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13th October 2008 sees Network release the excellent and greatly missed sitcom: Get Some In - The Complete First Series. This is the first time that the complete first series is available in any format.

It is 1955, eighteen year olds are getting their call-up papers for National Service. Embarking on two years in the RAF Skelton are the well-mannered and grammar school-educated Ken (David Janson); tough and cynical Scottish boy Bruce Leckie (Brian Pettifer); London Teddy -- Boy Jakey Smith (Robert Lindsay) who dislikes the whole idea of National Service but who also has a heart of gold; yet another well-spoken, well-mannered and privately educated boy Matthew (Gerard Ryder), who also happens to be the son of a vicar. Unbeknownst to them, what awaits is the forceful and typically tough Drill Instructor Corporal Marsh (Tony Selby) with a sadistic sense of humour, and is gearing up to make the new recruits' lives miserable.

Inspired by the successful The Army Game and the nostalgic Dad's Army, writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey (Please Sir!) set about writing and creating another show that would emulate the success of the aforementioned army - based series, but from a fresh perspective and revived energy. The result is this RAF -- based sitcom Get Some In, which ran from 1975 - 1978 and was much loved and enjoyed by viewers all over the country.

Episode Listing

Special Features

  • Christmas Special: Only four National Servicemen from C Flight are unlucky enough to spend Christmas at RAF Skelton. Christmas without cheer is bad enough when you are away from home for the first time, Christmas with Corporal Marsh as a demonic Santa Claus is just plain misery!

Episodes

  • Episode 1: Corporal Marsh's contempt for the new recruits is evident upon the boys' arrival. Basic training commences and the battle is on...

  • Episode 2: it's kitting-out day for C Flight, although no sooner has Ken received his kit then he manages to lose it. Jakey is doing a brisk trade selling boxes of ladies' handkerchiefs to all and sundry... until he unwittingly sells a box to Corporal Marsh

  • Episode 3: it's the day of the medical inspection for the new recruits. Jakey has a scheme to get himself out of the RAF -- and fast. Corporal Marsh pushes Leckie to the point where the rest of the intake -- and even Marsh -- believe something terrible has happened

  • Episode 4: it's their first time out of the camp; the National Servicemen are looking forward to the delights of the local hop. When Jakey chooses the wrong blonde to make a pass at, Marsh's sex life gets a nasty jolt...

  • Episode 5: Corporal Marsh has been leaning on AC2 Matthew Lilley rather hard. Incensed by Lilley's Christian forgiveness and impeccable manners, he nails his boots to the floor of the hut...

  • Episode 6: Ken, Jakey, Lilley, Leckie and two others are detailed for picket duty. The fact that they haven't a clue what to do is complicated by the old-timer in charge of the picket -- Sgt. Dobson getting drunk. What's more, the AOC is planning a snap inspection!!

  • Episode 7: The first 36 hours pass! Only Jakey, Ken, Leckie and Lilley are left, hoping their boots will pass Marsh's scrutiny. The arrival of Agnes, Lilley's sister, helps them on their way -- but isn't enough to save them from their fate when they are AWOL...