@woody Vallallellalunga Selby was the established actor in the regular cast. You can really see why so many of the young talent went on to stardom - Robert Lindsay has since gone on to Citizen Smith, My Family and Hornblower, David Janson was the postman in Keeping Up Appearances and Brian Pettifer has had a fantastic career as a character actor.
I bet Tony Selby's Corporal Marsh and Windsor Davies's BSM Williams together caused a noticeable drop in applications to join the armed forces back in the mid '70s.
Oh my gosh, this show is great! It's got Mr Cheeseman from dad's army, Robert Lindsey from all things awesome & that corporal is harder than a coffin nail! Cheers from Canada
I never saw any of this before (left the UK in 1972) and I just binge watched the lot. The first four series are worth watching, I only watched the fifth in the hope of seeing the corporal get demoted. great plot lines, excellent actors, interesting historically, reminder of how things 'was'. Some well known faces in there too, (Yes Minister etc).
Just heard that Tony Selby died recently of Covid, he was a fabulous actor and this series he was top dog. I remember him in an episode of Bergerac and to me that was one of the better story lines, he was just effortless when he acted, a true gifted actor. Many thanks Tony for the years of great acting. Rip
I remember turning up at lippstadt in West Germany, the Provo sergeant had the 5 of us new boys doubling around the camp with are suitcases, this was introducing of the British army 🤣,no servicemen will ever forget "STAND BY YOUR BEDS" 🤣🤣
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 You're not wrong FR. I done 23 years so it's a little easier for me, but in my Legion there are a few 'old timers' and they all know there 'service number'. Take care my brother.
Just showing my Grandson and explaining how nothing much had changed by 1973 when I joined! (Apart from S.L.R.'s/ Shi..... Hawks' and Belt on No.1's/ Woolley Pulleys for Working Blues,and the appalling 'Flasher Macs' instead of Greatcoats)Just about everything still stood! This was very popular on T.V. especially with the Old 'Erks !, I even remember Tony Selby doing a P.R. visit to RAF Honington and He was in Uniform! Mind 'Basil Brush' up staged him the same year at 12 Sqdn!
I was an RAF cadet when GSI was showing and loved it! All the main characters were amazing!I later met Brian Leckie in Glasgow and was amazed to hear him with an English accent!!
Well yes and no. It all turns out to be about him. And he is a complete twat. No saving graces. Who ever heard of him since? Where as Wolfie, sorry Jakey AKA Admiral Pellew. Has carved his name.
I don't remember this programme at all. My father did National Service, but it was in the Army (RAMC) and between 1951-1953. He spent most of that time in Hong Kong!
I was at Swinderby Sept 6th 1978, loved it our Cpl was Cpl Hagen, ex QCS, great times at the Newcomers club, but hated the Breakfast in the mess, outside cooks, breakfast was swimming in grease. remember the Benches we had to run across on the wall bars.
Ahh, yes, army humour. Raw recruits vs no nonsense drill sergeant = hilarity ensues. We desperately need this sort of comedy today, the louder the better,
I've seen Tony Selby in other shows and he was nothing like Corporal Marsh. I saw him in two's company with Donald Sinden and Elaine Stritch. He played a bungling electrician who was a cringeing yes man.
Has anyone else noticed how the welsh corporal (Cpl White) is nicknamed Chalky, I wonder if it's a reference to Private Cheeseman who he played in dad's army? Chalk and Cheese.
During my time in the RAF there was a number of nicknames that could be found at many different stations, Chalky. was one of these. Others that were often found were Dinger (Bell) and Bomber (Harris).
There was a petition when it was cancelled after series 4 so they brought it back. Unfortunately, Robert Lindsay wasn’t in the last series because he was starring in Citizen Smith. Viewing figures plummeted and the show was cancelled again. Nobody complained this time. 😄
@@Horsley-Green Ohh, I see. I think after watching the series from start to finish, you'd have to agree that the show wasn't quite the same after "the Edwardian thug" left.
@@patrioticarchive You're quite right Pat. Carl Howman was a good actor, but we'd already got used to Robert Lindsey in the role and to be honest, he played the part much better. I've ALWAYS thought I was 'Born Too Late' (The Pony Tails, please look it up ;-) ) I really would have LOVED to have done National Service. I volunteered in '78. Not quite the same.
