"Waiting for God" (1990) TV series 1990-1994

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | unknown

Release Date:

28 June 1990 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

When Tom Ballard moves to Bayview Retirement Vilage, he meets Diana Trent, a feisty old woman who complains...

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | Senior Citizen | Retirement Home | Cynicism | Elderly

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Graham Crowden	...	Tom / ... (47 episodes, 1990-1994)
Stephanie Cole	...	Diana / ... (47 episodes, 1990-1994)
Daniel Hill	...	Harvey Bains / ... (47 episodes, 1990-1994)
Janine Duvitski	...	Jane / ... (47 episodes, 1990-1994)
Andrew Tourell	...	Geoffrey / ... (46 episodes, 1990-1994)
Sandra Payne	...	Marion / ... (46 episodes, 1990-1994)
Dawn Hope	...	Jenny (28 episodes, 1990-1994)
Michael Bilton	...	Basil / ... (27 episodes, 1990-1993)

Runtime:

30 min (47 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Oaken Holt, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the episode where Tom thwarts Harvey's building plans by leading the residents outside to show them the habitat of the great crested newt, Diana and Jane stop to talk in front of the windows outside Bayview. There are scene shifters visible through the windows throughout their conversation.

Quotes:

Diana Trent: [answering phone] Hello. Who am I?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Funny Ladies of British Comedy (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Trout Quintet, Op. 114

Perfection

I have been waiting for some time for this to appear on DVD and here it is. Loved it when it first appeared, like it even more now. Diana is a role model, ie just the sort of person I want to be when my children do what they threaten, and put me in a home, and Tom would be an irritating but useful companion. Our bodies may give out on us, but the brain does not always follow suit, and from this we get this glorious programme. Jane, the long suffering P.A. to the obnoxious Harvey Bains who is the only person to be fooled by his facade of niceness, tries so hard to bring Diana and Tom into some sort of religious salvation before its too late, and plays one of the best characters in the programme. Not to forget the randy little chap (Bas?) who has his own way of enduring old age, and Tom's poor son and his dreadful wife. Truly a TV sitcom of brilliance. More, please!