The Delivery Man (TV series)

For the 2023 South Korean television series, see Delivery Man (TV series).

The Delivery Man is a British sitcom shown on ITV for one series in 2015. The series stars Darren Boyd as Matthew Bunting, a former police constable starting a new career as a midwife.^[1][2] From August 2015 the series starting showing on Netflix in the UK, Ireland, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The Delivery Man
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Victoria Pile & Robert Harley
Written by	Robert Harley James Henry
Directed by	Victoria Pile
Starring	Darren Boyd Aisling Bea Fay Ripley Paddy McGuinness Alex MacQueen Llewella Gideon Jennie Jacques
Composers	Rob Jones Joe da Costa
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Robert Harley
Producer	Victoria Pile
Production location	3 Mills Studios
Editor	Christian Sandino-Taylor
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Monicker Pictures
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	15 April (2015-04-15) – 20 May 2015 (2015-05-20)

Production

A pilot episode was shot in February 2014. The first series was filmed between October and December 2014 at 3 Mills Studios.

Cast and characters

• Darren Boyd as Matthew Bunting
• Aisling Bea as Lisa McGeoghan, junior midwife
• Joe da Costa as Ryan Sexington, Lisa's boyfriend
• Fay Ripley as Caitlin Tilby, senior midwife
• Paddy McGuinness as Ian Hanwell, police officer^[3]
• Alex Macqueen as Luke Edward, senior consultant obstetrician
• Llewella Gideon as Patricia Pattinson, senior midwife
• Jennie Jacques as Natasha Phipps (AKA "Tash"), junior midwife

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions) [4]
1	"Youth"	Victoria Pile	Robert Harley & James Henry	15 April 2015 (2015-04-15)	3.2
A teenage dad tries to visit his pregnant girlfriend without her parents finding out his identity – new boy Matthew has to choose whose side to take. His whale music is not ideal and Pat reports him for abuse.
2	"Truth"	Victoria Pile	Robert Harley & James Henry	22 April 2015 (2015-04-22)	2.0
A 'double dad' has to rush between the bedsides of two expectant mothers, while Matthew realises he's landed Lisa's boyfriend in trouble. Ian is suspended and asks Matthew to find him a job in the hospital.
3	"Prisoner"	Victoria Pile	Robert Harley & James Henry	29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)	1.6
A female prisoner is on release while she gives birth, but the police want some crucial information from her and Ian tries some underhand interrogation tactics. A furious Ryan hears that Lisa has been lending Matthew money and turns up at the hospital in a rage.
4	"Celebrity"	Victoria Pie	Robert Harley & James Henry	6 May 2015 (2015-05-06)	1.6
A reality TV star arrives incognito in an emergency and asks Matthew to hide her pregnancy from the public. Thanks to Tash's Facebook, word gets out - and the staff need to trick the paparazzi.
5	"Foundling"	Victoria Pie	Robert Harley & James Henry	13 May 2015 (2015-05-13)	1.4
The midwife team finds an abandoned baby. They try to identify the mother before the authorities are called in.
6	"Theft"	Victoria Pie	Robert Harley & James Henry	20 May 2015 (2015-05-20)	1.3
The drugs cupboard is raided and a forensic team is called in - one of whom is Matthew's very attractive ex, and is keen to get back together... Meanwhile, Ryan is back and Caitlin has a date.

Reception

The Independent was moderately positive on the series, though found it lacking compared to Green Wing.^[5] The Telegraph dubbed the series punchy.^[6]