Command Decision (Dad's Army episode)
- Command Decision (Dad's Army episode)
Infobox Dad's Army
episode_number episode_name=003 - Command Decision
script=Jimmy Perry and David Croft[cite book]
title=The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army
last=Croft
first=David
authorlink=David Croft
coauthors=Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard
year=2000
publisher=Orion
isbn=0-75284-637-X
pages=48]
director=David Croft
producer=David Croft
recorded=Monday 29/4/68
original_transmission=Wednesday 14/8/68 8.20pm
series=One
length=30 minutes
viewing_figures=8.6 million
preceding=Museum Piece
following=The Enemy Within the Gates "Command Decision" is the third episode of the first series of the British comedy series "Dad's Army", which was originally transmitted on Wednesday 14 August, 1968. It has been praised as "classic". [cite web
last=Levy
first=Andrew
title=OK, platoon, sharpen pencils to beat Hitler
url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=501375&in_page_id=1770
publisher=Daily Mail
accessdate=2008-01-10
date=2007-12-11]
ynopsis
Leadership agrees with Captain Mainwairing, but the men, still without uniforms and arms, are getting restless. The platoon's fortunes take a turn when old campaigner Colonel Square arrives with an offer of rifles and horses. There is a catch; to secure the weapons, Mainwaring must hand over command to Colonel Square.
Plot
The platoon are all feeling blue due to their lack of rifles. Mainwaring promises them some before the week is out, but time is running short. He eventually puts the platoon under the command of Colonel Square on a promise of rifles, but after being forced to ride horses holding elephant-shooting muskets, he takes control again. In the end, rifles arrive.
Notes
Cast
Further reading
* cite book
last=Croft
first=David
authorlink=David Croft
coauthors=Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard
title=The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army
year=2000
publisher=Orion
isbn=0-75284-637-X
pages=48
* cite book
last=McCann
first=Graham
title=Dad's Army: The story of a classic television show
publisher=Fourth Estate
year=2001
isbn=1-84115-308-7
References
External links
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