Command Decision
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[edit] TV Episode
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003 - Command Decision |
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| Script | Jimmy Perry and David Croft |
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| Director | David Croft |
| Producer | David Croft |
| Recorded | Monday 29/4/68 |
| Original transmission | Wednesday 14/8/68 8.20pm |
| Series | One |
| Length | 30 minutes |
| Original Viewing Figures | 8.6 million |
| Preceded by | Museum Piece |
| Followed by | The Enemy Within the Gates |
Command Decision is the third episode of the first series of the British comedy series Dad's Army, which was originally transmitted on Wednesday 14 August 1968.
[edit] Synopsis
Leadership agrees with Captain Mainwairing, but the men, still without uniforms and arms, are getting restless. The platoon's fortunes take a turn when old campaigner Colonel Square arrives with an offer of rifles and horses. There is a catch; to secure the weapons, Mainwaring must hand over command to Colonel Square.
[edit] Plot
The platoon are all feeling blue due to their lack of rifles. Mainwaring promises them some before the week is out, but time is running short. He eventually puts the platoon under the command of Colonel Square on a promise of rifles, but after being forced to ride horses holding elephant-shooting muskets, he takes control again. In the end, rifles arrive.
[edit] Notes
[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 |
| Caroline Dowdeswell | Janet King |
| Geoffrey Lumsden | Colonel Square |
| Charles Hill | Butler |
| Gordon Peters | Soldier |
[edit] Radio episode
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003 - Command Decision |
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| Script | Harold Snoad & Michael Knowles |
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| Producer | John Dyas |
| Recorded | Thursday 21/6/73 |
| Original transmission | Monday 11/2/74 6.15pm |
| Series | One |
| Length | 30 minutes |
| Original Viewing Figures | 0.6 million |
| Preceded by | Museum Piece |
| Followed by | The Enemy Within the Gates |
[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Plot
[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 |
| Geoffrey Lumsden | Colonel Square |
| David Sinclair | GHQ Driver |
| Dad's Army |
| Characters |
| Captain Mainwaring | Sergeant Wilson | Lance-Corporal Jones Private Walker | Private Pike | Private Frazer | Private Godfrey Warden Hodges | Mavis Pike | Reverend Farthing | Maurice Yeatman |
| Television episodes |
| List of Dad's Army episodes | Missing episodes | DVD and Video releases |
| Radio episodes |
| List of Dad's Army radio episodes | Audio releases |
| Spin-offs |
| The Film | The Stage Show | It Sticks Out Half a Mile |
