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vb. (present participle of get on English)
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Getting On is a satirical British sitcom based on a geriatric ward in an NHS hospital. It is written by its core cast, Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, and Joanna Scanlan. Several episodes were directed by Peter Capaldi. It first aired in July 2009, for three episodes. The second series of six episodes aired in 2010, with the third series (also of six episodes) airing in late 2012. Despite strong critical acclaim, the show was not recommissioned for a fourth series. It was shot in the closed Plaistow Hospital.
A U.S. version of Getting On began airing on HBO in November 2013.
A three-part spin-off series, Going Forward, was announced in March 2016 and began airing in May 2016 on BBC Four.
Getting On is an American television comedy series based on the British series of the same name, created and written by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer. The series aired on HBO from November 24, 2013, to December 13, 2015, for three seasons each containing six episodes. The show has garnered positive reviews from critics. It stars Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash, and Mel Rodriguez.
Getting On may refer to:
- Getting On (UK TV series), a 2009–12 British television comedy airing on BBC Four
- Getting On (U.S. TV series), a 2013–15 American television adaptation of the British series, airing on HBO
Usage examples of "getting on".
She didn't care if she had to crawl across these mountains on her hands and knees, she wasn't getting on one of those things again.
I decided to let him recuperate for a few days before bombarding him with the list of questions I had been compiling for half a decade and getting on with his (Robert's) treatment and, I fervently hoped, successful recovery.
The last reluctant bakers getting on the buses paused and looked around, trying to figure out where the screams were coming from.
It was getting on toward eight o'clock when the launch had been cast off.
The strain of never really communicating with anyone was getting on his nerves.
I have already told you about Miss Dorothy, generally known as Dot, Clapton, who was now installed behind the typewriter in the clerk's room, getting on with her job while turning the head of Claude Erskine-Brown, a part of his body which, at the sight of any reasonably attractive young woman, spins round like a teetotum.
Then I looked around to see how the rest were getting on, for six men was my allowance.
Tom needed to get on with his life, and had already booked a flight to spend some time at home with his parents in the States while he decided what getting on with life might actually involve for him.