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	\| director = Roy Gould		\| director = Roy Gould
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	\| country = [[United Kingdom\|Britain]]		\| country = [[w:United Kingdom\|Britain]]
	\| network = [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[ITV Yorkshire\|Yorkshire Television]]		\| network = [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[ITV Yorkshire\|Yorkshire Television]]
	\| first_aired = {{start date\|1994\|8\|19\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{start date\|1994\|08\|19\|df=y}}
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	'''''Which Way to the War''''' is a failed pilot for a planned [[Great Britain\|British]] [[television]] [[sitcom]], which was written by [[David Croft (TV producer)\|David Croft]] and [[Jeremy Lloyd]]. The pilot episode originally aired on 19 August 1994. It was also Croft and Lloyd's only [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] sitcom and Croft's last [[World War II]] sitcom.		'''''Which Way to the War''''' is a failed pilot for a planned [[w:Great Britain\|British]] [[w:television\|television]] [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]], which was written by [[David Croft (TV producer)\|David Croft]] and [[Jeremy Lloyd]]. The pilot episode originally aired on 19 August 1994. It was also Croft and Lloyd's only [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] sitcom and Croft's last [[w:World War II\|World War II]] sitcom.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* William Tapley as Cpl. Roy Muller		* William Tapley as Cpl. Roy Muller
	* [[Simon Baker Denny]] as Pte. Stan Hawke		* [[w:Simon Baker Denny\|Simon Baker Denny]] as Pte. Stan Hawke
	* Terry John as Cpl. Tony Genaro		* Terry John as Cpl. Tony Genaro
	* [[Robert Hands]] as Pte. Jock Stewart		* [[w:Robert Hands\|Robert Hands]] as Pte. Jock Stewart
	* [[Sarah Payne (actress)\|Sarah Payne]] as Mara		* [[w:Sarah Payne (actress)\|Sarah Payne]] as Mara
	* [[Nadia Sawalha]] as Lucia		* [[w:Nadia Sawalha\|Nadia Sawalha]] as Lucia
	* Elisabeth Bolognini as Little Anna		* Elisabeth Bolognini as Little Anna
	* Valeria Fabbri as Carla		* Valeria Fabbri as Carla

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{{Infobox television
| image = Which Way to the War.jpg
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = [[Jeremy Lloyd]] [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| writer = Jeremy Lloyd David Croft
| director = Roy Gould
| starring = William Tapley [[Simon Baker Denny]] Terry John [[Robert Hands]]
| country = [[United Kingdom|Britain]]
| network = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1994|8|19|df=y}}
| last_aired =
}}

'''''Which Way to the War''''' is a failed pilot for a planned [[Great Britain|British]] [[television]] [[sitcom]], which was written by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] and [[Jeremy Lloyd]]. The pilot episode originally aired on 19 August 1994. It was also Croft and Lloyd's only [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sitcom and Croft's last [[World War II]] sitcom.

==Plot==
In the Western Desert of World War Two, a party of British "Desert Rats" soldiers and a party of Australian soldiers are holed up in a remote building, when an ambulance of Italian "nurses" arrive.

The pilot was badly received and was never developed into a series. The pilot was directed by Roy Gould who had worked for David Croft at the BBC.

==Cast==
* William Tapley as Cpl. Roy Muller
* [[Simon Baker Denny]] as Pte. Stan Hawke
* Terry John as Cpl. Tony Genaro
* [[Robert Hands]] as Pte. Jock Stewart
* [[Sarah Payne (actress)|Sarah Payne]] as Mara
* [[Nadia Sawalha]] as Lucia
* Elisabeth Bolognini as Little Anna
* Valeria Fabbri as Carla
* Amanda Weston as Theresa
* Jason Hall as Capt. Gregory Swift
* Martin Sadler as Able One Charlie

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031012180851/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/w/whichwaytothewar_1299003330.shtml BBC Comedy Guide: Which Way To The War]

{{David Croft}}

[[Category:ITV sitcoms]]
[[Category:David Croft sitcoms]]
[[Category:World War II television comedy series]]
[[Category:1994 television films]]
[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1994 television specials]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Military comedy television series]]
[[Category:Television series by Yorkshire Television]]
[[Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series]]

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	\| country = [[w:United Kingdom\|Britain]]		\| country = [[w:United Kingdom\|Britain]]
	\| network = [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[ITV Yorkshire\|Yorkshire Television]]		\| network = [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[w:ITV Yorkshire\|Yorkshire Television]]
	\| first_aired = {{start date\|1994\|08\|19\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{start date\|1994\|08\|19\|df=y}}
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