The platoon is picked to provide a guard of honour for Churchill but might their shooting skills let them down.The platoon is picked to provide a guard of honour for Churchill but might their shooting skills let them down.The platoon is picked to provide a guard of honour for Churchill but might their shooting skills let them down.
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Therese McMurray
- the Girl at the window
- (as Thérese McMurray)
Bud Flanagan
- The Voice of
- (voice)
E.V.H. Emmett
- The Voice of
- (voice)
Colin Bean
- Private Sponge
- (uncredited)
David Seaforth
- Platoon Member
- (uncredited)
- Director
- David Croft(uncredited)
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFeatures the war time hit that became a perennial standard 'There'll Always be an England' written by Ross Parker and Hugh Charles. Ross Parker had served in WWII out in the Far East.
- GoofsWhen the squad is at the rifle range, Pike wets the forward site of his rifle with his thumb, stating he saw Gary Cooper do it in a movie- presumably Sergeant York. However, in a following episode, "Room at the Bottom," the verger tells the men that the German battleship Bismarck has been sunk. The Bismarck was sunk in May 1941, and Sergeant York wasn't released until later that year. Therefore Pike couldn't have seen the movie at the time portrayed.
- ConnectionsReferences The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Soundtracks'There'll Always be an England
Written by Ross Parker and Hugh Charles.
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Shooting Pains
I always felt that the Dad's Army (2016) film was a bit smutty in places that made it more like a Carry On film.
In this episode Barbara Windsor turns up as a music hall sharpshooter Laura La Plaz. She pretends to be a male soldier so Mainwaring's men could win a shoot off with another troop. The winners get to meet Winston Churchill.
As the men in Mainwaring's unit are pretty hopeless at shooting, this was an idea Walker had at a night out at the theatre. However it is Frazer who comes to the rescue but he needs to bob about a bit when he takes aim.
Windsor gives the men an eyeful with her stage costume. I liked how Jones tells Captain Mainwaring that he could not do target practice on Saturday as his dad is coming around for tea.
Jimmy Perry the co-creator of the show turns up as a typical spiv club comic of the time period. In short he is funny as a dose of the clap!
In this episode Barbara Windsor turns up as a music hall sharpshooter Laura La Plaz. She pretends to be a male soldier so Mainwaring's men could win a shoot off with another troop. The winners get to meet Winston Churchill.
As the men in Mainwaring's unit are pretty hopeless at shooting, this was an idea Walker had at a night out at the theatre. However it is Frazer who comes to the rescue but he needs to bob about a bit when he takes aim.
Windsor gives the men an eyeful with her stage costume. I liked how Jones tells Captain Mainwaring that he could not do target practice on Saturday as his dad is coming around for tea.
Jimmy Perry the co-creator of the show turns up as a typical spiv club comic of the time period. In short he is funny as a dose of the clap!
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- Runtime29 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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