Green Wing (series 2)

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Green Wing series 2 DVD. Cast from left to right, Heap (Alan), Mangan (Guy), Gomez (Sue), Theobald (Martin), Greig (Caroline), Rhind-Tutt (Mac), Chris (Boyce) and Haywood (Joanna).

The second series of Green Wing consists of eight episodes and was first shown on Channel 4 between 31 March and 19 May 2006. There will be a ninth episode to be aired as a special on 4 January 2007. The DVD of the second series was released on 2 October, with the Special coming out on 8 January 2007. It was released as part of the Series 1 & 2 DVD boxset on October 2. This article also contains The Secret Policeman's Ball sketch.

[edit] Main Cast

Dr. Caroline Todd - Tamsin Greig

Dr. Guy Secretan - Stephen Mangan

Dr. "Mac" Macartney - Julian Rhind-Tutt

Dr. Alan Statham - Mark Heap

Joanna Clore - Pippa Haywood

Dr. Martin Dear - Karl Theobald

Sue White - Michelle Gomez

Boyce - Oliver Chris

Dr. Angela Hunter - Sarah Alexander (Episodes 1-3)

Harriet Schulenburg - Olivia Colman

Karen Ball - Lucinda Raikes

Naughty Rachel - Katie Lyons

Kim Alabaster - Sally Bretton

[edit] Episode 1

A sci-fi scene, half-naked male wrestling and a tribute to several music acts are just some of things going on inside Mac's mind since his eight-week long coma after the accident with the ambulance. He is constantly visited: Caroline and Sue competing for a seat at his bedside, with the latter engaging in a made-up marriage to him. Guy has been temporarily suspended from work, but continues to irritate just about everyone, including his (newly discovered) mother Joanna, half-brother Martin, and the unconscious Mac while roaming around the hospital. Martin plays Mac some music on the mouth organ, whereas Alan draws on his face and 'plays' ping-pong with him. Mac eventually wakes up, but seems to have amnesia, describing his relationship with Emmy but not the one with Caroline. In other news, Karen and Martin 'kiss', and the affair between Alan and Joanna has hit the rocks, so he tries to trick her into opening a 'present', which turns out to be a box full of flies.

Also Appearing

Just a Man - Nick Frost

Anaesthetist – Paul Bazley

Nurses – Jane Cameron, Rebecca Clow, Doreen Ingleton, Alison Pargeter and Chetna Pandya

[edit] Episode 2

Caroline continues to cope with Mac's loss of memory (and their relationship), Guy has to cope without his driving licence and challenges Mac to a game of 'The Spoon of Destiny', but on the plus side gets his job back, and Alan has to cope without any sex whatsoever, while trying to convince Joanna that he's still having it on, leading to a unfortunate remark about Caroline over the phone, in the sense that Caroline was in Joanna's office when he said it. Meanwhile, Martin moans to Boyce about his excessively sex-filled relationship with Karen, and manages to swallow her mobile phone, and Mac discovers Sue told the hospital in Sheffield that he was dead, and that his new job opportunity has gone.

Also Appearing

Jake Leaf - Darren Boyd

Poetry Man – Alistair Barrie

Oliver - Ken Charles

Charles Robertson (CEO) - Robert Harley

Prostitute – Oriane Messina

Dr. Jeff Jennings (The Neurosurgeon) – Pip Torrens

Louise the Poetry Woman – Robin Weaver

[edit] Episode 3

A documentary crew have come to film East Hampton, and some react better than others. Caroline becomes jealous of Angela after she learns she is to star in the show, and Sue becomes jealous of Joanna after she takes charge of the program. Things are not going well for Guy, now having to travel by jet-ski (with a Swiss flag and armbands of course) killing a swan on his way to work, and giving the tape of him and Joanna having sex to a priest, who was really Martin in disguise trying to avoid Karen. However, when Martin tries to tell Sue of his problem, Sue steals the tape and turns the tables. She orders that Joanna must put her in charge of the documentary and make her fly, Guy must break up the relationship between Caroline and Mac and tell her the secret of fire, and Angela must tell Mac of Caroline's "incurable disease" if she wants to leave the hospital to continue working in television. However, her weakness for Mac proves to be her downfall, and everything is back-to-normal, except the absence of Angela. Elsewhere, Martin tries to find a way to dump Karen, Alan and Boyce refuse to "take it back", and Mac and Caroline share a moment.

