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Get Well Soon. Image shows from L to R: Roy Osborne (Matthew Cottle), Brian Clapton (Eddie Marsan). Copyright: BBC
Get Well Soon

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.

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Series 1, Episode 2 - Snowbound

Despite a freakishly heavy snowstorm making travel for many near-impossible, Roy's father - who he hasn't seen for 6 years - turns up. And then so does his mother. And the woman his father's spent the time living with...

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 9th November 1997
Time
6:40pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Matthew Cottle Roy Osborne
Eddie Marsan Brian Clapton
Anita Dobson Ivy Osborne
Samantha Beckinsale Jilly Howell
Patsy Rowlands Mrs Clapton
William Osborne Jeffry
Neil Stacy Bernard Walpole
Guest cast
Sarah Moyle Nurse
Michael Feast Jack Osborne
Julie Mullen Lilly
Writing team
Ray Galton Writer
John Antrobus Writer
Production team
Christine Gernon Director
Philip Kampff Producer
John Sillitto Editor
David Buckingham Production Designer
Christie Hennessy Composer

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