Bloods
- TV sitcom
- Sky One / Sky Arts / Sky Comedy
- 2018 - 2022
- 17 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about a mismatched paramedic team in South London. Stars Jane Horrocks, Samson Kayo, Lucy Punch, Julian Barratt, Adrian Scarborough and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Partners
Notes
Adrian Scarborough was credited in this episode but only appeared in the title sequence.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 5th May 2021
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Sky One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jane Horrocks | Wendy |
| Samson Kayo | Maleek |
| Lucy Punch | Jo |
| Julian Barratt | Lawrence |
| Aasiya Shah | Kareshma |
| Kevin Garry (as Kevin 'KG' Garry) | Darryl |
| Sam Campbell | Darrell |
| Ellie White | Radio (Voice) |
| Kiell Smith-Bynoe | Kevin |
| Dustin Demri-Burns | Crackhead John |
| Leke Adebayo | Obe |
| Tyrell Morgan | Kid 1 |
| Jacob Avery | Kid 2 |
| Nathan Bryon | Writer |
| Paul Doolan | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Samson Kayo | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Will Sinclair | Director |
| Seb Barwell | Producer |
| Tilusha Ghelani | Executive Producer |
| Ash Atalla | Executive Producer |
| Alex Smith | Executive Producer |
| Deborah Morgan | Line Producer |
| Mark Williams | Editor |
| Matthew Button | Production Designer |
| Sally Broome | Casting Director |
| Duncan Telford | Director of Photography |
| Ruka Johnson | Costume Designer |
| Frances Hounsom | Make-up Designer |
| Leonie Tucker | Graphics |
| Scott Bates | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Bloods (Sky One) pairs Famalam's Samson Kayo with, bizarrely, Jane Horrocks, as a mismatched pair of paramedics. The opener has each of them struggling towards any kind of cultural rapport - he big and angry and avowedly from the 'hood, she librarian-kind and mousy and determinedly from the suburbs of somewhere northern. It somehow works as comedy, if of the sweeter rather than distinctly darker kind. Hugely helped by the outlying cast, particularly Lucy Motherland Punch as the boss with an unrequited crush on sad widower Julian Barratt. Who would (quite inexplicably) rather cry into his pint than jump her bones.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 9th May 2021Bloods review
For a show that features crack addicts, multi-vehicle pile-ups and a cardiac arrest, Bloods is surprisingly silly.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th May 2021Bloods review
Patchy paramedic comedy unlikely to split your sides.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 5th May 2021Bloods review
A magnificent paramedic comedy full of gallows humour.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 5th May 2021Bloods, Sky One, review
It was hard to laugh at this paramedic comedy - the medical emergencies felt too real.
Barbara Speed, i Newspaper, 5th May 2021Bloods, episode 1 review
Samson Kayo outshines Jane Horrocks in this odd-couple comedy.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 5th May 2021TV preview: Bloods
As brand new medical comedy Bloods arrives on Sky One, Danielle de Wolfe speaks with stars Jane Horrocks and Samson Kayo to discover more.
Danielle de Wolfe, The Herald, 4th May 2021Bloods review
The series looks for comic potential in the emergency services through the antics of two mismatched colleagues.
Suzi Feay, The Financial Times, 30th April 2021