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Get Back. Image shows from L to R: Martin Sweet (Ray Winstone), Bernie Sweet (John Bardon), Albert Sweet (Larry Lamb)
Get Back

Get Back

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1992 - 1993
  • 15 episodes (2 series)

Sitcom starring Ray Winstone as a businessman who goes bankrupt and he and his family has to move in with his dad in a council flat. Also features Larry Lamb, Carol Harrison, John Bardon, Jane Booker, Kate Winslet and more.

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Get Back. Image shows from L to R: Prudence Sweet (Jane Booker), Albert Sweet (Larry Lamb), Eleanor Sweet (Kate Winslet), Bernie Sweet (John Bardon), Martin Sweet (Ray Winstone), Joanne Sweet (Michelle Cattini), Loretta Sweet (Carole Harrison)

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1992 - 1993
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
15 (2 series)
Creators
Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
Stars
Ray Winstone, Larry Lamb, Carol Harrison, John Bardon, Jane Booker, Kate Winslet, Michelle Cattini, George Money and Shirley Stelfox
Writers
Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran, Gary Lawson and John Phelps
Directors
Graeme Harper and Terry Kinane
Producers
Bernard McKenna, Rosie Bunting, Allan McKeown, Michael Pilsworth, Gary Lawson and John Phelps
Company

Martin and Albert Sweet have come a long way since growing up on a North London council estate. Both are wealthy and successful businessmen who rarely return to their roots. But the recession bites hard and it seems that Martin will be seeing an awful lot more of his dad from now on.

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Studio
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Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 26th October 1992 at 8:30pm on BBC One

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