Getting On (BBC4/BBC HD 10.00pm)

Another excellent episode that (again), I had to listen too more than watch due to the camera work

Perhaps I should take a sea-sickness pill before next week's episode as that's how it made me feel!

Loved the bit where they took the cigarette off Ivy and Kim had a swift drag before putting it in the plant pot

And Dr Moore and her obsession with faeces!
 
Wasn't it filmed in that filmic effect? It had a grey wash type look to it all the way through. Is that filmic? Or am i mistaken?

Anyway, i had it on after TW on HD and couldn't seem to get into it. Felt too much like some weird documentary with the shaky camera, the way they talked etc.

Guess it just wasn't my sort of thing.
 
I loved this. It was almost too painfully bleak to watch but the black humour and spot-on observations really made me want to watch the next episode.

Didn't notice the dodgy camera work.
 
This show definately deserves at least a proper series run. Plus there is potential for other long term characters too which can keep the show fresh......
 
Just watched this on iplayer, thought it was great! Nice dark humour, will definitely be watching next week. Love Jo Brand!
 
The grey wash is the result of a process called colour grading which is different from filmic.

Colour grading involves selecting a key or 'accent' colour, and the footage is treated to accentuate that colour, e.g. the grey sheen in Getting On, or if you watch The Apprentice you'll see that there is a slight bluish tone to many of the shots, particularly in the boardroom.

Filmic effect is when the footage is changed to make it look like it has been shot on a film camera, e.g. Casualty & Holby City, which both changed to a 'filmic' look in 2007.
 
I'm not sure why. maybe people in the biz may know more but I suspect that

BBC4 have more of a remit for non-standard programs. BBC1/2 will stick to the old tried and tested formulas.

The program makers may have good relationships with the BBC4 people. There seem to be several links with this and The Thick Of It.


BBC4 are in the middle of a season of programs and I guess this program with a lot of old aged people in hospital fits in well with it.
 
Just as a sidenote, did anyone pick up on the amusing character names, e.g. Hilary Loftus (sounRAB like a woman, but is a man), Den Flickster (the opposite), and Kim Wilde (played Jo Brand).

Nice little touch I thought.
 
Watched the last one tonight and loved it still. Shame it was the last one.

Pippa moaning on about the hamper, Hilary and his overreaction to a throwaway comment by Kim which referenced something said by Ivy last week, and Joyce getting up........... which causes the special nurse (I think was her title) to stand up........ and then Joyce sits back down. Makes me laugh just thinking about it again.

I like the way it carries stuff over from previous eps so even if you haven't seen a previous episode you could get right into it, yet for those who've been following it, it's even better.
 
Just watched the last episode on iPlayer, was absolutely superb. This is the type of television that should be getting full series. I hope its not just a one off, I would honestly love a good 6 part series, something along those lines. It had me in stitches throughout, theres such a great balance of dark humour, mixed with the sadness of the patients lives, and also the frustration of the nurses. Fantastic! :D
 
I loved it, and the grey wash certainly helped portray what grim places hospitals are, and I've spent far too much of my life in them so they got that spot-on.

It reminded me of The Thick of It, with the camerawork. There's no Armando but it was directed by Peter Capaldi, so that will have played a part.

It also had brilliantly-observed writing in an "It's funny because it's true" sense, and when dealing with some faeces on a chair and Vicki Pepperdine walks in and says in a matter-of-fact style, "Is it one of mine?", before qualifying her need for it in her faecal collection, was one of many highlights.

Its low-key and low-budget approach just shows how most mainstream sitcoms try too hard and end up failing.

A shame it's been dumped on BBC4 in a niche season ("Grey Expectations"), which will put a lot of people off, and it's only on for 3 eps when I'd like a full series of 6.

It gets a repeat on BBC4 on Tues night at 11pm as well as the Iplayer.
 
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