Under Fire (Dad's Army episode)

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[edit] TV episode

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.

[edit] Plot

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.

[edit] Notes

  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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