TV series

Getting On

2013–2015 · 3 seasons

Cringe-comic workplace awkwardness layered over quiet, humane sadness about decline and care, played with deadpan realism and uncomfortable silences.

Overview: Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for the elderly.
How it feels: Dark, satirical, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Death, aging, work, isolation
Content: Strong language. Mild gore and sexual content. No violence.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
aging
work
isolation
morality
Places: hospital
workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence none
Sex mild