1 | * MemeticMutation: "Oh dear. How sad. Never mind." |
2 | * RetroactiveRecognition: |
3 | ** A WVS lady from "The Last Roll Call" is played by Creator/BrendaCowling, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Lipton in ''Series/YouRangMLord''. |
4 | ** A burly soldier from "The Pay Off" is played by Creator/GordenKaye, who would later be best known for playing René Artois in ''Series/AlloAllo''. |
5 | ** A RAF airman from "Flight to Jawani" and Aircraftsman Ormanroyd from "The Superstar" are played by Creator/JeffreyHolland, who would later be best known for playing Spike Dixon in ''Series/HiDeHi''. |
6 | ** Four guest roles from between 1980 and 1981 are played by Creator/JohnDCollins, who would later be best known for playing Fairfax in ''Series/AlloAllo''. |
7 | ** Chief Commander Crisp from "Ticket to Blighty" is played by Creator/MavisPugh, who would later be best known for playing Lady Lavender in ''Series/YouRangMLord''. |
8 | ** A Medical Officer from "Flight to Jawani" and Dennis Forbes Dobson from "The Great Broadcast" is played by Creator/RobinParkinson, who would later be best known for playing the third [=LeClerc=] in ''Series/AlloAllo''. |
9 | ** The Corporal from "Aquastars" is played by Creator/RoyHeather, who would later be best known for playing Sid in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. |
10 | * ValuesDissonance: One reason the series has hardly ever been repeated on British television is its perceived racist portrayal of the Indian characters, and especially the casting of Caucasian Englishman Creator/MichaelBates as Rangi Ram. The series' defenders note that Bates was born and raised in India (he learned to speak Hindi before he could speak English) and retained a lifelong fondness for the country which he poured into his performance, while a number of the actual South Asian regular and guest cast members expressed gratitude that, in the otherwise almost all-white landscape of 1970s British television, there was at least one series where they could find work. |
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