Nightingales. Image shows from L to R: Bell (David Threlfall), Sarge (James Ellis), Carter (Robert Lindsay)
Nightingales
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1990 - 1993
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about the surreal antics of three security guards working the night shift. Stars Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall and James Ellis.
Nightingales. Image shows from L to R: Sarge (James Ellis), Bell (David Threlfall), Carter (Robert Lindsay)
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1990 - 1993
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 13 (2 series)
- Stars
- Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall and James Ellis
- Writer
- Paul Makin
- Director
- Tony Dow
- Producers
- Esta Charkham, Rosie Bunting, Laurence Marks and Laurie Greenwood
- Companies
Three disparate characters are nightwatchmen in an office block somewhere in Britain. Their night life is surreal to say the least. Anything can happen from a friendly werewolf performing open heart surgery on one of them to an allegorical Mary who turns up pregnant at their door on Christmas Eve.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, by Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin.
Theme music performed by Clever Music. Closing theme sung by Robert Lindsay.
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 27th February 1990 at 10pm on Channel 4
Recording details
- Paradise Circus (Birmingham) - Exteriors