Aquastars (6 Aug. 1981)

Having seen a lavish Busby Berkley number on film Gloria plans to stage a water ballet, based on a raft in the river. The colonel, impressed by his vision, invites several big wigs to watch... See full summary »

Director:

John Kilby

Writers:

Jimmy Perry, David Croft

Stars:

Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Windsor Davies	...	Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams
Melvyn Hayes	...	Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont
Don Estelle	...	Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden
Donald Hewlett	...	Colonel Charles Reynolds
Michael Knowles	...	Captain Jonathan Ashwood
Christopher Mitchell	...	Gunner 'Parky' Parkin
John Clegg	...	Gunner 'Padoruski' Graham
Stuart McGugan	...	Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh
Dino Shafeek	...	Char Wallah Muhammed
Mike Kinsey	...	Gunner 'Nosher' Evans
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Gunner 'Nobby' Clark
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Cryer	...	Commentary
Eric Dodson	...	The Brigadier
Roy Heather	...	The Corporal
Andy Ho	...	Ah Syn, the Chinese Chef

Storyline

Having seen a lavish Busby Berkley number on film Gloria plans to stage a water ballet, based on a raft in the river. The colonel, impressed by his vision, invites several big wigs to watch the rehearsal. Unfortunately it is a total disaster. The 'mermaids' cannot walk from the dressing room to the river bank, the waterfall feature floods everywhere and the smoke effect gets out of hand obscuring the act. As the smoke clears all that remains of the aqua ballet is Graham sitting at the piano on the raft as it floats downstream.

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Genres:

Comedy | War

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 August 1981 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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