Ten Seconds From Now Series 3 Episode 67

you present arthur lowe, john, the mezza and clive dunn in dad's army, ten seconds from now featuring john larry, arnold ridley and ian lavender. With this week's guests, frank, thornton and larry.

Martin. Here is the news - and this is john snyder reading it with most of the free world now at war people everywhere, whatever language they speak, are equal in their Determination to resist the fanatical efforts of adolf hitler to bring their countries under the nazi hill at warmington. On sea, in the headquarters of the local home guard unit, corporal jones is addressing the platoon.

Mr wilson will not be with us tonight, as they have a lot of work to do at the bank. So I should be taking this evening's lectures with deals with tactics. Oh good, this might be very useful later tonight.

I've got a date With that new bar made at the goat and compasses [. Music ] is that the young saucy ginger-headed lassie yeah, that's the one: hey man! Looking woman, just assaulted my fancy to my cell. A few years ago, I expect she's got big, strong, thighs i'll.

Let you know in the morning just be quiet both of you. I'm talking about military tactics. Now look at this diagram.

I have drawn on The board. Now these squares represent come on hurry up private pipe you're late you're going to move on party old jones here is telling us about tactics. Oh that's what they have at racecourse.

Isn't it [ Music ], that's tic! Tacs! Why aren't you in uniform? Well, i'm not stopping see. I've got to go back to the bank and help to get ready for the Auditors. I've only come down because i've got a message for you from mr mannarine.

Why didn't satan send you down? He could have just telephoned us private god. I won't tell you again: stop talking it's the first time. I've said anything [, Music, ], that's beside the point.

I still shan't tell you again anyway, pipe what's the message. Well he's expecting a very important phone call From the bbc. What on earth do you want? The beckshield bread company for no mr joe, the proper bbc, you know the wireless people, what's it all about then son.

Well, i'm not supposed to know actually, but I heard mr mary and uncle arthur talking about it. If I tell you do you promise to keep it to yourself cross your hearts and hope to die, I don't mind crossing my heart, But at my age hoping to die since we rather attempting providence well, that means you're only half doing it, mr godfrey! Well, that's all right! You can only half listen come on come on get on with it all right. You know ed murrow's program where he talked to people in other countries, yeah yeah, well, they're, going to do a special one called two absent friends where we're allied soldiers all around the British empire and even as far as america, they send greetings to each other.

It's going to be on september, the 3rd to coincide with the third anniversary of the war being declared on her hitler. This is all very interesting son, but what you've got to do with captain manning and why is the bbc going to teleport us? Well, it's to tie up the arrangements. You see what arrangement we are going to be part of the broadcast when they say greetings from a home Guard unit somewhere on the south coast of england.

That would be us if I said that anyway, you won't tell anybody. Will you because it is secret and don't forget, mr jones, when the bbc ring take down the details or at least take a message all right? Parker? Yes, we'll do that, but I better be off now. Cheerio! Yes, well! Well, the bbc.

They have a new whole manner and after This well now don't worry about that private place. So, let's get back to my lecture now. Where was i? Who is it joining me? Sir? Oh, come in wilson have a seat.

What have you said for go on then? Sit down but where abouts I mean there's only one chair in here and you've got that. Yes, of course, the bbc engineer chef is using my other chair in the hall. Well, we'll just have to stand yeah.

Well, perhaps I could just sort of squat on the corner of your desk. No, no! No! No! No, i'm afraid. Nobody know that sort of thing is very bad for discipline.

I said what lean on the filing cabinet. Thank you very much. How are things going in there? Oh, yes, yes of course.

Yes, that's what I care to tell you bert, says: he's just uh got a couple Of adjustments to make and then they'll be ready to rehearse bert who's birth. Well, he's the bbc engineer won't be a nice chat. He gave me a wood band, [ Music ], now look wilson.

This home guard unit has been specially chosen to broadcast a message to millions of people listening not only in this country but abroad. Now that puts us in a rather privileged position, but what about it? Well, it's just that. I think it'd be better if we didn't hobnob with the technicians at all.