| Under Fire | |
| Series 2, Episode 6 | |
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| Air Date | 5th April 1969 (original) 27th August 2019 (remake) |
| Written by | Jimmy Perry & David Croft |
| Director | Harold Snoad (original) Ben Kellett (remake) |
| Producer | David Croft (original) Ben Kellett and Candida Julian-Jones (remake) |
| Length | 30 minutes |
| Original Audience Figures | 11.6 Million |
| Previous episode | A Stripe for Frazer |
| Next episode | The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones |
| List of episodes | |
Under Fire is the sixth episode of the second series of Dad's Army, which was originally transmitted on Saturday 5th April 1969. It is currently one of three episodes [absent] from the BBC's archives.
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.
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Colorized version
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2019 Remake.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring
- John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson
- Clive Dunn as Lance Corporal Jones
- John Laurie as Private Frazer
- James Beck as Private Walker
- Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey
- Ian Lavender as Private Pike
- Janet Davies as Mrs Pike
- Bill Pertwee as ARP Warden Hodges
Supporting cast[]
- Geoffrey Lumsden as Corporal-Colonel Square
- John Ringham as Captain Bailey
- Queenie Watts as Mrs Keen
- Gladys Dawson as Mrs Witt
- Ernst Ulman as Sigmund Murphy
- June Peterson as the woman
Remake[]
Main cast[]
- Kevin McNally as Captain Mainwaring
- Robert Bathurst as Sergeant Wilson
- Kevin Eldon as Lance Corporal Jones
- David Hayman as Private Frazer
- Mathew Horne as Private Walker
- Timothy West as Private Godfrey
- Tom Rosenthal as Private Pike
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Mavis Pike
- Simon Ludders as ARP Warden Hodges
Supporting cast[]
- David Horovitch as Corporal-Colonel Square
- William Andrews as Captain Bailey
- Tamzin Griffin as Mrs Keen
- Thelma Ruby as Mrs Witt
- Philip Pope as Sigmund Murphy
- Joann Condon as the woman
Notes[]
- This episode is currently missing from the BBC's television archives after they wiped the master transmission tapes for reuse to reuse. This is one of three Dad's Army episodes still missing from the archives. The other two are The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker and A Stripe for Frazer, with the latter currently existing only on audio. The radio version still exists.
- This episode was originally planned for transmission on 3rd February at 7:30pm
- This episode, along with the other two missing from Series 2, was remade by UKTV GOLD with a new cast, and was broadcast in August 2019.
