Gary: Tank Commander
- TV sitcom
- BBC One Scotland / BBC Two Scotland
- 2009 - 2012
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Sitcom starring Greg McHugh as Gary McLintoch, a soldier who returns home from Iraq to the barracks and offers unique insights into both worlds. Stars Greg McHugh, Robert Jack, Scott Fletcher, Paul-James Corrigan, Stuart Bowman and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - In The Field
Further details
A routine training exercise is complicated when Gary agrees to collect a cooker for his Dad. As this entails taking the tank off army land, looking for a farmhouse, strapping a cooker to the back of a tank and still making it to their target co-ordinates in time, the others are far from keen.
Gary combines leadership with bribery to get them to agree to their new mission, but his promise that it will take 'two minutes' is soon broken. After a false start, they eventually meet the seller, a man who has been on his own a little too long.
The cooker collected, they then have to complete the exercise, all the while staying one step ahead of the ever watchful Sergeant Thomson.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 14th December 2009
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two Scotland
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Greg McHugh | Gary McLintoch |
Robert Jack | Jacko |
Scott Fletcher | Charlie |
Paul-James Corrigan | Adam |
Stuart Bowman | Sergeant Thomson |
Ruth McGhie | Woman |
Eric Barlow | Graham |
Greg McHugh | Writer |
Chris Grady | Script Editor |
Iain Davidson | Director |
Rab Christie | Producer |
Ewan Angus | Executive Producer |
Colin Gilbert | Executive Producer |
Elaine Campbell | Line Producer |
Walter J. Grant | Editor |
Graham Rose | Production Designer |
Carole K. Fraser | Costume Designer |
Oliver Cheesman | Director of Photography |
Jacqui Mallett | Make-up Designer |
Morris Milne | 1st Assistant Director |