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The Enemy Within the Gates

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The Enemy Within the Gates is the fourth episode of the first series of Dad's Army, which was first shown on 28th August 1968.

Synopsis[]

A stranger with a suspicious foreign accent is arrested by Mainwairing's men, only for it eventually to be revealed that he is a Polish officer serving with GHQ, who has come to inform them of a £10 reward for every Nazi arrested. While on night patrol, Jones' section capture two Germans pilots, but Private Godfrey complicates matters by allowing them to escape while they visits the lavatory...

Plot[]

The episode begins by Captain Mainwairing and Sergeant Wilson receiving the uniforms for the platoon. It turns out that the uniforms are not meant for them. They are meant for the ATA. The episode then goes on the show the platoon taking turns to use the guns in the drill. Captain Winogrodzki of the Polish Forces informs the platoon that there will be a £10 reward for every live parachutist captured.

Jones, Walker and Pike are on patrol. After believing they have seen an enemy parachutist, the trio give him the chance to surrender but receive no reply, resulting in Pike shooting at the mysterious white shape they believe to be a parachute. However, it turns out to be... a swan.

They eventually do catch two real prisoners, who escape when brought back to the Church Hall after Godfrey answers the call of nature, though they are eventually caught by Winogrodzki—who announces his intention to claim the bounty for himself. But when the prisoners are to be taken to GHQ, Walker convinces the soldiers to believe that Winogrodzki is an enemy parachutist too, on account of his accent. The platoon shall spend their £10 extra on a celebration dinner, for which Walker offers a rare novelty—roast swan.

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Notes[]

  • Nigel Rideout was given an extra £10 for writing the German dialogue in the script.
  • This episode was originally aired for 21 August 1968, but it was cancelled to make way for the live coverage of the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia.

References[]

  1. ↑ Pertwee, Bill (2009), Dad's Army - The Making of a Television Legend, Conway, ISBN 9781844861057
  2. ↑ Webber, Richard (2000), The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army, Orion Media, ISBN 0-75281-838-4
Television Episodes
Series 1 "The Man and the Hour" • "Museum Piece" • "Command Decision" • "The Enemy Within the Gates" • "The Showing Up of Corporal Jones" • "Shooting Pains"
Series 2 "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"
Series 3 "The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones" • "Battle School" • "The Lion Has 'Phones" • "The Bullet is Not for Firing" • "Something Nasty in the Vault" • "Room at the Bottom" • "Big Guns" • "The Day the Balloon Went Up" • "War Dance" • "Menace from the Deep" • "Branded" • "Man Hunt" • "No Spring for Frazer" • "Sons of the Sea"
Series 4 "The Big Parade" • "Don't Forget the Diver" • "Boots, Boots, Boots" • "Sgt - Save My Boy!" • "Don't Fence Me In" • "Absent Friends" • "Put That Light Out!" • "The Two and a Half Feathers" • "Mum's Army" • "The Test" • "A. Wilson (Manager)?" • "Uninvited Guests" • "Fallen Idol"
Series 5 "Asleep in the Deep" • "Keep Young and Beautiful" • "A Soldier's Farewell" • "Getting the Bird" • "The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones" • "If the Cap Fits..." • "The King Was in His Counting House" • "All is Safely Gathered In" • "When Did You Last See Your Money?" • "Brain Versus Brawn" • "A Brush with the Law" • "Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel" • "Time on My Hands"
Series 6 "The Deadly Attachment" • "My British Buddy" • "The Royal Train" • "We Know Our Onions" • "The Honourable Man" • "Things that Go Bump in the Night" • "The Recruit"
Series 7 "Everybody's Trucking" • "A Man of Action" • "Gorilla Warfare" • "The Godiva Affair" • "The Captain's Car" • "Turkey Dinner"
Series 8 "Ring Dem Bells" • "When You've Got to Go" • "Is There Honey Still for Tea?" • "Come In, Your Time Is Up" • "High Finance" • "The Face on the Poster"
Series 9 "Wake Up Walmington" • "The Making of Private Pike" • "Knights of Madness" • "The Miser's Hoard" • "Number Engaged" • "Never Too Old"
Specials "Santa on Patrol" • "Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages" • "Cornish Floral Dance" • "Battle of the Giants!" • "Broadcast to the Empire" • "My Brother and I" • "The Love of Three Oranges"
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