The Dirtiest Soldier In The World

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1972
  • 1 pilot

Pilot based on George Macdonald Fraser's book The General Dances At Dawn, about a Highlands battalion and Private McAuslan. Also features John Standing, Freddie Earlle, Jack Watson, Moray Watson and Allan Cuthbertson

See also

Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse

The first and most celebrated of all pilot and comedy trial seasons, Comedy Playhouse was originally devised to find new programmes for Ray Galton and Alan Simpson following the end of Hancock's Half Hour.

Royal Flash

1975 Film

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