Series synopsis
Porters is a British comedy television series that premiered on U&Dave on September 20, 2017. It ended on April 18, 2019. It stars Edward Easton, Rutger Hauer, Claudia Jessie and Chris Wilson.
Deluded Simon Porter, dreams of becoming a doctor - but he has to start from the bottom and be a porter. His plan? Work his way up to be the best porter the NHS has ever seen.
Premise
Deluded Simon Porter, dreams of becoming a doctor - but he has to start from the bottom and be a porter. His plan? Work his way up to be the best porter the NHS has ever seen.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Edward Easton as Simon Porter
- Rutger Hauer as Tillman
- Claudia Jessie as Lucy
- Chris Wilson as Porter
- Daniel Mays as Anthony De La Mer
- Jo Joyner as Dr. Kelly
- Susan Wokoma as Frankie
Guest cast
- Mathew Horne as Mark
- Samantha Spiro as Rebecca
- Kelsey Grammer as Mendel Dolem
- Martin Ballantyne as Patient
- Chetan Pathak as Clinton Carrack
- Wendy Mae Brown as Mrs. Jerome
- Jamie Foreman as Alan
- Christine Ozanne as Gladys
- Kiano Samuels as Lewis
- Ekow Quartey as Billy Tarsal
- Neil Stuke as Hutch
- Jacob Edwards as Dr. A Friend
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 9 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 3 | September 20, 2017 | October 4, 2017 |
| Season 2 | 6 | March 14, 2019 | April 18, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Deluded Simon Porter dreams of passing his medical exam and becoming a doctor - but by starting at the bottom, and becoming the best porter the NHS has ever seen. All he has to do is survive a few months grafting in a hospital basement and try not to kill any of the patients. How hard can that be? Ed must work alongside the cynical, self-styled "Queen of the Porters" Frankie, and naïve nurse Lucy. |
September 20, 2017 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A top British cast - plus the legend that is Rutger Hauer - star in this original hospital comedy. Simon offers a kidney to a transplant patient in order to impress Lucy. |
September 27, 2017 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The Hospital Trust is running a fast-track management scheme, which Simon sees as a way to become the type of man nurse Lucy will give a second glance to. |
October 4, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wedding & Perfume A new Porter, Anthony, is in town as, unknown to Frankie and Simon, Tillman has headed off temporarily to a religious retreat. Anthony and Frankie have form and find themselves instantly in conflict when he tries to take a cut of her blackmarket perfume empire. Will he last the week? Meanwhile, Lucy presents Simon with a huge engagement ring – the ultimate nightmare, Dr McKenzie has proposed! Simon is a broken man but then secretly spots Dr McKenzie kissing another woman in the hospital. Things take a strange turn when it emerges the mystery woman is actually Dr McKenzie's sister…or is she? |
March 14, 2019 |
| 2 |
Orc & Pradeep Mr Pradeep spends a day as a Porter for charity. Simon's awe at his God-like power as a Surgeon unwittingly causes Mr Pradeep to have a fatal loss of nerve and hand in his notice just as he's about to operate on the husband of a Hospital Board director. Can Frankie and Simon get him back on track? Meanwhile, a woman dressed as an orc is admitted to the hospital with an extreme allergic reaction. No-one can work out why she continues to deteriorate until she comes into contact with Frankie and starts to scream. Does Frankie have a secret cosplay identity she's never shared with anyone at the hospital? |
March 21, 2019 |
| 3 |
Halloween Simon's first night shift coincides with Halloween and an escaped prisoner roaming the wards - will he and Frankie survive? |
March 28, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | U&Dave |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 20, 2017 |
| Last aired | April 18, 2019 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 22:00:00 |