Under Fire (Dad's Army)

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 3 References 4 External links

TV episode

"Under Fire"
Dad's Army episode
Episode no.	Series Two Episode 012
Directed by	Harold Snoad
Story by	Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Produced by	David Croft
Original air date	Saturday 5/4/69 7.00pm (recorded Wednesday 27/11/68)
Running time	30 minutes
Episode chronology
← Previous "A Stripe for Frazer" Next → "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.

Synopsis

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

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' uncle. He comments that he doesn't know how Britain will win the war, and Wilson agrees.

Notes

1. This episode is currently missing from the BBC's television archives after they wiped the tapes to reuse them. This is one of three Dad's Army episodes still missing from the archives. The other 2 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.

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

Radio episode

"Under Fire"
Dad's Army episode
Episode no.	Series One Episode 011
Story by	Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Produced by	John Dyas
Original air date	Monday 8/4/74, 6.15pm (recorded Monday 27/7/73)
Running time	30 minutes
Episode chronology
← Previous "Battle School" Next → "Something Nasty in the Vault"

Synopsis

Plot

Notes

Cast

References

• Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army. Orion. ISBN 0-75284-637-X. 

External links

• "Under Fire" at the Internet Movie Database
• "Under Fire" at TV.com

Dad's Army series 2 episodes "Operation Kilt" "The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage" "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" "Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret" "A Stripe for Frazer" "Under Fire"