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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Dad's Army]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 6
| director = [[Harold Snoad]]
| story = [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| producer = David Croft
| airdate = 5 April 1969
| length = 30 minutes
| guests =
| prev = [[A Stripe for Frazer]]
| next = [[The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones]]
}}

"'''Under Fire'''" is a missing episode in the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 5 April 1969. One of the three [[Dad's Army missing episodes|missing ''Dad's Army'' episodes]], the videotape was [[Wiping|wiped]] for reuse. However, audio recordings of the soundtrack have been recovered. The last episode of series 2, it was the final ''Dad's Army'' episode to be recorded in black and white.

==Plot==
The platoon arrest a suspect agent, who insists on being a British citizen, despite his accent, and the fact that he has a dog called Fritz. He attempts to help them put out a fire in the church hall, and is then found to be Warden Hodges' uncle. He comments that he doesn't know how Britain will win the war, and Wilson agrees.

==Cast==
{{div col}}
*[[Arthur Lowe]] as [[Captain Mainwaring]]
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as [[Sergeant Wilson]]
*[[Clive Dunn]] as [[Lance Corporal Jones]]
*[[John Laurie]] as [[Private Frazer]]
*[[James Beck]] as [[Private Walker]]
*[[Arnold Ridley]] as [[Private Godfrey]]
*[[Ian Lavender]] as [[Private Pike]]
*[[Geoffrey Lumsden]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Recurring characters|Corporal-Colonel Square]]
*[[Janet Davies (actress)|Janet Davies]] as [[Mavis Pike]]
*[[John Ringham]] as Captain Bailey
*[[Queenie Watts]] as Mrs Keen
*[[Gladys Dawson (actress)|Gladys Dawson]] as Mrs Witt
*[[Ernst Ulman]] as Sigmund Murphy
*[[Bill Pertwee]] as [[Chief ARP Warden Hodges|ARP Warden Hodges]]
*[[June Peterson]] as the woman
{{div col end}}

===Remake===
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*[[Kevin McNally]] as Captain Mainwaring
*[[Robert Bathurst]] as Sergeant Wilson
*[[Kevin Eldon]] as Lance Corporal Jones
*[[David Hayman]] as Private Frazer
*[[Mathew Horne]] as Private Walker
*[[Timothy West]] as Private Godfrey
*[[Tom Rosenthal (actor)|Tom Rosenthal]] as Private Pike
*[[David Horovitch]] as Corporal-Colonel Square
*[[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] as Mavis Pike
*[[William Andrews (comedian)|William Andrews]] as Captain Bailey
*Tamzin Griffin as Mrs Keen
*Thelma Ruby as Mrs Witt
*[[Philip Pope]] as Sigmund Murphy
*[[Simon Ludders]] as ARP Warden Hodges
*Joann Condon as the woman
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
#Known as one of the three [[Dad's Army missing episodes|missing ''Dad's Army'' episodes]], after the tape was [[Wiping|wiped]] by the BBC for reuse. The other two are ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker]]'' and ''[[A Stripe for Frazer]]''.
#Before being wiped, the episode was repeated on 29 August 1969.
#[[Gold (British TV channel)|Gold]] commissioned recreations of all three missing episodes. The remake of this episode was first broadcast on 27 August 2019.

==Radio Episode==
The radio episode still exists. It was Episode 11 for the 1st radio series.

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army|author1=Croft, David |author2=Perry, Jimmy |author3=Webber, Richard |year=2000|publisher=Orion|isbn= 0-7528-4637-X}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb episode|0552341|Original episode}}
*{{IMDb episode|10183972|Recreated episode}}

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