The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage

=TV episode=

Infobox Dad's Army
episode_number episode_name=008 - The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
script=Jimmy Perry and David Croft
director=David Croft
producer=David Croft
recorded=Sunday 20/10/68
original_transmission=Saturday 8/3/69 7.00pm
series=Two
length=30 minutes
viewing_figures=11.3 million
preceding=Operation Kilt
following=The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker

"The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage" is an episode in the British comedy series Dad's Army, which was originally transmitted on Saturday 8 March 1969.

ynopsis

After the church bells ring to signal an invasion from the Germans, Mainwaring, Wilson, Jones, Frazer, Pike and Walker all go to Godfrey's Cottage and start fighting the "Germans."

Plot

While most of the platoon are on their way to the cinema to see a training film, the church bells ring, and Mainwaring, Jones and Frazer take up a defensive position at Godrey's cottage. Wilson, Pike, Walker and Sponge can't find the others, and, leaving Sponge behind at the command post, head to Godfrey's cottage. There they see Jones, wearing one of Godfrey's old German helmets, and fire at him. Meanwhile, Godfrey's sisters shake a tablecloth out of the window, which is interpreted by Wilson as a surrender. In the end, Sponge starts firing on Mainwaring and Wilson.

Notes

#This episode was missing from the BBC's television archives for many years and were thought to be lost forever. However in 2001 this episode and Operation Kilt were returned to the BBC after more than 30 years. The containers that the episodes were held in were in a terrible condition and the film was badly deteriorated. Following laborious work by BBC technicians, it was restored and re-transmitted.
#This episode was originally titled 'The Battle of Mon Repos'.

Cast

Radio episode

Infobox Dad's Army
episode_number episode_name=005 - The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
script=Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
director=
producer=John Dyas
recorded=Friday 6/7/73
original_transmission=Monday 25/2/74, 6.15pm
series=One
length=30 minutes
viewing_figures=0.8 million
preceding=The Enemy Within the Gates
following=The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones

ynopsis

Plot

Notes

Cast

References

*cite book|title=The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army|author=Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard|date=2000|publisher=Orion|isbn= 0-75284-637-X
*imdb title|0552316
*tv.com episode|67049