Get Well Soon - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Get Well Soon. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Walpole (Neil Stacy), Brian Clapton (Eddie Marsan), Roy Osborne (Matthew Cottle), Ivy Osborne (Anita Dobson). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1997

Channel

BBC One

Episodes

6 (1 series)

Stars

Matthew Cottle, Eddie Marsan, Anita Dobson, Samantha Beckinsale, Robert Bathurst, Patsy Rowlands, William Osborne, Michael Troughton and more

Writers

Ray Galton and John Antrobus

Director

Christine Gernon

Producer

Philip Kampff

Company

It's 1947 and Roy Osborne is admitted to a tuberculosis sanatorium. Expecting a stay of "a few weeks" (out by Easter!), he's shocked at the realisation that he could be resident for more than a year. Finding himself sharing a room with Brian Clapton, the two soon become firm friends.

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Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Soundtrack

The theme tune was composed by Christie Hennessy and sung by Aled Jones. Called I'm In This Over My Head, it was released as a CD single in 1997.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Sunday 2nd November 1997 at 6:40pm on BBC One