Hospital People. Ivan Brackenbury (Tom Binns). Copyright: Roughcut Television
Hospital People

Hospital People

  • TV sitcom / sketch show
  • BBC One
  • 2016 - 2017
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Mockumentary in which Tom Binns plays various characters who are working in a hospital. Also features Amit Shah, Janine Duvitski and Mandeep Dhillon.

Hospital People. Image shows from L to R: Ian D Montfort (Tom Binns), Susan Mitchell (Tom Binns), Father Kenny (Tom Binns), Ivan Brackenbury (Tom Binns). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Key details

Genres
Sitcom, Sketch Show
Broadcast
2016 - 2017
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
7 (1 pilot + 1 series)
Creator
Tom Binns
Stars
Tom Binns, Amit Shah, Janine Duvitski and Mandeep Dhillon
Writers
Matt Morgan, Paul Doolan, Tom Binns and Kayleigh Llewellyn
Director
Paul Murphy
Producers
Emma Lawson, Ash Atalla, Jon Petrie and Tom Binns
Companies

Hospital People is a mockumentary set in the fictional Brimlington Hospital.

The show follows the lives of a collection of characters connected to the hospital in some way, all played by one man: Tom Binns.

Hospitals are mainly about the medical staff and the patients, but what about the other inhabitants? Porters, hospital radio DJs, chaplains, hospital managers - you could call them 'non-essential' but they would all strongly disagree. Hospital People follows how the big decisions affect the little people.

The key characters are Brimlington hospital's inept DJ Ivan Brackenbury, its ambitious manger, Susan Mitchell, Hospital Porter and spirit medium Ian D Montfort and over-enthusiastic hospital chaplain Father Kenny Mercer.

Additional details

Part of

Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse 2016

Also known as
  • Hospi+al People
  • Comedy Playhouse: Hospital People
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 26th February 2016 at 10:35pm on BBC One

Recording details

  • Dock 10 (MediaCityUK)
  • Theatre Deli North (Sheffield) - Series 1 readthroughs