"Green Wing" (2004)TV series 2004-????

Creator:

Victoria Pile

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

19 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Funky hospital-based sketch-comedy-drama type show.

Plot Keywords:

Stabbed In The Head | Nice Guy | Motorcycle | Sperm | X Ray

Awards:

4 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Sally Bretton	...	Kim Alabaster (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Lucinda Raikes	...	Karen Ball (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Oliver Chris	...	Boyce (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Olivia Colman	...	Harriet Schulenburg (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Michelle Gomez	...	Sue White (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Tamsin Greig	...	Dr. Caroline Todd (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Pippa Haywood	...	Joanna Clore (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Mark Heap	...	Dr. Alan Statham (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Katie Lyons	...	Naughty Rachel (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Stephen Mangan	...	Dr. Guillaume 'Guy' Valerie Secretan (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Julian Rhind-Tutt	...	Dr. 'Mac' Macartney (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Karl Theobald	...	Dr. Martin Dear (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Sarah Alexander	...	Dr. Angela Hunter (16 episodes, 2004-2006)
Paterson Joseph	...	Lyndon Jones / ... (9 episodes, 2004-2006)
Keir Charles	...	Oliver (8 episodes, 2004-2006)

Runtime:

UK:65 min (including commercials) (9 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

TalkBack Productions

Trivia:

The speed up/slowdown scenes are occasionally used to mask actors "corpsing" or a change between takes

Quotes:

Dr. Martin Dear: The patients don't like me.
Sue White: I see. Anything else?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Que Onda Guero

green wing, great

I really enjoyed green wing. i like the fact that it's kind of surreal and doesn't follow any set type of comedy. The laughs aren't clear lines, quips but a mix of things. So many comedies feel very forced but this doesn't, it's more relaxed. The characters are really accessible too, and Sue White and Guy Secretan are Really funny. But then even the 'straight' characters are much funnier than the regular stuff. and no 'learning' or 'growing', thank god. the comedy is quite soft, yet it's still enjoyable. Defo one of the top British comedies of recent years, with 'The Office' and 'Alan Partridge'. I really hope it has a second series, but it has to, right? eh?