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 4 - Sons, Mothers, Lovers And Others
Roy's mother invites a friend to the hospital, in an attempt to fix up Roy with a girl closer to his own age. But with her affair, she's not the best person to make such judgements - and indeed ends up being arrested for solicitation!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 23rd November 1997
- Time
- 6:30pm
- 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 |
| Hugh Bonneville | Norman Tucker |
| Neil Stacy | Bernard Walpole |
| John Albasiny | Patient Postman |
| Christopher Webber | Arthur Bloomsbury |
| Natalie Walter | Beryl |
| Jan Linnik | Coach Driver |
| Michael Palmer | Man in Tea Room |
| John Antrobus | Car Driver |
| Aidan Watts (as Aiden Watts) | Police Constable |
| Ray Galton | Distinguished Gentleman |
| Ray Galton | Writer |
| John Antrobus | Writer |
| Christine Gernon | Director |
| Philip Kampff | Producer |
| John Sillitto | Editor |
| David Buckingham | Production Designer |
| Christie Hennessy | Composer |