Green Wing: Resuscitated

by Victoria Pile, Oliver Chris (Narrator), Olivia Colman (Narrator)

WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT AND LANGUAGE

They’re back! The all-star cast multi-award-winning cult hit comedy returns, with more surreal goings-on in the lives and loves of the doctors and staff at East Hampton Hospital (warning: contains very little medical content).

Green Wing: Resuscitated picks up 12 years after the events of Green Wing, and it's all change at East Hampton Hospital... Guy Secretan (Stephen Mangan) has become a media personality, adding TV appearances and podcasts to his work as an anesthetist; 'Mac' MacCartney (Julian Rhind-Tutt) has returned from several near-death experiences to pick up as a surgeon, and Caroline Todd (Tamsin Greig) has been making waves in America as a medical pioneer. There have been promotions for both Harriet Schulenberg (Olivia Colman) who is now East Hampton's Head of HR, and Boyce (Oliver Chris), who has been made head of radiology. This doesn't mean that Alan Statham (Mark Heap) has left the hospital - while his killing spree with Joanna Clore (Pippa Haywood) lead to her being imprisoned, his lawyers got him off with a spell in psychiatric care, and he has returned to work under Boyce. Not everyone has changed circumstances, though - Sue White (Michelle Gomez) remains as East Hampton's staff liaison officer, and Martin Dear (Karl Theobald) is still not a doctor, despite having been training for the exams since we last saw him…

Starring: Oliver Chris as Boyce, Olivia Colman as Harriet, Pippa Haywood as Joanna, Mark Heap as Alan, Michelle Gomez as Sue White, Tamsin Greig as Caroline, Stephen Mangan as Guy, Julian Rhind-Tutt as Mac, and Karl Theobald as Martin.

Featuring: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lauren Douglin, Simon Kane, Lorelei Mathias, Oriane Messina, Will Sebag-Montefiore, Nimisha Odedra and Paul G. Raymond.

Green Wing: Resuscitated was created by Victoria Pile, and written by Victoria Pile, Robert Harley, James Henry, Oriane Messina & Fay Rusling.

Produced by Novel.

Episode 1: Back

Guy starts therapy; Sue White visits Joanna in prison; Statham protests against his new boss, Boyce; Harriet gets into gaming; and Mac finds out about the new Head of Surgery.

Episode 2: The Usual

Caroline has her second first day at East Hampton, as Guy gets into a feud. Harriet has some news for Statham, and Joanna and Sue White both begin plots.

Episode 3: Message in a Bottle

Joanna plans a breakout to visit Statham. Martin goes undercover for Sue White. Mac, Guy and Caro struggle to work together.

Episode 4: HRT

Tensions between Caro, Mac and Guy reach Harriet’s desk. Sue White pushes Martin further undercover with Harriet. Statham has a dream.

Episode 5: Picasso

Guy feels threatened when his TV show ask about Caroline. Harriet and Martin plan their engagement party. Joanna makes a request to the prison governor, and Mac has that thing men have.

Episode 6: Flamingos

Harriet and Martin’s engagement party goes off the rails as Guy finds out about Caroline and Boyce, and a friend of Joanna’s goes too far in trying to scare Statham.

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

Genres: Audiobook, Fiction, Humor

Audiobook

Reviews

[Sara]

Absolutely loved Green Wing - it was my favourite show. The absurdist combined with the medical and the sort of love triangle was top tier. So glad I discovered this I just wish it was a TV show not just on audio because, Sue's segments in particular, always relied a lot on physical/visual comedy. Even the music is the same though, and it definitely brought back all the memories.

[Mark Colaci]

Entertaining. Not quite amazing but fun enough to keep going.

[Hannah Bethany]

This isn’t a book, but if it’s on Goodreads then you best believe I’m gonna shelve it 🫡

I CANNOT GET OVER HOW GOOD THIS WAS. I was a huge fan of the TV series at the time it aired and it’s remained one of my firm favourites ever since. I was gutted it ended after only two series as it felt like the writing and cast had so much more to give so I was over the moon to discover it had returned! I was a bit worried about how well it would work in an audio-only format as a large part of the comedy from the show was physical comedy, but somehow it worked just as well. The scripts and acting were just as excellent as they ever were and this had me grinning like a maniac whilst listening to it out in public! My one and only complaint though was that it didn’t feel nearly long enough!

Rating: 5/5

[KatiEllen]

I need another series NOW!!

[Kat Thorne]

As a lover of the original series of Green Wing, I was delighted to see this on Audible. Set 12 years after the series ended, it picks up with Caroline returning to the hospital and Joanna being released from prison. With all the same characters from the series, this was a huge hit of nostalgia. Really funny, quirky humour and laugh out loud moments, this is a must listen for any Green Wing fans. As always, the dynamic between Mac and Guy was brilliant!

[BeccaJBooks]

Why, oh why, couldn't this have been a new tv series rather than just an audio :)

So good. So well done. So true to the original show.

Loved it. And although I want another actual series, this was a great format to have it in.

[Cara]

Green Wing is one of my favourite sitcoms of all time 💚

This audio drama doesn’t match up to the show for me (which would of course be an easy five stars), which frankly isn’t surprising because so much of the show’s comedy, energy and atmosphere is visual.

But it’s still really enjoyable! And I’m impressed with how good a job they’ve done here. It’s often tough to retain an original work’s tone and character when rebooting it, especially so many (in this case, 18) years later. This really has succeeded in creating the same feel, the characters all feel like exactly the same people (with maybe the teeniest bit of growth), they’ve managed to update it for the present day without losing its edge (which I’d imagine may’ve been a difficult task).

If I was rating this purely on the earlier episodes it might be more of a 3.5, but it improves as it goes on and really gets into the swing of things by the end. I’ve just started the second instalment and they’ve hit the ground running with that one.

(And, yes, it’s a big stretch to call this a book, but it’s listed as an audiobook on audible, and I wanted to talk about it, and I have not been doing very well at meeting my reading challenge this year soooo 🤷‍♀️)

[Heidi]

Fabulous, hilarious - obviously not a book, but a super engaging audio comedy drama with the original cast, set 12 years after the end of the TV show. So so funny, my favourites being Sue White (Michelle Gomez) for sheer ridiculousness and Joanna Claw (Pippa Haywood) for vindictiveness - absolutely brilliant writing

[Kristina]

Radio play with full cast

I was a massive fan of the original series, so it was great to see this pop up on audible! Most of the original cast are back with the banter and jibes still flicking around. Totally worth listening to for both old fans and even those who never watched the show.

[Emily White]

3.5 stars

[Ing Swan]

More of a 3.75/5, maybe would have been better for me if I started from the previous ones before stumbling upon this one.

[Grace Cooper]

Not really a book, but it was an audio drama and AMAZING so it counts

[Kirst]

The three-way between Mac, Caroline and Guy was a surprise but ultimately very necessary for the plot.

Seriously, it’s really good. Sound design is especially a highlight.

[Nash]

Stunning return really enjoyed it as always

[Beth]

4.5*

[Carrie Silvester]

4.2*

[🌶 peppersocks 🧦]

Reflections and lessons learned/the content of this book made me feel…

…amazing cast with an amazing script - as good as the tv show!

[Anna Butler-Whittaker]

Not bad, revolting characters I enjoyed fifteen/twenty years ago.