Season 5 • Episode 7
LatestGet Some In! is a British comedy series set in the 1950's that focused on the Royal Air Force National Service. The show was broadcast between 1975 and 1978 by Thames Television. Scripts were by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, the team behind the BBC TV sitcom The Good Life. The programme drew its inspiration from late 1950s/early 1960s National Service situation-comedy The Army Game, and from nostalgic BBC TV sitcom Dad's Army, but the RAF setting gave it enough originality not to seem formulaic. Thirty-four half-hour episodes were made. The series has never been repeated in full on terrestrial TV, although the UKTV Gold cable channel has aired the episodes uncut.
Writing
Esmonde & Larbey's signature warmth before The Good Life perfected it.
Acting
Tony Selby's Corporal Marsh: the sergeant you love to hate.
Production
RAF authenticity that grounds the silliness in real postwar Britain.
Creators
John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show's title is RAF slang meaning 'get some leave' — the one thing every conscript actually wants.
It aired during Britain's 1970s nostalgia wave for the 'good old days' of National Service, conveniently ignoring that actual conscripts hated every second.
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