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The Midnight Gang. Headmaster (David Walliams). Copyright: King Bert Productions
The Midnight Gang

The Midnight Gang

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC One
  • 2018
  • 1 episode

An adaptation of David Walliams's children's novel, The Midnight Gang. Also features Alan Davies, Haydn Gwynne, Amit Shah, Mark Heap, Harish Patel and more.

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The Midnight Gang. Image shows from L to R: Tootsie (Jocelyn Jee Esien), Amber (India Brown), Porter (Alan Davies), Tom (Oliver Zetterstrom), Headmaster (David Walliams), George (Jordan Cramond), Matron (Haydn Gwynne), Robin (Josh Gottlieb), Sally (Zaris Angel Hator), Dr Luppers (Amit Shah). Copyright: King Bert Productions

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2018
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
1
Stars
Alan Davies, David Walliams, Haydn Gwynne, Amit Shah, Mark Heap, Harish Patel, June Watson, Leila Hoffman and more
Writers
David Walliams and Kevin Cecil
Director
Elliot Hegarty
Producers
Charlie Leech, Jo Sargent, David Walliams, Kevin Cecil and Adam Browne
Company

Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for... the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning.

When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime!

The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily heart-warming and, of course, funny story of five children on a hospital ward and on a quest for adventure! It is a story of friendship and magic and of making dreams come true. Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone.

Additional details

Part of

David Walliams Comedies

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 26th December 2018 at 7:30pm on BBC One
Episode length
1 hour

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