British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 11th September 1969

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:30pm
30 min
Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender)

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Armoured Might Of Lance Corporal Jones

Walker suggests to Jones that he should loan the platoon his butchers' van, so that he can get free petrol for it. However, Mainwaring is ordered to have the vehicle converted to run on gas, causing more than a few problems and thwarting Walker's plan!

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm
30 min
Never Mind The Quality, Feel The Width. Image shows from L to R: Emmanuel 'Manny' Cohen (John Bluthal), Patrick Kelly (Joe Lynch)

Never Mind The Quality, Feel The Width

Series 3, Episode 4 - Arrividerci Roma

A Roman holiday for Cohen and Kelly, and the Eternal City looks like crumbling before the onslaught. Two fugitives from Britain's rag trade at large on the Via Veneto, and measuring up the Victor Emmanuel for a nice bespoke?

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