Get Well Soon (TV series)

Get Well Soon
Genre	Comedy
Written by	John Antrobus Ray Galton
Directed by	Christine Gernon
Starring	Matthew Cottle Eddie Marsan Robert Bathurst William Osborne Michael Troughton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC1
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	2 November – 7 December 1997

Get Well Soon was a short-lived 1997 BBC television comedy series starring Matthew Cottle and Eddie Marsan. Lasting only 6 episodes, it was about the everyday lives of a group of patients, doctors, nurses and other staff at a National Health Service hospital during the post-World War II period. The show aired once a week between 2 November and 7 December 1997. The show was based on the meeting of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, the writers of Steptoe and Son, in a Tuberculosis sanatorium in 1947.

Situation

One day in 1947, Roy Osborne (Matthew Cottle) is admitted to a TB sanatorium. He thinks he'll only be there for a few weeks, then finds that it could be several years before he can leave.

Cast

• Matthew Cottle as Roy Osborne
• Eddie Marsan as Brian Clapton
• Anita Dobson as Mrs. Ivy Osborne
• Samantha Beckinsale as Mrs. Howell
• Patsy Rowlands as Mrs. Clapton
• Hugh Bonneville as Norman Tucker
• Robert Bathurst as Squadron Leader Fielding
• Michael Troughton as The Padre
• William Osborne as Jeffry Powell
• Kate O'Toole as Sister Shelley
• Julie Mullen as Lily

Episodes

• The New Arrival (2 November 1997)
• Snowbound (9 November 1997)
• Tucker's Gambit (16 November 1997)
• Sons, Mothers, Lovers and Others (23 November 1997)
• The Whist Drive (30 November 1997)
• Poison Ivy (7 December 1997)

Media releases

The complete series of Get Well Soon on DVD in one disc set was released by Simply Media on 21 September 2015.

External links

• Get Well Soon at TV.com
• Get Well Soon at the Internet Movie Database
• Get Well Soon at British Comedy Guide