Which Way to the War

Which Way to the War (1994)

Libya, October 1942. A party of British Desert Rat soldiers and two Australian soldiers are holed up in a remote building, when an ambulance of Italian "nurses" arrives.

Date of release
1994-08-19
Runtime
30m
Genres
Comedy, War
Director
David Croft, Roy Gould

Casting

Interesting facts

Which Way to the War is a British television sitcom pilot episode that was broadcast on 19 August 1994 on ITV. It starred William Tapley, Simon Baker Denny, Terry John and Robert Hands, and was written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.

Production

The pilot episode, written with the intention of developing a full series, was Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's final sitcom set during wartime, and their only sitcom produced by the ITV network. It had a working title of Mammary Mia.

The pilot was based on an idea by Roger Mirams, who was a producer with Reg Grundy Productions. The pilot's director, Roy Gould, had worked for Croft and Lloyd previously at the BBC on programmes Are You Being Served?, Hi-de-Hi!, 'Allo 'Allo! and Oh, Doctor Beeching!. Terry John, who portrayed Corporal Genaro, would later appear as Percy in Croft's final television series, Oh, Doctor Beeching!, from 1995 to 1997.

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