Getting On

About Getting On

Darkly comic series about life on a hospital ward and a nursing team who have to get on with the job despite challenges thrown up by the modern NHS.

Getting On is a comedy series made for BBC Four. Jo Brand appears as Nurse Kim Wilde, Vicki Pepperdine as Dr. Pippa Moore, Joanna Scanlan as Sister Den Flixter, and Ricky Grover as Matron Hilary Loftus.

Its 3 seasons and 15 episodes aired between July 2009 and November 2012. That is around 5 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under nurse, elderly, sitcom, and dark comedy. It streams on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel in the United States. It carries a TV-MA rating.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Parks and Recreation, and Scream Queens make useful companions to Getting On, all filed under satire.