First watched : Autumn 1975
I don't think I saw very much of this ITV sitcom but I do recall one episode which ended up with someone being de-bagged, me being of an age to find any sort of nudity highly amusing.
Get Some In was very obviously ITV's attempt to get itself some military comedy action along the same lines as It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Dad's Army. Talfryn Thomas from the latter appeared in the first episode. It worked too with the series getting a Christmas Day Special in its first year.
The series was set in the mid-fifties and followed a group of young men doing National Service in the RAF who find themselves under the bullying Corporal Marsh ( Tony Selby ) who also has a nice line in homophobia and racism. He is in turn bullied by his wife Alice ( Lori Wells ) . The recruits include Smith ( Robert Lindsay then Karl Howman when Lindsay got Citizen Smith ) a rebellious teddy boy, Lilley ( Gerard Ryder ) a namby-pamby vicar's son and Richardson ( David Janson ) a smart grammar school boy whose relationship with Marsh closely resembles that between Sgt Williams and Gunner Graham in It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
A number of notable TV stars made one episode appearances in the series including Paul Eddington, George Baker, Roy Kinnear and Simon Callow.
It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, the duo behind Please Sir ! and the contemporary The Good Life and lasted for 5 series. It's never been repeated in full but it all survives and has been released on DVD.
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