''Bloods'' is a

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created by

Samson Kayo Samson Kayo (born 1991 or 1992) is a British actor, comedian, producer and writer. He was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2018 for the BBC sketch show '' Famalam'' and in 2022 for the Sky ...

and

Nathan Bryon Nathan David Bryon (born 3 July 1991) is a British actor and author best known for playing Jamie Bennett in ''Some Girls'' and Joey Ellis in the ITV sitcom ''Benidorm'' from 2016 to 2018. Bryon was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to a White B ...

in 2021 that airs on

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. The show is an ensemble comedy that stars Kayo and

Jane Horrocks Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is a British actress. She portrayed the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous''. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in th ...

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paramedics, as they deal with emergency medical calls.

Cast

as Wendy *

as Maleek *

Lucy Punch Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films '' Ella Enchanted'', ''Hot Fuzz'', ''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'', '' Dinner for Schmucks,'' and ''Into the Woods''. She is also known for her role as ...

as Jo *

Julian Barratt Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, actor and musician. As a comedian and comic actor, he is known for his use of surreal humour and black comedy. During the 2000s he was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongs ...

as Lawrence * Katherine Kelly as George *

Adrian Scarborough Adrian Philip Scarborough (born 10 May 1968) is an English actor. He has appeared in films including ''The Madness of King George'' (1994), ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), ''The History Boys'' (2006), ''The King's Speech'' (2010 ...

as Gary * Aasiya Shah as Kareshma * Kevin Garry (as Kevin 'KG' Garry) as Darryl * Sam Campbell as Darrell *

Ellie White Ellie White (born 1989) is an English comedy actress. She is best known for playing Princess Beatrice of York in the British royal family parody, ''The Windsors'' (2016–2020), and Katia in the sitcom, '' Stath Lets Flats'' (2018–2021). ...

as Radio (Voice) *

Nathan Foad Nathan Foad (born December 30, 1992) is an English actor and writer known for ''Newark, Newark'' and ''Our Flag Means Death''. Career Foad graduated from Guildford School of Acting. Afterwards, he built his career as a comedy writer, before ...

as Spencer

Situation

A South London "mismatched", "eccentric", "(mostly) likeable", paramedic team, at an ambulance depot.

Distribution

Samson Kayo made a Comedy Short for Sky titled ''New Bloods'' in 2018; off the back of this, the first series was commissioned, with it airing from May 2021. On 16 March 2022, ''Bloods'', series 2, first group of 5 episodes began showing on Sky Comedy. The 10 episodes are split into two groups of five episodes. ''Bloods'' second group of 5 episodes began showing on 1 September on ''Sky Comedy'' and ''

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''. Each episode lasts less than 25 minutes. A 3rd series was confirmed in October 2022, before the show was announced as cancelled less than a week later, despite the show being nominated for numerous awards, including 3 BAFTA nominations.

Critical response

Sean O'Grady for

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gave the show five stars, calling it "A magnificent paramedic comedy full of gallows humour". It is rated 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Conversely, Lucy Mangan for ''

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'' gave the series three out of five stars, arguing that "the charm of Kayo and Horrocks make the otherwise laugh-free show worth watching" ''Bloods'' was nominated for two

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scripted comedy awards, and 3 BAFTA awards. Series 2 was nominated for the prestigious Rose D'or award in 2022.

References

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