Get Well Soon. Image shows from L to R: Roy Osborne (Matthew Cottle), Brian Clapton (Eddie Marsan). Copyright: BBC
Get Well Soon
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1997
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom set in a 1947 tuberculosis sanatorium, based on the meeting of comedy-writing powerhouse team Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Stars Matthew Cottle, Eddie Marsan, Anita Dobson, Samantha Beckinsale, Robert Bathurst and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - The New Arrival
Roy Osborne arrives at the hospital to a slightly less-than-warm welcome from his new room-mate, Brian, who has himself moved upstairs. But when Jilly Howell, widow of the previous occupant of his bed, arrives by force of habit with a basket of export-only food in tow, Brian's eager to move back in.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 2nd November 1997
- Time
- 6:40pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Matthew Cottle | Roy Osborne |
| Eddie Marsan | Brian Clapton |
| Anita Dobson | Ivy Osborne |
| Samantha Beckinsale | Jilly Howell |
| Robert Bathurst | Sqdn Ldr Harry 'Gribble' Fielding |
| Patsy Rowlands | Mrs Clapton |
| William Osborne | Jeffry |
| Michael Troughton | Padre Donald Peters |
| Neil Stacy | Bernard Walpole |
| Kate O'Toole | Sister Shelley |
| Sarah Moyle | Nurse |
| Ray Galton | Writer |
| John Antrobus | Writer |
| Christine Gernon | Director |
| Philip Kampff | Producer |
| John Sillitto | Editor |
| David Buckingham | Production Designer |
| Christie Hennessy | Composer |