The Delivery Man (TV series)

2015 British TV series or programme

The Delivery Man is a British sitcom shown on ITV for one series in 2015. The series stars Darren Boyd as Matthew Bunting, a former police constable starting a new career as a midwife.^[1][2] From August 2015 the series starting showing on Netflix in the UK, Ireland, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Production

A pilot episode was shot in February 2014. The first series was filmed between October and December 2014 at 3 Mills Studios.

Cast and characters

• Darren Boyd as Matthew Bunting
• Aisling Bea as Lisa McGeoghan, junior midwife
• Joe da Costa as Ryan Sexington, Lisa's boyfriend
• Fay Ripley as Caitlin Tilby, senior midwife
• Paddy McGuinness as Ian Hanwell, police officer^[3]
• Alex Macqueen as Luke Edward, senior consultant obstetrician
• Llewella Gideon as Patricia Pattinson, senior midwife
• Jennie Jacques as Natasha Phipps (AKA "Tash"), junior midwife

Episodes

Reception

The Independent was moderately positive on the series, though found it lacking compared to Green Wing.^[5] The Telegraph dubbed the series punchy.^[6]

References

1. "ITV greenlights Darren Boyd comedy Delivery Man". RTÉ.ie. 6 August 2014.
2. "Curtis Brown".
3. "Paddy McGuinness joins ITV's Delivery Man". Digital Spy. 19 November 2014.
4. BARB Ratings Archived 1 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
5. "The Delivery Man, review: Fish-out-of-water sitcom is the best laugh". Independent.co.uk. 16 April 2015.
6. "The Delivery Man, ITV, review: 'punchy'".

External links

• The Delivery Man at IMDb
• The Delivery Man at British Comedy Guide