Pity the erk who told the Cpl his belt was upside down for the first half of the episode... Tony's line "I shall kill you, bring you back to life & kill you all over again" turned out to be a bit ironic. This week his death has been mistakenly reported on social media, so at 83 he gets to come back from the dead...
Get Some In was supposed to have finished at the end of series four, but its popularity meant that by the time series five was comissioned Robert Lindsay had got the starring role in Citizen Smith. Karl Howman replaced him at short notice.
... alice + corporal marsh are enduring jealousy from some people which should not be in the raf or near my planes trains automobiles farms buildings and so forth and so on ... i mean these nasty people have alice + corporal marsh living in a damaged caravan ! in the other get some in films ... i am horrified ! ...
@@swarthyjake4433 By that reckoning for a 48 hour week that would be £8 11 0d per week which seems to me a lot, but it depends on the age, experience and trade or profession you wish to account for. In 1958 in London ( West End ) I was earning £9 p/w, two years on £12 then to three years on ie 1961 £15 ( City).
@@dennisroyhall121 luxury , my first job was hauling granite blocks up a hill for tupence a week , aand i was grateful for that , while my dear old mum had to wash coal sacks in a river for 1 penny a month !
From what I can make out.....There were plenty more, much worse than Cpl.Marsh. As late as 1975 there were much worse Leading Firemen on Fire Service Training Stations. (I know.) I suppose millennials & the new woke brigade would spend hours in the toilets blubbering. Bless 'em.
Terrible stuff, dated even when it was broadcast and embarrassing when now viewed 40 years later. Why has this sort of guff been preserved when so much quality material from even a few years before was wiped?
Tony Selby was marvellous , he was the star of the show and no one else could have played the part better . salute the corporal !
yeah , but the show was centred around Tony .
@woody Vallallellalunga Selby was the established actor in the regular cast. You can really see why so many of the young talent went on to stardom - Robert Lindsay has since gone on to Citizen Smith, My Family and Hornblower, David Janson was the postman in Keeping Up Appearances and Brian Pettifer has had a fantastic career as a character actor.
The way Tony Selby played a sadistic corporal in the camp and a seriously hen pecked husband who was scared stiff of his wife was amazing.
I bet Tony Selby's Corporal Marsh and Windsor Davies's BSM Williams together caused a noticeable drop in applications to join the armed forces back in the mid '70s.
Smiff - 'One F or two? - free!'
Rip Tony Selby such a sad loss a great show full of childhood memories for me and many others x
Sad to hear of his passing today.... 6.9.21. RIP Tony. Thanks for the memories.
I saw that and am saddened.
So glad I found this on youtube again. I watched this at my grandads 2 years ago and I've loved it ever since
Oh my gosh, this show is great! It's got Mr Cheeseman from dad's army, Robert Lindsey from all things awesome & that corporal is harder than a coffin nail! Cheers from Canada
Excellent brilliant 👏 comedy I have forgotten about this I have just been watching this on Talking Pictures TV this morning
When I was a lad my parents took us to see this show live at the princess Theater while on summer holiday . It was fantastic. Still have the program:)
that’s pretty cool. its nice to have those type of memories and this is a nice place to share them.
Is that Ben Harper?!? Woooowww..... 🤯
My Family was also a really good sitcom.
5:19 -- I have been waiting decades to hear this once again... I so much cracked up when I first hear it on television in the seventies.
I never saw any of this before (left the UK in 1972) and I just binge watched the lot. The first four series are worth watching, I only watched the fifth in the hope of seeing the corporal get demoted. great plot lines, excellent actors, interesting historically, reminder of how things 'was'. Some well known faces in there too, (Yes Minister etc).
Wolfie Smith , comes to mind ...
Loved it. Laughed alot. Thank you for sharing.
Thank-you for the up-load, I've not seen this since I was a kid. GET SOME IN!
Just heard that Tony Selby died recently of Covid, he was a fabulous actor and this series he was top dog. I remember him in an episode of Bergerac and to me that was one of the better story lines, he was just effortless when he acted, a true gifted actor. Many thanks Tony for the years of great acting. Rip
Of Covid ? Your having a laugh. covid was a scam
I remember turning up at lippstadt in West Germany, the Provo sergeant had the 5 of us new boys doubling around the camp with are suitcases, this was introducing of the British army 🤣,no servicemen will ever forget "STAND BY YOUR BEDS" 🤣🤣
And will never forget their service number...
