The US version of Getting On hasn’t yet been picked up by HBO (Picture: BBC)

The American remake of Getting On is looking ‘fantastic’ according to the original show’s writer and star Joanna Scanlan.

Scanlan, who penned the BBC comedy alongside co-stars Jo Brand and Vicki Pepperdine, has praised the new HBO series.

Getting On, which is a mockumentary-style sitcom about the NHS, will see Family Guy voice artist Alex Borstein, Laurie Metcalf and Niecy Nash take on roles for the US version.

‘We have had some input,’ Scanlan told Digital Spy of the new comedy.


‘In fact we’ve actually seen an edit of it recently, which I thought was fantastic.

‘It’s really, really well done and I like it very much and we really hope HBO pick it up [for a series].



‘It’s very truthful to the original spirit of the show, yet they’ve been able to make it their own.

Scanlan co-writes and stars in the BBC comedy (Picture: BBC)

‘Alex Borstein from Family Guy has my role, she’s very funny in it.

‘We told them not to cast it how we three look and look instead for inner Dens, inner Kims and inner Pippas.

‘They needed to find three actresses with chemistry rather than three people who looked like us.’

As for whether there’s any chance of UK fans getting another series of Getting On, Scanlan said: ‘At the moment we’re all working on other things,” she said.

‘We probably need to go away for a while, gather up some experiences and try to bring something fresh to it with the main characters and the patients.

‘Plus, the NHS is always changing so it’s nice to come at that each time differently.’