Written by Ronnie Taylor
Harry Worth in a new series of unlikely situations
This week: Private Pimpernel
featuring George Baker as Wing Commander Stebbs, John Le Mesurier as Colonel Fullbright, James Beck as Flight Lieutenant Conner, Dennis Chinnery as Squadron Leader Veldon, Philip Carr as 2nd Lieut. Cranleigh-Smythe, Norman Mitchell as Sgt. Major Austin, James McManus as Flight Sgt. McAllister, Roger Avon as Mr. Cotes

Tonight sees the start of a new series of situation comedies starring Harry Worth, managing as ever to complicate even the most simple activities. This first story takes us back to 1944 and a fighter aerodrome, and the predicament of Wing Commander Stebbs, one of whose friends has been shot down and captured in France. The rescue plan he has thought out depends on one man's courage, daring, iron will, and split-second timing. The man chosen for the mission? Need you ask...