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No Angels (TV series)
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No Angels is a critically acclaimed British television
comedy drama series, produced by the independent production company World Productions
for Channel 4
, which ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2006. It was devised by Toby Whithouse
.
. The four main characters are Kate Oakley (played by Kaye Wragg), Lia Costoya (Louise Delamere
), Anji Mittel (Sunetra Sarker
) and Beth Nicholls (Jo Joyner
). Additional main characters were played by Derek Redell, James Frost, Francis MaGee and Matt Bardock
. The show deals with the nurses' lives both in and out of the hospital.
Lia Costoya is a nurse [and acting ward sister in series one] at the hospital. She is a single mother with her daughter Emma living with her father. Lia lives in hospital accommodation with Anji, Kate and Beth and attended college with Kate Oakley. The two have subsequently become best friends. Lia has a sharp attitude and is often described as being a "great nurse, but a terrible mother." At the end of Series 3, Emma asks to move in with Lia and they begin to search for a flat; shortly afterwards Jamie(who Lia was in a relationship with until he relocated to Australia) returns to Leeds and they get back together.
Katherine "Kate" Oakley is a nurse and later Ward sister at the hospital. Kate has several relationships throughout the programmes, including Dr Jamie Patterson; she later accepts the proposal of Peter Compton in Series 3, but after he makes numerous attempts to control her she eventually leaves him at the altar in the show's final episode. Kate went to an all girls school, and had a horse called Treacle and it is therefore assumed that she was relatively well off; however, she feels she doesn't get the attention she craves from her mother.
Anji Mittel is a health care assistant (HCA) at the hospital, She is openly known for her numerous relationships and one night stands and in the first series she is engaged (by an arranged marriage) to Adjesh but he later rejects her after he falls in love. After declining a nursing course and being rejected by Callum, Anji decides to go traveling, returning in Series 3 heavily pregnant. She later gives birth to a baby girl and begins dating Callum after he declares his love for her. At Kate's wedding she decides to name her baby girl Mia. Anji is Beth's best friend. She has two sisters who are both married dentists, but she doesn't really get on with her family.
Beverly "Beth" Nicholls is a nurse at the hospital. She openly admits that she'd rather have money than love in the first series and begins an affair with one of the hospital's senior management. However after he leaves his wife, she dumps him admitting that she needs something more than "I will love you". She continues to date men for their money, but clearly doesn't like being treated like a "trophy wife". In the final series she begins dating a plumber (ironically as for 3 seasons she stated that she 'didn't do' plumbers). Beth like Kate and Lia has also slept with Jamie; Beth was raised by her aunt and it is implied that she left home for an unknown reason, although it is hinted in the same episode that she was molested/raped by her male cousin in the fourth episode of series one - something that by the end of the episode is suspected by her Aunt.
Dr Jamie Patterson is McManus' golden boy. He has had both a short term relationship and a fling with Kate, and has slept with Beth. At the end of series three he reconciles with long term girlfriend Lia after his return from Australia, where he admits that he loves her.
Emma Costoya is Lia's daughter. She lives with her dad and step-mum, Sally. At the end of series 3 she asks to live with Lia as she finds Sally too controlling and would prefer to be with her mum.
site in the Menston
area of the city.. Most other filming took place in Leeds city centre
and Bradford
.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
comedy drama series, produced by the independent production company World Productions
World Productions
World Productions is a British television production company, founded in the early 1990s by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett. The company's first major series was the police drama Between The Lines , and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of highly successful drama series...
for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, which ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2006. It was devised by Toby Whithouse
Toby Whithouse
Toby Whithouse is an English actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series Being Human. He also created the Channel 4 television drama series No Angels , and has written for BBC One's Hotel Babylon and...
.
Premise
The programme centres on the lives of four nurses in the city of LeedsLeeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
. The four main characters are Kate Oakley (played by Kaye Wragg), Lia Costoya (Louise Delamere
Louise Delamere
Louise Delamere is an English actress best known for her role as Lia in the Channel 4 comedy drama, No Angels.Delamere is from Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside and was a classmate of the Boo Radleys at St Mary's College. She studied acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow,...
), Anji Mittel (Sunetra Sarker
Sunetra Sarker
Sunetra Sarker is an English actress, most notable for her role as Dr Zoe Hanna on Casualty.Sarker has a degree in Information Systems for Business with French from Brunel University....
) and Beth Nicholls (Jo Joyner
Jo Joyner
Joanne Mary Joyner is an English actress who is best known for her role as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which she has appeared since June 2006.-Career:...
). Additional main characters were played by Derek Redell, James Frost, Francis MaGee and Matt Bardock
Matt Bardock
Matthew Arthur "Matt" Bardock in Coulsdon, Surrey is an English actor.-Early life:Bardock attended Woodcote High School in Coulsdon, Surrey, where he was a keen drummer, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain before training at the Guildhall School of drama-Career:Bardock...
. The show deals with the nurses' lives both in and out of the hospital.
