About this season
In 1945, during the final months of the Second World War, a group of soldiers perform for the Royal Artillery concert party, with comic acts and musical numbers for others prior to their departure for the frontlines. The party avoids partaking in combat duty; thus, the soldiers love being part of the outfit. Some even daydream of becoming world-famous actors when they leave the army.
Episodes (8)
1. Showing the Flag
Aired 2 January 1975 • 30 min
The Sergeant Major tries to train the concert party to lower the flag at sunset.
2. Down in the Jungle
Aired 9 January 1975 • 30 min
The concert party's plane makes a crash landing, and the men realise they could be behind enemy lines.
3. The Natives are Revolting
Aired 16 January 1975 • 30 min
The Sergeant Major is determined to find out who replaced the camp's Union Jack with an Indian flag.
4. Cabaret Time
Aired 23 January 1975 • 30 min
A performance in the Kama Sutra Club gets the concert party and the Battery Sergeant Major into trouble.
5. The Curse of the Sadhu
Aired 30 January 1975 • 30 min
Sergeant Williams tempts the wrath of the gods by ejecting a revered holy man from the parade ground.
6. Forbidden Fruits
Aired 6 February 1975 • 30 min
When the army runs out of "that stuff they put in our tea" the men cannot stop thinking about women. Colonel Reynolds tries to see Mrs Waddilove-Evans when her husband is not home.
7. Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?
Aired 13 February 1975 • 30 min
A snake-charmer's cobra goes missing and is found in the Sergeant Major's quarters.
8. The Night of the Thugs
Aired 20 February 1975 • 30 min
The concert party take refuge from a rainstorm in a ruined temple and fall victim to a fanatical native sect.