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4.7/10 TV Directed by Christine Gernon Original language(s) English Final episode date 7 December 1997 Number of episodes 6 | 7.1/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 2 November 1997 Number of seasons 1 Networks BBC, BBC One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by John Antrobus
Ray Galton Starring Matthew Cottle
Eddie Marsan
Robert Bathurst
William Osborne
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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.
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Why do we wee get well soon
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
Episodes
Media releases
The complete series of Get Well Soon on DVD in one disc set was released by Simply Media on 21 September 2015.