Getting On (UK TV series)

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Getting On (UK TV series) is a British dark comedy set in a geriatric hospital ward, known for its bleakly humorous and realistic portrayal of the National Health Service.

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instanceOf black comedy television series
television series
awardReceived BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Role NERFINISHED
Royal Television Society Award for Best Writing (Comedy) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Jo Brand NERFINISHED
Joanna Scanlan NERFINISHED
Vicki Pepperdine NERFINISHED
criticalReception critically acclaimed
depicts National Health Service NERFINISHED
distributor BBC NERFINISHED
firstAired 2009
format single-camera
genre black comedy
medical comedy-drama
hasCharacter Denise Flixter NERFINISHED
Dr. Pippa Moore NERFINISHED
Kim Wilde NERFINISHED
knownFor bleak humour
realistic portrayal of the National Health Service
lastAired 2012
locationOfFilming United Kingdom NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 18
numberOfSeries 3
originalChannel BBC Four NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC Four NERFINISHED
portrays care of elderly patients
working conditions in the National Health Service
productionCompany BBC
runningTimePerEpisode 30 minutes
screenplayBy Jo Brand NERFINISHED
Joanna Scanlan NERFINISHED
Vicki Pepperdine NERFINISHED
setting geriatric hospital ward
spinOffOrAdaptedAs Getting On (U.S. TV series) NERFINISHED
starring Jo Brand NERFINISHED
Joanna Scanlan NERFINISHED
Vicki Pepperdine NERFINISHED
subjectMatter geriatric medicine
hospital bureaucracy
tone bleakly humorous
writer Jo Brand NERFINISHED
Joanna Scanlan NERFINISHED
Vicki Pepperdine NERFINISHED

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this entity surface form: Getting On (British TV series)