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Episode 6.1 - The Stars Look Down

When an American film unit arrive to make a propaganda film to be screened in the U.S.A., the Concert Party are used as extras.

First Broadcast Details

Date:
Mon 23rd October 1978
Time:
18.55
Channel:
BBC One
Length:
30 minutes

Episode 6.1 Cast & Crew

Regular Cast
Windsor Davies ... BSM 'Shut Up' Williams
Melvyn Hayes ... Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont
Don Estelle ... Gunner 'Lofty' Sugen
Donald Hewlett ... Colonel Charles Reynolds
Michael Knowles ... Captain Jonathan Ashwood
Christopher Mitchell ... Gunner 'Parky' Parkin
John Clegg ... Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham
Stuart McGugan ... Gunner 'Atlas' MacKintosh
Mike Kinsey ... Gunner 'Nosher' Evans
Kenneth MacDonald ... Gunner 'Nobby' Clark
Dino Shafeek ... Char Wallah Muhammed
Babar Bhatti ... Punka Wallah Rumzan
Guest Cast
Ed Bishop ... Colonel Sol Zimmerman
Freddie Earlle ... Sam
Michael Halsey ... Chuck
Writing Team
David Croft ... Writer
Jimmy Perry ... Writer
Production Team
Phil Bishop ... Director
David Croft ... Producer
Bryan Ellis ... Production Design

Video Clips From This Episode

One of the more politically incorrect scenes from the comedy. The men become involved in the production of an American war film.