Also Appearing

Jake Leaf - Darren Boyd

Chinese Girls – Rosie Alverez and Li-Leng Au

Oliver - Ken Charles

Director – Peter McDonald

Presenter – Simon London

[edit] Episode 4

It is all change down at East Hampton. With Angela gone, a new paediatrics registrar is needed and Caroline needs to find a new lodger, but it does not look good when the new registrar turns out to be Mac's former girlfriend Holly. Mac has more than enough on his plate already, with Alan trying to get his unused parking space for his new car. Guy is looking for new accommodation and is now forced into doing community service, not only painting walls, but also teaching school children how to play Guyball. Joanna is increasingly worried about having to wear glasses to the extent of getting liquid paper in her eyes. Harriet tells Lyndon that Robbie has being excluded from school for a week for urinating over the Virgin Mary and that Ian is thinking of leaving her. In an attempt to earn some money, Martin becomes a nude model for the hospital painting class, but things turn worse when Sue is one of the students. Guy manages to become Caroline's lodger and Alan eats a gall bladder.

Also Appearing

Holly Hawkes - Sally Phillips

Car Park Attendant - Chizzy Akudolu

Landry Op – Kim Benson

Oliver - Ken Charles

Anaesthetist – Roderic Culver

Lyndon Jones - Paterson Joseph

Art Teacher – Justin McCarron

Skinhead – Danny Nussbaum

[edit] Episode 5

Caroline is not happy with Guy as her lodger, and the fact he is wearing her dressing gown. However, that is the least of her worries. Just moments after Mac gives her a big kiss, he discovers that Holly never had an abortion, and that their four-year old son Mackenzie is very much alive and has his hair. Alan has decided to enter politics, but things are not going too well. However, it looks like he might get some help - from Boyce of all people. Joanna is still trying to get Lyndon to fall in love with her, but it looks like Harriet is his one. Perhaps a very large workload might slow her down, though a Lyndon prepares a surprise picnic for the two of them. Martin meets a prostitute and by accident becomes her pimp, which leads Karen to dump him. Sue turns her new art skills to making a bust of Mac (and some clay penises), and it looks like thumbs up for Guy after a poker game when he wins a kiss from Caroline. But has he won the rest of her as well?

Also Appearing

Jake Leaf - Darren Boyd

Holly Hawkes - Sally Phillips

Lyndon Jones - Paterson Joseph

Mackenzie Hawkes - Dylan Woodcock

Pimp - Geoff Francis

Suzie - Jennifer Hennessey

Voice Coach - Rosie Cavaliero

Politician - Tom Goodman-Hill

[edit] Episode 6

Caroline becomes depressed with Mac's commitments to his (newly discovered) son. Guy becomes envious when she starts dating the hospital complimentary therapist Jake, who later ends up with a Swiss Army Knife in his head courtesy of Guy. Caroline manages to kill Jake's 12-year-old pet tamagotchi by dropping it into a glass of wine during their date. Later, she calls Mac to tell him she thinks they made a mistake in ending their relationship - however Mac is putting Mackenzie to bed, and Holly deletes the answerphone message when she hears what Caroline has to say. Alan is unusually happy due to getting 100% of the vote in a caption competition on the Consultant Radiologist International web site. Boyce finds out that only 7 people voted. Joanna becomes sick of Alan going on and on about getting 100% of the vote, and recruits her cousin to scare him. This doesn't go to plan as Alan batters him to death with a stuffed heron. Martin finds out his real father's name is Donald Twat, but fails to meet up with him due to Joanna's meddling. Kim brings her Turkish pen-pal, Murat, to work with her. But he seems to be forming a better relationship with Karen who can speak Turkish, even though she never knew she could. Harriet decides to dump Lyndon after feeling guilty about their picnic.

Also Appearing

Jake Leaf - Darren Boyd

Holly Hawkes - Sally Phillips

Lyndon Jones - Paterson Joseph

Detective - Simon Ludders

Joanna's Cousin - Big Mick

Murat - Bugra Tezer

Donald Twat - Ron Webster

Mackenzie Hawkes - Dylan Woodcock

This episode also gave, "Big thanks to Mike Batt."

[edit] Episode 7

Alan and Joanna are becoming increasingly worried about the stuffed heron incident. Alan is even having panic attacks, but seems to find that Joanna's idea of a "Coffee enema" might solve the problem. Martin manages to win £10,000 on a scratch card, but only gets £3,000 after a deal with the newsagent. Sue discovers that Mackenzie is not Mac's son, and that Holly just dyed his hair. This seems to leave the door open for Caroline again, who dumps Jake. Guy in the meantime is becoming even more besotted with Caroline, even getting a tattoo of what he thinks is her favourite thing. However, Sue throws her own "Spanner in the works" by telling everyone that she is pregnant with Mac's child, and this time it is no joke. Boyce also gets promoted to house officer, and gets a hug from Alan whilst he (Boyce) is dressed as a nurse.

