designer |
| Richard Hawley | Composer |