This clip from Jo Brand’s brilliant sitcom Getting On has just gone viral and it’s simply wonderful
Here’s a throwback we weren’t expecting today, a clip from Jo Brand’s brilliant sitcom Getting On which has just gone viral on Twitter.
Two clips, in fact, after they were shared by @DrBenLovell, who knows a thing or two about the health service by the looks of it.
Set in a geriatric ward in an NHS hospital, it ran for three series on the BBC from 2009 to 2012 and starred Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan and Peter Capaldi. And it was an absolute gem.
Between 2009-2012 there was a TV show called Getting On, which was the funniest and most realistic account I’ve ever seen of working in the NHS.
Does anyone know if there’s any way to watch it in the UK? I never see it repeated anywhere.
A snippet ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/zYvE00Pce7
— Ben Lovell (@DrBenLovell) July 23, 2024
And another!
Not intending to become a Getting On fan account, but have to share the time they couldn’t get the language line phone to the bedside https://t.co/vhJqpK4sTL pic.twitter.com/mD1ErBcDEx
— Ben Lovell (@DrBenLovell) July 24, 2024
Could watch the whole box set of that in one go.
And here is just a little bit of the love people had for it.
It was perfection. The most accurate thing I’ve ever seen.
— John McKenna (@DrJEMcK) July 23, 2024
I agree. This is the best medical/nursing TV show that really captured working on an NHS Ward ever! It is brilliant!
— The Dead Pigeon Society (@DeadPigeonSoc) July 23, 2024
Yesssss Youtube! Ive bought the entire series and watched it for the 10th time!!! pic.twitter.com/NH7SEGXmOX
— Dr Katrina (@KatrinaSheikh) July 23, 2024
Think I watched it from appleTV V relatable pic.twitter.com/Yx9K4OjQdI
— Lara McNeill (@lara_eleanor) July 23, 2024
It’s THE best depiction of the clip-boards, tick-boxery of modern hospital life – the “shit on the chair” episode being especially close to the mark. Everything wrong with management
— James McCormick (@springheeledji1) July 23, 2024
It’s so realistic you can almost smell the ward
— Alyson (@Valeria_Watt) July 23, 2024
The fact the sister is wearing a “meds round do not disturb” vest and is doing all this is so utterly true
— Matt (@Matt_Collis) July 24, 2024
It’s filled with so many little nuances and sight gags like this that are probably only funny if you work in the NHS
— Ben Lovell (@DrBenLovell) July 24, 2024
This is glorious! I want to watch it for hours!
— Sam⚕️✈️ (@DocsDoItBetter) July 24, 2024
This clip of David Lynch being asked about working with Russell Brand is a supremely satisfying 16 seconds
H/T @DrBenLovell