Cast
- Louise DelamereLouise DelamereLouise Delamere is an English actress best known for her role as Lia in the Channel 4 comedy drama, No Angels.Delamere is from Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside and was a classmate of the Boo Radleys at St Mary's College. She studied acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow,...
as Lia Costoya - Kaye Wragg as Katherine 'Kate' Oakley
- Sunetra SarkerSunetra SarkerSunetra Sarker is an English actress, most notable for her role as Dr Zoe Hanna on Casualty.Sarker has a degree in Information Systems for Business with French from Brunel University....
as Anji Mittel - Jo JoynerJo JoynerJoanne Mary Joyner is an English actress who is best known for her role as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which she has appeared since June 2006.-Career:...
as Beverly 'Beth' Nicholls - Francis MageeFrancis MageeFrancis Magee is an Irish actor best known for his portrayal of Liam Tyler in the long-running British soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1995. He has also appeared in numerous television shows and feature films, including Sahara , Layer Cake and The Calling...
as Mr. Leslie McManus - Derek RiddellDerek RiddellDerek Riddell is a Scottish television actor.He was born in Glasgow, the son of actress Hope Ross and former St Mirren footballer Ian Riddell...
as Dr. Jamie Patterson - James Frost as Callum
- Charlotte Leach as Emma
- Lynn FergusonLynn FergusonLynn Ferguson is a Scottish writer, actress, comedienne and presenter. She is the sister of comedian Craig Ferguson and is known for voicing the character of Mac in the animated film, Chicken Run.-Early life:...
as Stella
Lia Costoya is a nurse [and acting ward sister in series one] at the hospital. She is a single mother with her daughter Emma living with her father. Lia lives in hospital accommodation with Anji, Kate and Beth and attended college with Kate Oakley. The two have subsequently become best friends. Lia has a sharp attitude and is often described as being a "great nurse, but a terrible mother." At the end of Series 3, Emma asks to move in with Lia and they begin to search for a flat; shortly afterwards Jamie(who Lia was in a relationship with until he relocated to Australia) returns to Leeds and they get back together.
Katherine "Kate" Oakley is a nurse and later Ward sister at the hospital. Kate has several relationships throughout the programmes, including Dr Jamie Patterson; she later accepts the proposal of Peter Compton in Series 3, but after he makes numerous attempts to control her she eventually leaves him at the altar in the show's final episode. Kate went to an all girls school, and had a horse called Treacle and it is therefore assumed that she was relatively well off; however, she feels she doesn't get the attention she craves from her mother.
Anji Mittel is a health care assistant (HCA) at the hospital, She is openly known for her numerous relationships and one night stands and in the first series she is engaged (by an arranged marriage) to Adjesh but he later rejects her after he falls in love. After declining a nursing course and being rejected by Callum, Anji decides to go traveling, returning in Series 3 heavily pregnant. She later gives birth to a baby girl and begins dating Callum after he declares his love for her. At Kate's wedding she decides to name her baby girl Mia. Anji is Beth's best friend. She has two sisters who are both married dentists, but she doesn't really get on with her family.
Beverly "Beth" Nicholls is a nurse at the hospital. She openly admits that she'd rather have money than love in the first series and begins an affair with one of the hospital's senior management. However after he leaves his wife, she dumps him admitting that she needs something more than "I will love you". She continues to date men for their money, but clearly doesn't like being treated like a "trophy wife". In the final series she begins dating a plumber (ironically as for 3 seasons she stated that she 'didn't do' plumbers). Beth like Kate and Lia has also slept with Jamie; Beth was raised by her aunt and it is implied that she left home for an unknown reason, although it is hinted in the same episode that she was molested/raped by her male cousin in the fourth episode of series one - something that by the end of the episode is suspected by her Aunt.
Dr Jamie Patterson is McManus' golden boy. He has had both a short term relationship and a fling with Kate, and has slept with Beth. At the end of series three he reconciles with long term girlfriend Lia after his return from Australia, where he admits that he loves her.
Emma Costoya is Lia's daughter. She lives with her dad and step-mum, Sally. At the end of series 3 she asks to live with Lia as she finds Sally too controlling and would prefer to be with her mum.
Decommission
On 19 August 2005 Channel 4 announced that the show was to end after a third and final series. Newly appointed drama commissioner at the station, Francis Hopkinson decided to cancel the show after the eight episodes of Series 3, had aired. He stated "All the characters have moved on..I didn't like the idea of starting again with new characters so we're ending it while it's on top." Channel 4 said that by ending the series they were able to focus more on issue-based dramas.Filming
The filming for all three series of the show took place mainly at the disused High Royds HospitalHigh Royds Hospital
High Royds Hospital is a former psychiatric hospital south of the village of Menston, West Yorkshire, England. The hospital is located in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough as the border with the City of Bradford metropolitan borough passes between the hospital and the village...
site in the Menston
Menston
Menston is a village and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Along with Burley in Wharfedale, Menston is part of Wharfedale Ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford. It has a population of 4,660.-Landmarks:...
area of the city.. Most other filming took place in Leeds city centre
Leeds City Centre
Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, England. It is within the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, represented by Hilary Benn as MP since a by-election in 1999...
and Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
.
Further reading
- Allen, Daniel (25 February 2004). "No holds barred". Nursing Standard (RCN Publishing Company) 18 (24): 14–15.
External links
- No Angels at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...