Taking its inspiration from such series as The Army Game and Dad’s Army, Get Some In is another quality sitcom from the superior writing of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey also responsible for the hugely successful BBC series The Good Life. Set in the 1950’s at the fictitious RAF Midham, a training camp for draftees embarking on National Service. The recruits, a motley crew from varied walks of life, comprise of teddy boy, Jakey Smith (Robert Lindsay), nice but dim Bruce Leckie, (Brian Petifer), clergyman’s son Matthew Lillie, (Gerard Ryder and grammar school boy, Ken Richardson (David Jansen). All are united by one common bond, their mutual hatred of the Officer in Charge of their basic training, Corporal Percy Marsh (Tony Selby). Always ready to inflict misery on his rookies but not the brightest bulb in the box, Marsh himself is frequently hauled over the coals by his Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader Baker (John D. Collins) resulting in equal loathing all round. Following their induction, the group are assigned to train as nursing assistants along with Corporal Marsh whom they soon become adept in outwitting.

In the episode entitled The Crash, the team are sent to treat casualties from a simulated aircraft crash. A catalogue of unexpected events leads them to transport a genuine accident victim to the local cottage hospital where they while away the time waiting for treatment to be administered to their patient. Still swathed in the bandages of their own mock injuries, confusion abounds when a young nurse played by Judy believes Jackey to be badly hurt. Needless to say the young opportunist waists no time in taking full advantage of her caring ministrations. In a short but sweet performance, Judy convinces as the sensitive carer from Lancashire who is as equally concerned with raising her invalid’s morale as she is tending to his medical needs!