Green Wing Series 1, Episode 2 - Rumours - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
After spending the night at Guy's flat, Caroline finds herself subject to rumours that she had sex with him. Statham tries to get his white coat to flow more, Mac finds out that his ex-girlfriend Holly is getting married, and Martin has problems with the cleaners moving his yoghurt.
Further details
Rumours are rife about what actually happened when Caroline stayed over at Guy's house the night before - rumours which Guy is quite happy to promote until Caroline discovers what he has been up to. Joanna tries her best to hide her relationship with Dr Statham, who is getting more and more clingy. However, Dr Statham is more interested in getting his coat to "sweep and flow" as he walks around corners. Elsewhere Mac finds out that his ex -girlfriend is getting married and Martin goes on the search for his Soya yoghurt which the cleaners have moved.
Broadcast details
Date
Friday 10th September 2004
Time
10pm
Channel
Length
60 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| Tamsin Greig | Caroline Todd |
|---|---|
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | Mac Macartney |
| Stephen Mangan | Guy Secretan |
| Mark Heap | Alan Statham |
| Pippa Haywood | Joanna Clore |
| Michelle Gomez | Sue White |
| Karl Theobald | Martin Dear |
| Olivia Colman (as Olivia Coleman) | Harriet Schulenburg |
| Oliver Chris | Boyce |
| Sarah Alexander | Angela Hunter |
| Lucinda Raikes | Karen Ball |
| Sally Bretton | Kim Alabaster |
| Katie Lyons | Naughty Rachel |
Writing team
| Victoria Pile | Writer |
|---|---|
| Robert Harley | Writer |
| James Henry | Writer |
| Stuart Kenworthy | Writer |
| Oriane Messina | Writer |
| Fay Rusling | Writer |
| Richard Preddy | Writer |
| Gary Howe | Writer |
Production team
| Dominic Brigstocke | Director |
|---|---|
| Tristram Shapeero | Director |
| Victoria Pile | Producer |
| Peter Fincham | Executive Producer |
| Nick King | Editor |
| Billy Sneddon | Editor |
| Peter Oliver | Editor |
| Jonathan Paul Green | Production Designer |
| Jonathan Whitehead (as Trellis) | Composer |
Press
The search for comedy goes on. The latest serious attempt to make you laugh is Green Wing (Friday, C4). Medical comedies are a genre all of their own. Medicine has come a long way since Doctor in the House, James Robertson Justice and all that "Ooh er, matron" bedpan stuff - but, sadly, medical humour hasn't, like the military tattoo. Hospital jokes are still rooted in the past.
If I had reviewed the first episode of Green Wing last week, I would have given it a much rougher proctological examination than I am prepared to now. Having seen the second, its setup, dynamics and dialogue are quite clearly attempts to join in the subgenre of comedies that want to be the next Office (the last one was The Smoking Room). In the first episode, I found the style imitation annoying, but by the second, the cast had taken over. Green Wing has a better ensemble of actors than any comedy you have seen for ages, and they have created some amusing, repulsive and compulsively weird characters. What the drama lacks is a coherent overall sense of purpose and direction. So much of it is too much like plaiting with double acts; it needs an infrastructure, an injection of M*A*S*H.