Placebo. Image shows from L to R: Nurse Dana Luther (Katy Brand), Dr Sian Nuttall (Maxine Peake). Copyright: BBC
Placebo

Placebo

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2008
  • 1 pilot

BBC Three sitcom about six strangers who volunteer to be incarcerated in a high tech clinic and injected with experimental drugs. Stars Maxine Peake, Nick Mohammed, Jamie Davis, Okezie Morro, Katy Brand and more.

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Cold
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Nick Mohammed In Quarters. Nick Mohammed. Copyright: BBC
 Radio

Nick Mohammed In Quarters

A radio sketch show from rising star Nick Mohammed, featuring an array of character comedy creations.

Doctors + Nurses. Image shows from L to R: Toby Stephens (David Mitchell), Zita Khan (Mina Anwar), Tara Cummings (Susan Earl), Roy Glover (Adrian Edmondson), Flapper (Steven Alvey), Lucy Potter (Abigail Cruttenden), George Banatwala (Madhav Sharma)
 TV

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Sitcom focusing on the fraught relationship between two orthopaedic surgeons.

Green Wing. Image shows from L to R: Guy Secretan (Stephen Mangan), Caroline Todd (Tamsin Greig), Mac Macartney (Julian Rhind-Tutt). Copyright: Talkback Productions
 TV

Green Wing

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D.O.A.. Image shows from L to R: Julie Wade (Karen Taylor), Tom Lassiter (Kris Marshall). Copyright: Channel K
 TV

D.O.A.

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Eggbox
 TV

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Sirens. Image shows from L to R: Stuart Bayldon (Rhys Thomas), Rachid Mansaur (Kayvan Novak), Ashley Greenwick (Richard Madden). Copyright: Daybreak Pictures
 TV

Sirens

Channel 4 comedy drama set in Leeds which explores the world of three blokeish paramedics. Stars Kayvan Novak, Rhys Thomas, Richard Madden.

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