Then Churchill Said to Me

Season

1993

UK

7

Set in the 1940s in Winston Churchill's secret underground bunker. Frankie Howerd plays a soldier named Private Potts who is a batman to a group of officers, and, like his character in Up Pompeii!, is hell-bent on avoiding work.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Operation Panic

Witherton puts a request in for compassionate leave, a paperwork mix-up sees an unlikely candidate volunteer for a dangerous mission, and Potts causes mayhem in the map room.

S1 • E2

A Mole in the Hole

German voices are heard in the corridors, Witherton dyes secret papers in an effort to find a leak, and the Ministry of Information bribe Potts to distribute leaflets about careless talk.

S1 • E3

Nanny by Searchlight

Potts is told to collect the regimental mascot, a problem with letters means a Nazi is sent to a swanky hotel, and General de Gaulle's aide insists on defending French honour.

S1 • E4

Those Who Loot We Shoot

There's a problem with the books in the library, Potts is arrested while collecting items from Witherton's house, and an idea comes from a note on the cell wall.

S1 • E5

The Goose Has Landed

Petrol coupons are going missing, Potts is given the job of wheeling around a dummy of Churchill, and a French Resistance agent is en route to identify an assassin.

S1 • E6

Blow Out

McRuckus is on the lookout for black marketeers, Witherton receives information about a jamming device above the map room, and a bomb lands in the bunker.