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 6 - Poison Ivy
Roy sets about writing a radio murder mystery, whilst Bernard gives his wife a box of chocolates poisoned with arsenic.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 7th December 1997
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Matthew Cottle | Roy Osborne |
| Eddie Marsan | Brian Clapton |
| Anita Dobson | Ivy Osborne |
| Robert Bathurst | Sqdn Ldr Harry 'Gribble' Fielding |
| Patsy Rowlands | Mrs Clapton |
| William Osborne | Jeffry |
| Michael Troughton | Padre Donald Peters |
| Hugh Bonneville | Norman Tucker |
| Neil Stacy | Bernard Walpole |
| Edwina Ford | Matron |
| Tom Karol | Bruno |
| Peter Glancy | Patient |
| Simon Holmes | Patient |
| Hubert Rees | Judge |
| Tony Longhurst | Ambulance Man |
| Simon Masterson-Smith | Doctor Waxman |
| Ray Galton | Writer |
| John Antrobus | Writer |
| Christine Gernon | Director |
| Philip Kampff | Producer |
| John Sillitto | Editor |
| David Buckingham | Production Designer |
| Christie Hennessy | Composer |