Get Some In!
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Get Some In! was a British television series about life in Royal Air Force National Service broadcast between 1975 and 1978 by Thames Television. Scripts were by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey who had previously written The Good Life. The programme drew its inspiration from National Service comedy The Army Game, and from nostalgic Dad's Army, but the RAF setting gave it enough originality not to seem formulaic. Thirty-four (commercial) half-hour episodes were made.
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[edit] Principal Cast
- Tony Selby as Corporal Marsh
- Robert Lindsay as Jakey Smith (Series 1–4)
- Karl Howman as Jakey Smith (Series 5)
- David Janson as Ken Richardson
- Gerard Ryder as Matthew Lilley
- Brian Pettifer as Bruce Leckie
- John D. Collins as Squadron Leader Baker
Robert Lindsay left the show at the end of Series 4 to star in Citizen Smith. His replacement was Karl Howman.
[edit] Characters
The character Jakey Smith was a former Teddy Boy from London. Leckie was a rather depressed cynical Scotsman of very little brain. Richardson was a former grammar school pupil. Lilley was the son of a vicar.
Corporal Percy Marsh was the stereotypical loud mouthed Drill Instructor, who seemed to make it his mission in life to make life miserable for the new recruits. He constantly schemes to try to get promoted and seems to fail.
[edit] Series
- Series 1, 16 October – 27 November 1975, Thu 8:30pm, 7 episodes
- Christmas Special, 25 December 1975, Thu 7:30pm
- Series 2, 28 June – 9 August 1976, Mon 8:00pm, 7 episodes
- Series 3, 6 January – 17 February 1977, Thu 7:05pm, 6 episodes
- Series 4, 16 June – 21 July 1977, Thu 7:00pm, 6 episodes
- Series 5, 6 April – 18 May 1978, Thu 8:00pm, 7 episodes
Series 1–2 were set at fictional Royal Air Force station RAF Skelton. Series 3–4 were set at fictional RAF Midham. Series 5 was set at fictional RAF Druidswater.
