Play for Today The Vanishing Army (Season 10, Episode 24)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Play for Today

The Vanishing Army (Season 10, Episode 24)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

"Why don't you keep that missus o' yours under control? She ain't exactly doin' you a packet o' good, is she? If she was mine I'd bloody put 'er right, I'll tell yer."

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Updated Apr 3, 1980

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Apr 3, 1980 (United Kingdom)

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16 wins & 16 nominations

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29 cast members

Name	Known for
Kenneth Cope Drill Sergeant Drill Sergeant See fewer	Carry on at Your Convenience (1971)
Bill Paterson Girling Girling See fewer	The Witches (1990)
Timothy Spall Wainwright Wainwright See fewer	Mr. Turner (2014)
Trevor Laird Sheldon Sheldon See fewer	Quadrophenia (1979)
John Blundell Pickard Pickard See fewer	Scum (1979)
James Coyle O'Connor O'Connor See fewer	Brazil (1985)
P.G. Stephens Stevenson Stevenson See fewer	ITV Play of the Week (1955)
Brian Hall Towler Towler See fewer	Fawlty Towers (1975)
Veronica Quilligan Kathleen Kathleen See fewer	Papillon (I) (2017)
Ann Beach Morag Morag See fewer	Notting Hill (1999)
Mike Kinsey Thompson Thompson See fewer	It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
Nula Conwell Julie Julie See fewer	The Elephant Man (1980)
Tony Caunter Pinnock Pinnock See fewer	The Big Spender (1965)
Janet Key Paula Paula See fewer	1984 (1984)
Julian Curry Symington Symington See fewer	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Michael Osborne Mantle Mantle See fewer	The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Frank Mills Hampshire Hampshire See fewer	Oliver Twist (2005)
Charles Bolton Stannard Stannard See fewer	Please Sir! (1968)
Derek Bond Rouse-Evans Rouse-Evans See fewer	Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Terence Bayler Surgeon Surgeon See fewer	Life of Brian (1979)
Ray Burdis Dunning Dunning See fewer	Operation Good Guys (1997)
Rupert Frazer Roberts Roberts See fewer	The Bank Job (2008)
Doug Fisher Pilkington Pilkington See fewer	Man About the House (1974)
Richard Butler Ellis Ellis See fewer	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Tony London Apprentice Apprentice See fewer	Sid and Nancy (1986)
Paul Angelis Conroy Conroy See fewer	Yellow Submarine (1968)
Lorain Bertorelli Housewife Housewife See fewer	BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
Terry Cowling Corporal Corporal See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
Ian McKellen Actor Actor See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)