Waiting for God (TV series)
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 Waiting for God Opening Credits |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring | Stephanie Cole Graham Crowden Daniel Hill Janine Duvitski |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 47 |
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| Running time | 46x30 minutes 1x45 minutes |
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| Original channel | BBC1 |
| Original run | 28 June 1990 – 27 October 1994 |
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Waiting for God was a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 for five series from 1990 to 1994. It starred Stephanie Cole and Graham Crowden as two spirited residents of a retirement home who spent their time running rings around the home's oppressive management and their own families. It was written by Michael Aitkens. In 2004, it came 37th in Britain's Best Sitcom.
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[edit] Cast
- Stephanie Cole - Diana Trent
- Graham Crowden - Tom Ballard
- Daniel Hill - Harvey Bains
- Janine Duvitski - Jane Edwards
- Andrew Tourell - Geoffrey Ballard
- Sandra Payne - Marion Ballard
- Michael Bilton - Basil Makepeace
- Dawn Hope - Jenny
- Lucy Ashton - Sarah
- Chico Andrade - Antonio
- Tim Preece - The Rev. Dennis Sparrow (from series 3)
[edit] Plot
Set at Bayview Retirement Village, the programme was based around Diana Trent and her relationship with Tom Ballard. Trent is a retired photojournalist who finds herself consigned to the retirement home after a career documenting some of the 20th century's most dangerous places. Her frustration at the prospect of years of being alternately patronised and ignored is soon channelled into bitingly sarcastic comments and attempts to subvert the regime of the retirement home. Ballard is a kindly but deluded old duffer, who frequently lives in a fantasy world. His increasingly eccentric behaviour leads his alcoholic daughter-in-law Marion and henpecked son Geoffrey to move him in next door to Diana. The two soon find that together they are able to wreak havoc amongst the younger staff and management in the home as Tom's optimistic and cheery demeanour along with his unusual excuses neatly cover Diana's sabotage. The manager of Bayview is Harvey Bains, who runs the establishment with his assistant Jane Edwards. Trent and Ballard refer to the money and power hungry manager as "the idiot Bains."
[edit] Theme music
Waiting for God's theme music was the opening of the last movement of Franz Schubert's Trout Quintet. It was performed by The Nash Ensemble.
