Nurse (British TV series)

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Nurse
Based on BBC Radio 4 radio show of same name [1]
Written by
Directed by Ian FitzGibbon
Theme music composer Joan Armatrading
Opening theme"Down to Zero"
Ending theme"Down to Zero" [2]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4 [3]
Production
Executive producer Gareth Edwards
Producers
Original release
Network BBC Two
Release10 March (2015-03-10) 
31 March 2015 (2015-03-31)

Nurse is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC Two, written by Paul Whitehouse, David Cummings and Esther Coles. [4] It is about a community mental health nurse (Esther Coles) who visits her patients in their homes and is based on the sessions she has with these patients (most of whom are played by Paul Whitehouse), [5] other actors who play patients include Cecilia Noble, Rosie Cavaliero, Simon Day, Jason Maza, Vilma Hollingbery, Jo Enright and Sue Elliot Nichols. [6] The first series started broadcasting on 10 March 2015 and finished broadcasting on 31 March 2015.

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