| EPISODE
The Shoot | |
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| Season 11, Episode 21 | |
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| Air date | 17th March 2002 |
| Written by | Brian Finch |
| Directed by | Noreen Kershaw |
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Synopsis[]
Saul Arkwright's dog is shot on the Ashfordly estate, and Vernon acquires an ex-Army half-track vehicle to take tourists on scenic drives on the moors.
Full Summary[]
Saul Arkwright walks his dog close to Lord Ashfordly's estate when the dog is shot by one of Lord Ashfordly's guests Oliver Langley. Since Langley just drives off nearly hitting Arkwright in the process the latter sees no other alternative than to make a complaint to the police. When the police do not do enough, in his opinion, Arkwright takes matters in his own hand. Vernon Scripps has had a new "bright" idea. He has bought a surplus U.S. Army half-track tank to drive tourists around the countryside. But since he has a boil in a very private place David has to drive the half-track for him. David only flattens half the village trying to get the hang of it.
Cast[]
- Robert Glenister as Oliver Langley
- David Calder as Saul Arkwright
- Geoffrey Hughes as Vernon Scripps
- David Lonsdale as David Stockwell
- Celia Imrie as Sylvia Langley
- Rupert Vansittart as Lord Ashfordly
- William Simons as PC Alf Ventress
- Mark Jordon as PC Phil Bellamy
- Jason Durr as PC Mike Bradley
- Peter Benson as Bernie Scripps
- Sarah Tansey as Jenny Latimer
- Clare Calbraith as Dr Tricia Summerbee
- Tricia Penrose as Gina Ward
- Duncan Bell as Sgt Dennis Merton
- Joe Simpson as Mr. Reed
- Robert Lawrenson as Mickey Box-Cockford
- Carrie Davies as Sister Mather
- Rachel Leskovac as Pinky Parkinson
- Peter Diamond as Stunt Co-ordinator
Gallery[]
Saul walks his dog around Lord Ashfordly's estate
Nearby, Oliver Langley is practicing his shot gun
Saul unleashes Jake, his dog, to stretch his legs
Jake's barking attracts Oliver's attention and fires
Saul hears the gun shot
An angry Saul runs to reason to Oliver
Oliver notices Saul
Oliver quickly leaves and ignores Saul
Vernon receives a call from Bernie that his order has arrived
It is revealed that Vernon has a boil on his buttocks
Oliver's wife, Sylvia, enjoys her breakfast in Ashfordly Estate
Oliver comes back to join her for breakfast
Phil notices Alf eating boiled sweets to give up smoking as Mrs. V orders
Phil reminds Alf that his first time of giving up smoking was a disaster
Saul soon reports the incident to Mike
Vernon's package was a 1942 International Harvester M5 half truck
Vernon explains to David that the half truck is part of his new idea
Charlie explains to Mike that Oliver booked his land for the season
Lord Ashfordly doesn't understand why Oliver would shoot a dog
Vernon tells Bernie that he is going to use the truck for a Yorkshire tour
Jake the golden retriever is put to rest
Saul looks across to Lord Ashfordly's manor
Oliver admits that he shot Saul's dog
Oliver admits that the dog was scaring his pheasants
Lord Ashfordly tells Mike to pass his apology to Saul
Vernon comes to Tricia's clinic but finds the place full of women
Vernon feels embarrassed to tell his problem out on public
The ladies soon chuckle to Vernon's problem and request
David soon moves the half truck as Vernon requested
Bernie watches as disaster looms ahead
Tricia refers Vernon to hospital care as the boil needs to be drained
David reverses the half truck down the road
David doesn't notices the traffic behind him
David forces Phil out of the road and into a parked car
David shots forward into a phone box
Bernie watches in horror
As David demolishes the phone box
David soon finds himself in hot waters with Phil
Mike reports back to Saul that his dog was frightening the pheasants
Oliver can't be proven guilty unless another witness was present
Mike tries to give Saul a small advice only to have the doors shut