Also Appearing

Jake Leaf - Darren Boyd

Holly Hawkes - Sally Phillips

Oliver - Ken Charles

Teenager's Mum - Sue Elliott Nicholls

Nurse, Panic Attack Sarah Hadland

Lyndon Jones - Paterson Joseph

Newsagent - Preeya Kalidas

Indian Waiter - Simon Nagra

Nurse, Phone Sex - Fay Rusling

Shoe Shop Assistant - Jonah Russel

Teenager - Matthew Steer

[edit] Episode 8

Joanna and Alan are becoming increasingly paranoid, but when Alan hears that they are treating the dwarf's death as suicide, they start to think they can get away with anything; But when the police start sniffing around, they decide to escape with Boyce's help. Guy, Mac and Martin decide it is time to make their marriage proposals to Caroline. She rejects Martin, says maybe to Guy, and says yes, then no to Mac. Ian learns of Harriet's fling with Lyndon and kicks her out of the house, and Rachel unknowingly knocks Karen out of a window. Mac receives news from Jeff the neurosurgeon that someone close to them is dying, the inference is that it is Mac himself but this is not said (However, he comments with "I forgot I had a first name, with people just calling me 'Mac'.", as he holds the medical file. Also he is seen at the end of the episode riding away from the camera on his motorcycle, and then fading away leaving an empty road). Martin experiences the worst case of déjà vu ever, when he is again teetering over the edge of the same cliff, only this time in a stolen camper van with Alan and Joanna, although the main twist is Caroline meeting Guy (she expected Mac) at the station where she accepts his earlier proposal.

Also Appearing

Charles Robertson (CEO) - Robert Harley

Camper Van Couple - Richard Katz and Christine Lesbirel

Patient - Asam Tandy

Dr. Jeff Jennings (The Neurosurgeon) – Pip Torrens

[edit] The Secret Policeman's Ball Sketch

A sketch was performed for Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball, with perfromances from Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Michelle Gomez. Mangan and Rhind-Tutt appeared in two sketches. This is an account of the evening from a user of Channel 4's Green Wing forum.

"I'M SO EXCITED... i went to the secret policemans ball last night and it was amazing Steve and Julian were in two sketches, the first was the green wing sketch and the second was one with Richard E. Grant, Jo Brand, Russell Brand and others where Steve played a policeman in a murder mystery and Julian was the murderer, it was really funny especially because a lot of them kept forgetting their lines! For the Green Wing sketch the commentator/voice over man asked if there was a doctor in the house and then Julian stood up from a seat in the audience with Tamsin next to him and said that he could help (cue me frantically looking round for Steve) and then i heard a familiar voice behind me so i turned around and Steve stood up from a seat 4 ROWS BEHIND ME and shouted abuse at Julian about he was the the better doctor, as you would expect from Guy. Then they all ran down to the stage and danced to the green wing music in slow motion and speeding up moves. The actual sketch was really good cause it almost continued from the last episode, Guy was talking about Caroline being his fiance and at one point he said to Mac 'what are you doing here anyway, aren't you supposed to be dying' and Mac replied 'I am'! Then near the end of the sketch Sue White appeared in a tutu with her long arms and even said at the end to someone in the audience 'nice squirrel'. Can't wait to see it again when it's on tv, sorry about the long post!"

A preview can be found at youtube, as well as a spoof behind the scenes clip with Greig and Mangan.

[edit] The Special

The cover of the Green Wing Special DVD.

It has been revealed that a 90 minute long ninth episode was filmed in Series 2, to be shown on 4 January 2007.[1] This is the latest update on the episode from Channel 4.

"The end is nigh – Caroline (Tamsin Greig) is now engaged to Guy (Stephen Mangan), while Mac (Julian Rhind-Tutt) has very little time to live. Gripped by desperation and paranoia, dwarf-killing duo Statham (Mark Heap) and Joanna (Pippa Haywood) are on the run, jumping relentlessly out of frying pans and into fires (not quite literally). With no-one left in charge, the admin girls let their basic instincts run wild, while something very strange has happened to Karen (Lucinda Raikes) after her fall from the window. Boyce (Oli Chris) discovers life without Statham, Sue White (Michelle Gomez) spots a job opportunity and Martin (Karl Theobald) feels utterly helpless. Again. Still, at least it all ends happily ever after. Or does it?"

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