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 You're not wrong FR. I done 23 years so it's a little easier for me, but in my Legion there are a few 'old timers' and they all know there 'service number'. Take care my brother.
@@Corky341 thanks mate & the same to you
Just showing my Grandson and explaining how nothing much had changed by 1973 when I joined!
(Apart from S.L.R.'s/ Shi..... Hawks' and Belt on No.1's/ Woolley Pulleys for Working Blues,and the appalling 'Flasher Macs' instead of Greatcoats)Just about everything still stood!
This was very popular on T.V. especially with the Old 'Erks !,
I even remember Tony Selby doing a P.R. visit to RAF Honington and He was in Uniform!
Mind 'Basil Brush' up staged him the same year at 12 Sqdn!
Wolfie Smith....POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
I was an RAF cadet when GSI was showing and loved it! All the main characters were amazing!I later met Brian Leckie in Glasgow and was amazed to hear him with an English accent!!
Love how calls him three f smith for the rest of the programme
Glad this is still up, remember watching it on my blackberry in year 8 lol
I fell in love with Robert Lindsey watching this and still love him now ❤❤😊
Is that one 'f' or two? Classic. :)
Cheers for this.....very nostalgic!
RIP Tony Selby 6th Sept 2021.
That was a false alarm....Died to day: 6 Sept 2021.
Tony Selby was brilliant.
Well yes and no. It all turns out to be about him. And he is a complete twat. No saving graces. Who ever heard of him since? Where as Wolfie, sorry Jakey AKA Admiral Pellew. Has carved his name.
@@joeturner1597 He's supposed to be an asshole here.
@@joeturner1597 He's supposed to be an ass here.
I don't remember this programme at all. My father did National Service, but it was in the Army (RAMC) and between 1951-1953. He spent most of that time in Hong Kong!
RIP Tony Selby
Classic British Comedy
Not much left of Swinderby nowadays, happiest 6 weeks of my life and the Newcomers club lol
I was at Swinderby Sept 6th 1978, loved it our Cpl was Cpl Hagen, ex QCS, great times at the Newcomers club, but hated the Breakfast in the mess, outside cooks, breakfast was swimming in grease. remember the Benches we had to run across on the wall bars.
I love it!
Free F Smifff. Love it... 😷😂
Ahh, yes, army humour. Raw recruits vs no nonsense drill sergeant = hilarity ensues.
We desperately need this sort of comedy today, the louder the better,
I've seen Tony Selby in other shows and he was nothing like Corporal Marsh. I saw him in two's company with Donald Sinden and Elaine Stritch. He played a bungling electrician who was a cringeing yes man.
Has anyone else noticed how the welsh corporal (Cpl White) is nicknamed Chalky, I wonder if it's a reference to Private Cheeseman who he played in dad's army? Chalk and Cheese.
Every White in the forces is called Chalky. Chalk being white.
During my time in the RAF there was a number of nicknames that could be found at many different stations, Chalky. was one of these. Others that were often found were Dinger (Bell) and Bomber (Harris).
@@johnallen4315Same in the Fire Service. Everyone called Miller is nicknamed ‘Dusty’
They missed your point :-)
And Smudger Smith and Nobby Clarke!
Yes Edward the seventh, your in 🤣👍
Did Marsh chin Chalky to get his £15 back? 😅
RIP Tony Selby.
Great show! Was it popular when it was first aired? I've never heard off it before.
There was a petition when it was cancelled after series 4 so they brought it back. Unfortunately, Robert Lindsay wasn’t in the last series because he was starring in Citizen Smith. Viewing figures plummeted and the show was cancelled again. Nobody complained this time. 😄
@@Horsley-Green Ohh, I see. I think after watching the series from start to finish, you'd have to agree that the show wasn't quite the same after "the Edwardian thug" left.
@@patrioticarchive You're quite right Pat. Carl Howman was a good actor, but we'd already got used to Robert Lindsey in the role and to be honest, he played the part much better. I've ALWAYS thought I was 'Born Too Late' (The Pony Tails, please look it up ;-) ) I really would have LOVED to have done National Service. I volunteered in '78. Not quite the same.
Great series, the only problem I have is the aspect ratio should have been 4:3 hence the distortion, degrading the viewability
Theres a Swinderby FB page thats got lots of good stories and memories
RIP Cpl Marsh
Remember him in the sweeny
R.I.P TONY SELBY (CORPORAL MARSH)
When comedy was good.
