Placebo - BBC3 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

2008

Channel

BBC Three

Episodes

1 Pilot

Creator

James Griffiths

Stars

Maxine Peake, Nick Mohammed, Jamie Davis, Okezie Morro, Katy Brand, Ayesha Antoine, Vyelle Croom, Morgan Val Baker and Andrew Ellis

Writer

Mark Oswin

Director

Michael Buffong

Producers

Lucy Armitage and Kenton Allen

Company

Pilot for a medical sitcom. Six male volunteers must spend 28 days locked up in a high tech drug testing clinic with angry nurses and scary doctors.

Vija is the main character - a newbie to the world of clinical trials. He's joined by angry loud-mouth Brandon, stupid Gavin, Columbian done-it-all-before Jose, posh Marcus and chilled-out Femi (who inexplicably keeps a large wood sculpture of a penis).

The staff are spotty Nurse Kelly (who Vija manages to accidentally repeatedly offend), unsympathetic Nurse Dana and Sian Nuttall, the scary doctor in charge of the MedaLink tests.

Additional details

Production

Studio

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Monday 5th May 2008 at 11pm on BBC Three

Episode length

30 minutes