The Delivery Man (TV series)

For the 2023 South Korean television series, see Delivery Man (TV series).

The Delivery Man
GenreSitcom
Created byVictoria Pile & Robert Harley
Written byRobert Harley
James Henry
Directed byVictoria Pile
StarringDarren Boyd
Aisling Bea
Fay Ripley
Paddy McGuinness
Alex MacQueen
Llewella Gideon
Jennie Jacques
ComposersRob Jones
Joe da Costa
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerRobert Harley
ProducerVictoria Pile
Production location3 Mills Studios
EditorChristian Sandino-Taylor
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyMonicker Pictures
Original release
NetworkITV
Release15 April (2015-04-15) –
20 May 2015 (2015-05-20)

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

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date Viewers
(millions) [4]
1"Youth"Victoria PileRobert Harley & James Henry15 April 2015 (2015-04-15)3.2
A teenage dad tries to visit his pregnant girlfriend without her parents finding out his identity – new boy Matthew has to choose whose side to take. His whale music is not ideal and Pat reports him for abuse.
2"Truth"Victoria PileRobert Harley & James Henry22 April 2015 (2015-04-22)2.0
A 'double dad' has to rush between the bedsides of two expectant mothers, while Matthew realises he's landed Lisa's boyfriend in trouble. Ian is suspended and asks Matthew to find him a job in the hospital.
3"Prisoner"Victoria PileRobert Harley & James Henry29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)1.6
A female prisoner is on release while she gives birth, but the police want some crucial information from her and Ian tries some underhand interrogation tactics. A furious Ryan hears that Lisa has been lending Matthew money and turns up at the hospital in a rage.
4"Celebrity"Victoria PieRobert Harley & James Henry6 May 2015 (2015-05-06)1.6
A reality TV star arrives incognito in an emergency and asks Matthew to hide her pregnancy from the public. Thanks to Tash's Facebook, word gets out - and the staff need to trick the paparazzi.
5"Foundling"Victoria PieRobert Harley & James Henry13 May 2015 (2015-05-13)1.4
The midwife team finds an abandoned baby. They try to identify the mother before the authorities are called in.
6"Theft"Victoria PieRobert Harley & James Henry20 May 2015 (2015-05-20)1.3
The drugs cupboard is raided and a forensic team is called in - one of whom is Matthew's very attractive ex, and is keen to get back together... Meanwhile, Ryan is back and Caitlin has a date.

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'".