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Season 1 – Green Wing

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A new surgical registrar is professionally challenged by her colleagues.
Green Wing — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Green Wing's anarchic plot structure and wholehearted commitment to wringing every possible laugh from every moment makes it a snarky treat for comedy aficionados, although viewers who like a little structure with their humor may feel baffled by the series' irrepressible absurdity.

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Nancy Banks-Smith Guardian Mark Heap is outstanding as the consultant radiologist... Very insubordinate, very clever, very young. Did I mention, very funny? Feb 26, 2020 Full Review Debra Craine Times (UK) It can be obvious, vulgar and infantile, and it is certainly never subtle. But this frantic hospital comedy can also be extremely funny, and any comedy on TV that is genuinely funny deserves the warmest of welcomes. Mar 7, 2019 Full Review Ed Potton Times (UK) A riot of surreal banter, oddball sex and camels in corridors. Mar 7, 2019 Full Review Scotsman Staff Scotsman The show seems like what would result if a group of nine-year-olds on a sugar high nicked a laundry bag of white coats and went off to play doctors and nurses. Mar 7, 2019 Full Review Kimberly Springer PopMatters Green Wing shows us that life is often stranger than fiction, if we let it be. Mar 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Test T I really enjoyed this. I got it on DVD, and watched an episode each evening until it was done. The characters are really funny, and somehow the hospital setting provides the ideal environment for them. It's just crammed with funny and unusual scenes. In terms of sheer comedic density, it reminded me of Fawlty Towers. There's always something amusing going on which I really liked. The only thing I was unsure about was the ending in the last episode. It's different from the other episodes in that there is more drama and less comedy and I found this a bit disappointing as the series climax. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliantly funny. Script, actors and directing. Doesn't really get any better than this. One of the few series that is as enjoyable to watch as a repeat as there is so much crammed into each scene it just never gets boring. The funniest show ever! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Watched it when it came out and sat down in lockdown to see if it had stood the test of time - with three kids who were 0, 3 and 5 when it came out. Teenagers loved it too. Lack of smartphones but precious little else dating it. Still as irreverent, the romance plot line adroitly handled by the wonderful Tamsin Grieg and a cast of men, the more outlandish subplots spliced in with ahead of its time editing (no surprise the team of writers all worked on Smack the Pony just before this) and great music. The corridors, the doctors who do nothing, the managers who do less: it's the only medical show I will watch as a medic and it's stood the test of time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Probably the funniest, weirdest hospital show to ever grace television screens. Brilliant. This is the show 'scrubs' wishes it could have been. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Sarah Alexander

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Oliver Chris

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Michelle Gomez

Actor

Tamsin Greig

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Pippa Haywood

Actor

Mark Heap

Actor

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 8, 2004 Caroline's First Day New surgical registrar Dr. Caroline Todd arrives for her first day at work, uncoiffed and under deodorised. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 10, 2004 Rumours Caroline spends the day quashing gossip about her innocent night at Guy's flat, while Guy spends the day unquashing it. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 17, 2004 Lodgers Joanna is concerned about the dreariness of her relationship with Stratham; Mac discovers his "not-ready-to-have-kids-yet" ex-girlfriend is pregnant. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 24, 2004 Joanna's Birthday Joanna is delighted when she receives a gift for her birthday; Guy causes a major incident at the hospital. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 1, 2004 Housewarming Party Martin needs a calming influence when he realizes he has nothing to wear to Caroline's party; Joanna demands more from her secret lover. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 8, 2004 Tests Joanna and Harriet believe they are both pregnant; Martin rewrites his exams yet again; Mac secretly attends an interview for promotion. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 15, 2004 Tangled Webs Caroline decides that it is either Guy or Mac that she truly loves, but cannot decide which one; Alan finds comfort in both Jesus and the hospital chaplain. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 22, 2004 Slave Auction The path of true love runs rough at East Hampton Hospital; Lyndon votes Harriet's the best bottom in admin; Guy demonstrates his way with the common man; the charity slave auction is held. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 29, 2004 Emergency Joanne desperately wants to get Statham away from Jesus; Caroline resorts to extreme methods to lure Mac. Details

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Season Info

Director
Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke
Executive Producer
Peter Fincham
Screenwriter
Victoria Pile, Robert Harley, Gary Howe, Stuart Kenworthy, Oriane Messina, Richard Preddy, Fay Rusling, James Henry
Network
Channel 4
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 8, 2004