Episode Guide (Series 6)
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1: The Stars Look Down (23 Oct 78)
The men from the Concert Party become involved in the production of an American war film.
The Sergeant Major is horrified when he discovers that the Americans want to make the British look like a bunch of cowards being saved single-handed by a heroic GI.
2: The Big League (30 Oct 78)
Two of the men from the Concert Party get drunk and upset the natives from a nearby village. A football match is arranged as a way of mending fences.
The villagers cheat and look like winning by a big margin. Drastic measures are needed to prevent the Army from total humiliation.
3: The Big Payroll Snatch (6 Nov 78)
The men from the concert party are given the job of guarding the Army payroll. A local bandit leader challenges the Sergeant Major to a test of manhood in order to get him away from the camp while his men steal the payroll.
4: The Dhobi Wallahs (13 Nov 78)
The Japanese organise a pincer movement which takes the British by surprise.
GHQ send a radio message which includes a code word instructing the men from the Concert Party to withdraw. Gunner Parkins doesn't pass the message on to Colonel Reynolds. As a result, the gang find themsleves trapped behind enemy lines.
The men disguise themselves as dhobi wallahs and end up doing laundry for a group of Japanese soldiers. Later, the men from the Concert Party are ordered to blow up a bridge. They fail in their task, then discover that GHQ have changed their mind about having the bridge blown up.
5: Lead, Kindly Light (20 Nov 78)
There's a plan to disband the Concert Party. The only hope of a reprieve is for the men to put on a good show for the area commander.
6: Holidays At Home (27 Nov 78)
Lofty dreams that he and the rest of the men are sailors on the 'Bounty'.
7: Caught Short (4 Dec 78)
Some money has gone missing from the camp's petty cash. Captain Ashwood is given the job of tracking down the culprit.