Summary Two of the lads, Mac and Nobby Clark, deface a statue of a local deity. Though they are punished internally the Colonel looks for a way to patch things up with the locals and decides upon a football match, which the company will deliberately lose. However the boys are 51 - 0 down at half-time and need to save some face. Gunner Graham tells the villagers that the ball is made from the hide of a sacred cow, so they refuse to touch it, allowing the final score to be 51 - 50.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Windsor Davies Melvyn Hayes Donald Hewlett Don Estelle
Genres : Comedy War
Release date : Oct 29, 1978
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Summary Two of the lads, Mac and Nobby Clark, deface a statue of a local deity. Though they are punished internally the Colonel looks for a way to patch things up with the locals and decides upon a football match, which the company will deliberately lose. However the boys are 51 - 0 down at half-time and need to save some face. Gunner Graham tells the villagers that the ball is made from the hide of a sacred cow, so they refuse to touch it, allowing the final score to be 51 - 50.
Genres : Comedy War
Release date : Oct 29, 1978
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)