The Midnight Gang - BBC1 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

The Midnight Gang. Image shows from L to R: Tootsie (Jocelyn Jee Esien), Amber (India Brown), Porter (Alan Davies), Tom (Oliver Zetterstrom), Headmaster (David Walliams), George (Jordan Cramond), Matron (Haydn Gwynne), Robin (Josh Gottlieb), Sally (Zaris Angel Hator), Dr Luppers (Amit Shah). Copyright: King Bert Productions

Genre

Comedy Drama

Broadcast

2018

Channel

BBC One

Episodes

1

Stars

Alan Davies, David Walliams, Haydn Gwynne, Amit Shah, Mark Heap, Harish Patel, June Watson, Leila Hoffman and more

Writers

David Walliams and Kevin Cecil

Director

Elliot Hegarty

Producers

Charlie Leech, Jo Sargent, David Walliams, Kevin Cecil and Adam Browne

Company

Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for... the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning.

When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime!

The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily heart-warming and, of course, funny story of five children on a hospital ward and on a quest for adventure! It is a story of friendship and magic and of making dreams come true. Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone.

Trailer

Additional details

Part of

David Walliams Comedies

Production

Location

Camera set-up

Single camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Wednesday 26th December 2018 at 7:30pm on BBC One

Episode length

1 hour