- Title: No Angels
- Date: 20th April 2004
- Summary: From Tony Garnett's World Productions, makers of Cops, This Life and Cardiac Arrest comes No Angels, is a provocative new ten-part drama series focusing on a gang of four young nurses in Leeds who live, work and play together. Exploding the myth of angels by the bedside, this is a witty and truthful exposé of nursing in the modern NHS. Every day the girls face life, death and lunacy on the wards of St. Margaret's; every night they let off steam, with a dangerous appetite for uncomplicated sex and misbehaviour. And if the drugs don't work, it's probably because the junior doctor's taken them. C4 Head of Drama, John Yorke says 'No Angels is a portrayal of nurses as you have never seen them before. We wanted to create a drama that would reflect young working women with real, unflinching honesty and passion. Setting the drama on the front line of the NHS gave us huge scope to do this: it's a story of how four girls can overcome an impossibly demanding job with grit, humour, irreverance and determination. No Angels is a frank, funny and totally un-squeamish show, injecting the "Angels" Florence Nightingale stereotype with a good dose of reality.' C4 Commissioning Editor Lucy Richer adds, 'This is a funny, accessible and very honest contemporary series that reinforces C4's reputation for popular, innovative drama.' Filming on location in and around Leeds, No Angels is devised by award-winning playwright Toby Whithouse and produced by Helen Gregory (EastEnders, Grafters, In Defence). Executive Producer is Simon Heath (Men Only, Attachments, Love Again).
- Description:The lives of five Leeds nurses who love having a good time.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:World Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 8
- Transmission Date:20/04/2004
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s