Operation Kilt

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2 Radio episode

[edit] TV episode

007 - Operation Kilt
Script	Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Director	David Croft
Producer	David Croft
Recorded	Sunday 13/10/68
Original transmission	Saturday 1/3/69 7.00pm
Series	Two
Length	30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures	13.9 million
Preceded by	Shooting Pains
Followed by	The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage

Operation Kilt is an episode in the British comedy series Dads Army. Which was originally transmitted on Saturday 1 March 1969.

[edit] Synopsis

The platoon have to defend the church hall from a platoon of Highlanders on an exercise.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Captain Ogilvie of the Highland Unit challenges the platoon to capture his headquarters, and a complicated system of paints will be used to mark the dead, wounded, captured and so on. The platoon are about to be killed, when Ogilvie walks into one of their traps, and they see what he wears beneath his kilt.

[edit] Notes

This episode was missing from the BBC's television archives for many years and was thought to be lost forever. However in 2001 this episode and The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage were returned to the BBC after more than 30 years. The containers that the episodes were held in were in poor condition and the film was badly deteriorated. However, following laborious work by BBC technicians, it was restored to an acceptable condition and re-transmitted.

[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
Janet Davis	Mrs Pike
James Copeland	Captain Ogilvy
Colin Daniels	Small Boy

[edit] Radio episode

009 - Operation Kilt
Script	Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Producer	John Dyas
Recorded	Monday 23/7/73
Original transmission	Monday 25/3/74, 6.15pm
Series	One
Length	30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures	1.3 million
Preceded by	A Stripe for Frazer
Followed by	Battle School