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 5 - The Whist Drive
Brian, Tucker and Harry are given permission to leave their beds and attend a whist drive. But Roy is kept confined to his bed, and watches the chaos unfold as the rest attempt to woo female patients.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 30th November 1997
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Matthew Cottle | Roy Osborne |
| Eddie Marsan | Brian Clapton |
| Robert Bathurst | Sqdn Ldr Harry 'Gribble' Fielding |
| Michael Troughton | Padre Donald Peters |
| Hugh Bonneville | Norman Tucker |
| Kate O'Toole | Sister Shelley |
| Gabrielle Glaister | Doctor Ruggles |
| Edwina Ford | Matron |
| Louise Paige | Woman at Whist Drive |
| Louise Tomkins | Woman at Whist Drive |
| Claire Worboys | Woman at Whist Drive |
| Georgina Beer | Mrs Doormouse |
| Tim Bourne | Benson |
| Hermione Norris | Vanessa Del Ray |
| Ray Galton | Writer |
| John Antrobus | Writer |
| Christine Gernon | Director |
| Philip Kampff | Producer |
| John Sillitto | Editor |
| David Buckingham | Production Designer |
| Christie Hennessy | Composer |