Under Fire (Dad's Army episode)

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Contents 1 TV episode 1.1 Synopsis 1.2 Plot 1.3 Notes 1.4 Cast 2 Radio episode 2.1 Synopsis 2.2 Plot 2.3 Notes 2.4 Cast

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012 - Under Fire
Script	Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Director	Harold Snoad
Producer	David Croft
Recorded	Wednesday 27/11/68
Original transmission	Saturday 5/4/69 7.00pm
Series	Two
Length	30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures	11.6 million
Preceded by	A Stripe for Frazer
Followed by	The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones

Under Fire is an episode in the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 4 April 1969.

[edit] Synopsis

The platoon arrest a suspicious gentleman whilst on fire watch, but the truth is soon revealed.

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The platoon arrest a suspect agent, who insists on being a British citizen, despite his accent, and the fact that he has a dog called Fritz. He attempts to help them put out a fire in the church hall, and is then found to be Warden Hodges' aunt's husband. He comments that he doesn't know how Britain will win the war, and Wilson agrees.

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1. This episode is currently missing from the BBC's television archives after they wiped them to reuse the tapes. This is one of three Dad's Army episodes still missing from the archives. The others are The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker and A Stripe for Frazer.
2. This episode was originally planned for transmission on 3 February at 7:30pm.

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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
Geoffrey Lumsden	Corporal-Colonel Square
John Ringham	Captain Bailey
Queenie Watts	Mrs Keen
Gladys Dawson	Mrs Witt
Ernst Ulman	Sigmund Murphy
Bill Pertwee	ARP Warden Hodges
June Peterson	Woman

[edit] Radio episode

011 - Under Fire
Script	Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Producer	John Dyas
Recorded	Monday 27/7/73
Original transmission	Monday 8/4/74, 6.15pm
Series	One
Length	30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures	0.8 million
Preceded by	Battle School
Followed by	Something Nasty in the Vault

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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