Shooting Pains
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| 006 - Shooting Pains | |
|---|---|
| Script | Jimmy Perry and David Croft |
| Director | David Croft |
| Producer | David Croft |
| Recorded | Monday 20/5/68 |
| Original transmission | Wednesday 11/9/68 8.20pm |
| Series | One |
| Length | 30 minutes |
| Original Viewing Figures | 9.7 million |
| Preceded by | The Showing Up of Corporal Jones |
| Followed by | Operation Kilt |
Shooting Pains is the sixth episode of the first series in the British comedy series Dad's Army which was originally transmitted on Wednesday 11 September 1968.
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[edit] Synopsis
The platoon's is selected to provide the guard of honour for Prime Minister Winston Churchill's visit to Walmington, but a poor show at the shooting range prompts the irascible Major Regan to consider using the Eastgate platoon instead. A shooting contest between Walmington and Eastgate will settle the matter.
[edit] Plot
The platoon are to form the guard of honour for Winston Churchill's visit to Walmington-on-Sea. But Major Regan decides that since their shooting isn't up to standard, the Eastgate platoon should do it. After an unsuccessful attempt to dress up a female stage-gunner as a private, Frazer reveals that he is a crack shot.
[edit] Notes
- Writer Jimmy Perry had a cameo as the entertainer Charlie Cheeseman.
[edit] Cast
| Cast | Characters |
| Arthur Lowe | Captain Mainwaring |
| John Le Mesurier | Sergeant Wilson |
| Clive Dunn | Lance Corporal Jones |
| John Laurie | Private Frazer |
| James Beck | Private Walker |
| Arnold Ridley | Private Godfrey |
| Ian Lavender | Private Pike |
| Barbara Windsor | Laura La Plaz |
| Janet Davis | Mrs Pike |
| Caroline Dowdeswell | Janet King |
| Martin Wyldeck | Major Regan |
| Jimmy Perry | Charlie Cheeseman |
| Thérèse McMurray | Girl at the Window |