Oscar tells Mike that Saul drinking habit caused his wife to leave him
Oscar's advice is to watch closely on Saul as he is mysterious
Later that day, Saul prepares some smoke grenades
Oliver and Sylvia thinks Charlie is short on money for renting the manor
Sylvia imagines herself as the Lady of the Manor
Bernie brings the news that David is arrested for his reckless driving
Sylvia talks to Lord Ashfordly about their professional background
Oliver gets a phone call which changes Sylvia's happy expression
David waits for his questioning
Saul watches over Oliver
David explains Vernon's business venture and shifting the vehicle home
Saul volunteers to tomorrow's shoot as a beater which Reed agrees
David is soon released but Merton gives a warning of hearing them again
Oliver's posh London friends soon arrive next afternoon
Saul prepares his shotgun for tomorrow's shoot
Vernon is soon under hospital care with Bernie visiting that evening
Saul places the smoke grenades around the shooting grounds
The shooting day has soon arrived
Oliver notices Saul as the beaters and orders Reed to get rid of him
The pheasant shooting has begun
Saul soon sets the smoke grenades
The smoke soon spreads around the field
The smoke has made everything hard to see leading to Oliver being shot
The shooting is soon postponed
The police soon arrive and finds the smoke grenades around the field
Oliver is soon rushed to the hospital
Saul happily smiles as the ambulance wales away
Merton questions one of Oliver's guest, Mickey
Lord Ashfordly breaks the news that Oliver will be fine
Vernon introduces himself to Oliver
Oliver introduces Sylvia to Vernon
Reed reports to Mike of a possibility of Saul shooting Oliver
Sylvia leaves the hospital for the day
Unbeknowst to Sylvia, Oliver has another visitor waiting
Pinky prepares herself
Vernon tells Oliver of his business of the Yorkshire Moors tour
Oliver, unimpressed, tells Vernon they should take about the tours
Pinky comes over to Oliver
Oliver introduces Pinky to Vernon
Vernon decides to leave Oliver and Pinky alone
Mike snoops around Oliver's shed and finds the smoke bombs
Mike orders Saul to come with him to the station
David visits Vernon and tells that the half truck is back at home now
Vernon tells David that he's working on the financial backing with Oliver
Saul admits to the smoke bombs but no intention killing Oliver
Oliver tells Vernon to keep quiet of his affair with Pinky to Sylvia
Mike and Oscar noticed that Saul was not carrying a gun as he was a beater
David ask Jenny and Gina for a dry on on the half truck tour
Gina and Jenny soon agrees for the trial run
Vernon makes an excuse to stay an extra night in the hospital
Vernon opens the topic again of his Yorkshire tours to Oliver
As Bernie hands the fixed Mini back, Tricia and Jenny pass by on the tank
Gina and Jenny wave back to Bernie and Phil
The trio were soon driving around Lord Ashfordly's land
Gina and Jenny soon panic as David looses control around the bend
Mike questions what Reed witnessed before the shooting
Reed tells Mike that the last he saw Saul was heading to the trees
Mike soon finds it was impossible for Saul to shoot Oliver's right arm
The trio's conversation was cut as David rumbles in
David terrorizes the shooting field of Lord Ahsfordly
David soon leaves the road
David heads straight into the pound
The truck's engine soon gets flooded as the three peer out
The trio find themselves stuck in the middle of the pond
Vernon soon talks to Oliver about his touring idea as a partnership
Oliver laughs at Vernon's scheme
Pinky visits Oliver again
Vernon feels offended and thinks of a plan to get even
The only suspect left was Sylvia Langley
Vernon decides to pay Oliver out by revealing Oliver's second affair
A fight between Sylvia and Pinky breaks out in the day room
As Mike tries to stop the fight, a cheeky Vernon takes a peek and smiles
Sylvia admits that she shot her husband