131 - Green Wing

This week we review - Green Wing (Series 1 Episode 1)<br /> <br />Green Wing follows the lives of the staff of the East Hampton Hospital Trust. <br />The series begins with the arrival of new surgical registrar Dr Caroline Todd (Tamsin Greig), a woman who seems to manage to constantly put herself in the most embarrassing situations.<br /><br />During her time in the hospital she begins to form friendships with her two co-workers: half-Swiss, womanising anaesthetist Dr Guy Secretan (Stephen Mangan), and cool surgeon Dr 'Mac' Macartney (Julian Rhind-Tutt). It is not long before these friendships become stronger, but who will end up dating whom?<br /><br />A strong supporting cast boasts performances from Karl Theobald as a well-meaning house officer, Sarah Alexander as senior paediatric registrar Dr Angela Hunter, Olivia Coleman, Sally Bretton and Mark Heap as the pompous and odd Dr Alan Statham.<br /><br />Written by Victoria Pile, Robert Harley, James Henry, Stuart Kenworthy, Oriane Messina, Fay Rusling, Richard Preddy and Gary Howe<br />Produced by Victoria Pile<br />Directed by Dominic Brigstocke and Tristram Shapeero<br />A Talkback Thames Production for Channel 4.<br />Green Wing is available here: <a href="https://bit.ly/3nUPYiH" rel="noopener">https://bit.ly/3nUPYiH</a><br /> <br />The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.<br /> <br />Subscribe for a new episode each Monday.<br /> <br />Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.