Green Wing
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2004 - 2007
- 18 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about the childish and slightly mad staff working in a hospital. Stars Tamsin Greig, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Stephen Mangan, Mark Heap, Pippa Haywood and more.
Streaming rank this week: 330
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Caroline's First Day
Further details
It's Caroline Todd's first day at the hospital and things are going from bad to worse. She was locked out of her house, she smells like the inside of a taxi, she can't get a decent ID picture (as her hair isn't enjoying a "full-frontal approach") and to cap it all off, she ends up in Guy's flat with a "monster" in the toilet that won't go down. Phew! That is an eventful way to start a new job!
Elsewhere in the hospital, Mac and Doctor Statham enjoy the "banter", Martin goes on the internet to discover if his classmates have ended up with a worse life than him and Joanna Clore has fun with a vibrating bed.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 3rd September 2004
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tamsin Greig | Caroline Todd |
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | Mac Macartney |
| Stephen Mangan | Guy Secretan |
| Mark Heap | Alan Statham |
| Pippa Haywood | Joanna Clore |
| Michelle Gomez | Sue White |
| Karl Theobald | Martin Dear |
| Olivia Colman (as Olivia Coleman) | Harriet Schulenburg |
| Oliver Chris | Boyce |
| Sarah Alexander | Angela Hunter |
| Lucinda Raikes | Karen Ball |
| Sally Bretton | Kim Alabaster |
| Katie Lyons | Naughty Rachel |
| Keir Charles | Oliver |
| Oliver Milburn | Liam |
| John Oliver | Car Salesman |
| Jane Whittenshaw (as Jane Wittenshaw) | Food Server |
| Fay Rusling | Nurse |
| Luke Papworth | Child Patient |
| Victoria Pile | Writer |
| Robert Harley | Writer |
| James Henry | Writer |
| Stuart Kenworthy | Writer |
| Oriane Messina | Writer |
| Fay Rusling | Writer |
| Richard Preddy | Writer |
| Gary Howe | Writer |
| Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
| Tristram Shapeero | Director |
| Victoria Pile | Director |
| Victoria Pile | Producer |
| Peter Fincham | Executive Producer |
| Nick King | Editor |
| Billy Sneddon | Editor |
| Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
| Jonathan Whitehead (as Trellis) | Composer |
Press
It has eight writers, any one of whom would clearly slaughter the other seven to get a gag in. Take a deep breath before it starts because you won't have time when it's on.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 4th September 2004The Green Wing looks like a fairly safe bet for the year's best comedy - sick, silly, with an unprecedented three-strong female leads, an unprecedented hour-long running-time, innovative directorial style and the best musical breakfast sequence featuring grapefruit since Morecambe & Wise.
Caitlin Moran, The Times, 3rd September 2004