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

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Getting On (U.S. TV series) → adaptationOf → Getting On (UK TV series) ⓘ
subject linked to: Getting On
Will Scheffer → basedOn → Getting On (British TV series) ⓘ
linked to: Getting On (UK TV series)
Joanna Scanlan → notableWork → Getting On (UK TV series) ⓘ