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Coverage of People Who Are Ill in Hospital Receiving Treatment

That Mitchell and Webb Look2006Season 1Episode 2
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The setup

Two relentlessly upbeat presenters of a literal-minded daytime show cover a hospital, where little happens until their gallstones patient dies.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Presenter Edward opens another edition of the plainly titled daytime programme at the bedside of Dave, who is in to have his gallstones taken out. Co-presenter Gillian, sitting in the waiting area with Chris, whose arm simply broke for no reason he can name, promises the cameras will be there when it is put in plaster and trails a chat with a tired doctor. Back on the ward Edward breezily explains that there has been a mistake and Dave is now dead, promises footage of the body being wheeled away and fills the gap with shots of nurses and doctors walking about.

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Say it with us

Highly quotable.

We'll be there to film them doing that and put it on the telly.

In a minute, I'll be talking to a doctor you don't know who's tired.

Meanwhile, here are some nurses and doctors walking about a bit.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The BBC's episode press release billed this sketch as "Daytime TV – Coverage of People in Hospital".

ScriptEnglish · 13 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:04

    Edward ?

    Hello, and welcome to another edition of Coverage of People Who Are Ill in Hospital Receiving Treatment. Dave, you're ill.

  2. 00:09

    Dave ?

    That's right, I've got gallstones. They're being taken out.

  3. 00:11

    Edward ?

    Indeed. Are you nervous,

  4. 00:12

    but everyone's been wonderful? No, a nurse fingered me.

  5. 00:14

    Edward ?

    Gillian.

  6. 00:15

    Gillian ?

    Thanks, Edward. I'm here with Chris, who's got a broken arm.

  7. 00:18

    Chris ?

    That's right.

  8. 00:18

    Gillian ?

    How did he break your arm, Chris?

  9. 00:19

    Chris ?

    Just broke.

  10. 00:20

    Gillian ?

    That's an interesting story, and they're going to put it in plaster, are they?

  11. 00:22

    Chris ?

    That is the plan, yeah.

  12. 00:24

    Gillian ?

    We'll be there to film them doing that and put it on the telly. In a minute, I'll be talking to a doctor you don't know who's tired. Edward.

  13. 00:29

    Edward ?

    Thanks, Gillian. Meanwhile, we've had a bit of a cock-up here and Dave is dead. Here is Dave. In a minute, they'll be carting him out on a trolley and we'll be here to film that and put it on the telly. Meanwhile, here are some nurses and doctors walking about a bit.

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