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| show_name = Nightingales | image = | caption = | picture_format = 3 | runtime = 25 minutes | creator = Paul Makin | starring = James Ellis Robert Lindsay David Threlfall | country = United Kingdom | network = Channel 4 | first_aired = {{start date|1990|2|27|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{end date|1993|2|10|df=yes}} | num_series = 2 | num_episodes = 13 | company = Alomo Productions | distributor = FremantleMedia | location = Paradise Circus, Birmingham, West Midlands, England }} Nightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards working the night shift. It was written by Paul Makin and produced by Alomo Productions for Channel 4 in 1990. PlotNightingales revolved around the jobs of three bored nightwatchmen working in a deserted office block, the location of which is never revealed, although exterior shots are of a building located on Paradise Circus in Birmingham City Centre. A typical episode involved both very naturalistic dialogue — and the kind of claustrophobic studio-setting that prevailed in shows such as Steptoe and Son — combined with the surreal. Nightingales ran for two series totalling 13 episodes from 27 February 1990 to 10 February 1993. The long delay was prompted by Channel 4 executive Seamus Cassidy who was not happy with the proposed scripts for the second series and it was nearly three years before it was given the go-ahead. The theme tune was a version of the song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" sung by Lindsay. Writer Paul Makin went on to write more conventional comedies like Goodnight Sweetheart. A US remake (titled "In Security") was piloted but never commissioned. Cast and characters
Guest characters included Piper (Edward Burnham), the elderly cleaning man; Eric the werewolf (Ian Sears); an additional security guard who was a gorilla; and Mary the Christmas Allegory (Lia Williams), who gave birth to consumer products. EpisodesSeries one
Series two
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6 : Channel 4 sitcoms|1990s British comedy television series|1990 British television programme debuts|1993 British television programme endings|English-language television programs|Television series by Fremantle (company) |
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