A Man of Action Series 3 Episode 42

we present arthur john, the measurer and drive down in dad's army, a man of action featuring john larry, arnold ridley and ian lavender with this week's guest bill pertwee julian orchard, jonathan cecil, larry, martin and fraser carr, [ Applause. ] here is the news, and this is jon snare reading it.

The admiralty has just announced that so far, british forces have been responsible for sinking or damaging enemy ships, totaling almost six and a quarter million tons. Whilst the home guard obviously had no part in these operations, they are still doing their bit down at warmington on sea. For example, private pike and corporal jones are coming to the end of a routine evening patrol.

Are you going to be much longer eating that piece of cake, mr jones, because I think we ought to report back to the church hall. I'm nearly finished now he's too good to rush yeah. It looks lovely [, Music ], oh, it is makes very good cakes.

My friend mrs fox, look at all those lovely cherries and Sultanas hey. How can mrs fox make a cake like that with everything on russian? Well, you see pakis, he pulls a few strings twice a year once when she celebrates her wedding anniversary in the game. When it's her old man's birthday, I thought she was a widow.

She is her. Husband died in 1934 [, Music ], i'm getting very hungry myself. Mr jones You're always angry boy.

You know I was thinking. I wonder if we'll ever get any bananas again. Of course, we will, when the war's over I used to love a big plate of bananas and cream all mashed up with plenty of sugar.

I take a big mouthful and press it with my tongue through the gaps in my teeth. Did you used to do that, mr jones? Not a lot? No, I couldn't risk it [ Music ]. Not with this top set in mind, I used to do the chocolate creams as well.

It's funny how you remember these things. Isn't it, mr jones, I remember when I was a kid. I was out shopping with my mum once and I asked her to buy me a bar of chocolate and she said no on the way home we were walking along by the park railings here just about this Spot.

It would be by these gates - and I thought i'd give her a scare, so I stuck my head through the bath and I pretended I couldn't get it out. What did your mum do? Oh she got in a terrible state. She was going to send for the fire brigade and then I pulled my head out and I laughed she didn't half give me one well, of course, some kids are always doing silly things like that, but it was ever so funny, though I thought to myself Right I'll teach her to say no.

When I asked for chocolate and then I bent down like this cool watch me mr jones watch and I stuck my head through the railings. Let me see I could see how funny you must have looked anyway. Come on parky, better, get back to church all yeah.

Okay come in [, Music ]! Mr jones! What's the matter, I can't get my head out and look you're wasting your time. Pokey I haven't got any chocolate to give. You come on.

Come on! Stop knucking about! I'm not mucking about mr jones, I tell you, i'm stuck wait a minute behind me. I'll have to give you a pull: hey, ow! Oh hang on you're hurting. Do you know parky? I don't think your head's going to come out of there.

I Can't understand it. It came out all right last time how old were you then eight eight well, your head's grown since then. Isn't it? What am I gon na? Do mr jones? Don't panic? Don't panic i'll, find a telephone box and ring? Mr man ring now you stay there and don't move huh and don't panic coming.

Excuse me. Captain mannering, Mr norris is here to see you, mr norris. He says he's a reporter from the eastbourne gazette appoints you your range from the common interviewee.

Oh yes, yes, i've! Never forgotten ask him to wait a moment. He says he's going to follow you around for a week and then write an article about you and the way you lead the platoon. Is that correct? Yes, yes, that's so freezing well come on.

I may have said some harsh things in the past, but I want to see here now that I think you're a very brave man captain to let that reporter watch your every move, you're either very brave or else [, Music ]. Nothing, simple i'll! Ask you to wait, You know wilson. I never really understand half of what fraser says.

I know this is rather difficult to tell it's imagine I think I know what he's getting at and I must admit i'm not surprised that you agreed to be interviewed like this. I don't see why, anyway, one can't afford to offend the press. So when the editor of the eastbourne Gazette rang and said they wanted to do an article on the platoon and particularly myself, I jumped, I thought it best to go along the idea yeah, but it seems to me to be asking for trouble.

I'm not quite sure. I follow you well if the report is going to be around for as long as a week I mean, how are you going to cover up your mistakes? I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that Remark. Look you you better hide these cups somewhere all right.