If Corporal Marsh was still I service he'd be right down that commentor's throat for saluting him.....you don't salute a bloody NCO...lol
Ah Swinditz.
Was get some in filmed at a real RAF Station which station was it would like to know please
It was filmed at Hobbs Barracks in Surrey, which was an Army base, never RAF, www.felbridge.org.uk/index.php/publications/hobbs-barracks/
gGreat actor as were all the cast, unfortunatly on atehnical coment , his belt is upside down,.
Pity the erk who told the Cpl his belt was upside down for the first half of the episode... Tony's line "I shall kill you, bring you back to life & kill you all over again" turned out to be a bit ironic. This week his death has been mistakenly reported on social media, so at 83 he gets to come back from the dead...
.........And now....6-9-21-. He is actually. RIP Tony.
Any one know why the actor who played Smifff was changed for the final series?🇦🇺
Get Some In was supposed to have finished at the end of series four, but its popularity meant that by the time series five was comissioned Robert Lindsay had got the starring role in Citizen Smith. Karl Howman replaced him at short notice.
Wow never new jarvis cocker was in get some in ?
Anybody remember swinderby?
oh yes !!!
Yes hated the place at the time 1986 feel quite nostalgic about it now. Sgt Fosbury must have used Cpl Marsh as a role model.
Al-zein Kusmantoro Oh crikey what would Marsh say if he found out 24:09
... alice has the right idea ...these ones putting it over them with "the correct channels" need a bullet ...
Marsh should have said 0530 hours as The Military The Police The NHS The Civil Service and BBC World Service all use the 24 hour clock
Nope.
RIP Cpl Marsh died of covid age 83....
NOBOBY under 82 years of age actually died of 'covid'. (FFS :-( ).
Died 'with'........... at a push
Cherie
Was Get Some In! Supposed to be ITV's answer to Dad's Army?
More like 'The Army Game' in that it's about 1950s National Service.
Dare I say that this was better and funnier even though I still adore Ds A.
@@charlesachurch7265 i double dare you !
Watching the series again, Marsh is a person you love to hate. I expect RAF Skelton is a fictional place, where would it be located.🇦🇺
GSI was filmed at Hobbs Barracks near Felbridge in Surrey.
... alice + corporal marsh are enduring jealousy from some people which should not be in the raf or near my planes trains automobiles farms buildings and so forth and so on ... i mean these nasty people have alice + corporal marsh living in a damaged caravan ! in the other get some in films ... i am horrified ! ...
Potts handed over £20 for the posting. What was the average weeks salary in 1955?
1972 my girlfriend was working in a factory in Birmingham as a telephone operator for 6 pounds a week.
And Marsh handed over £15. So that corporal made £35 in total. Quite a good amount back then!
the average wage was about 3 and sixpence hapence 3 farthings an hour , if I remember correctly .
@@swarthyjake4433 By that reckoning for a 48 hour week that would be £8 11 0d per week which seems to me a lot, but
it depends on the age, experience and trade or profession you wish to account for. In 1958 in London ( West End ) I was earning
£9 p/w, two years on £12 then to three years on ie 1961 £15 ( City).
@@dennisroyhall121 luxury , my first job was hauling granite blocks up a hill for tupence a week , aand i was grateful for that , while my dear old mum had to wash coal sacks in a river for 1 penny a month !
Staybriight cap badges hmmm not in 1955
Did Corporal Marsh actually exist in 1955 ? I would have had him Court Martialled .
They do not have court marshalls in the boy scouts!
steady on old chap ,, its only a tv comedy .
From what I can make out.....There were plenty more, much worse than Cpl.Marsh.
As late as 1975 there were much worse Leading Firemen on Fire Service Training Stations. (I know.)
I suppose millennials & the new woke brigade would spend hours in the toilets blubbering. Bless 'em.
Plenty of them NCOs like Marsh back then. Different times.
@@commandingjudgedredd1841 It was like this at Boarding School.
Really bad. Can't believe I used to watch such rubbish.
What is the need for the RAF in the first place. Divide the aircraft between the Navy and Army and save on the ridiculous uniforms.
What awful television
Ant and dec and Eastenders is.
Terrible series!!
Terrible stuff, dated even when it was broadcast and embarrassing when now viewed 40 years later. Why has this sort of guff been preserved when so much quality material from even a few years before was wiped?
they should bring in back