The Big Dish

From Hogan's Heroes

Series:	Hogan's Heroes
Episode:	The Big Dish
Original Airdate:	March 08, 1969
Production Number:	5784-114
Written by:	Ben Gershman
Directed by:	Edward H. Feldman
Produced by:	Edward H. Feldman, William A. Calihan & Jerry London

Contents 1 Regular 1.1 Prisoners 1.2 Camp Personnel 1.3 Semi-Regulars 2 Guest Stars 3 Synopsis 4 Story Notes 5 Timeline Notes and Speculations 6 Quotes 7 Bloopers 8 External links

[edit] Regular

[edit] Prisoners

• Colonel Hogan - Bob Crane
• Corporal Louis LeBeau - Robert Clary
• Corporal Peter Newkirk - Richard Dawson
• Sergeant James Kinchloe - Ivan Dixon
• Sergeant Andrew Carter - Larry Hovis

[edit] Camp Personnel

• Kommandant Wilhelm Klink - Werner Klemperer
• Sergeant Hans Schultz - John Banner

[edit] Semi-Regulars

• Major Wolfgang Hochstetter - Howard Caine

[edit] Guest Stars

• Air Marshal Woodhouse - Laurie Main
• General Boland - George Cisar
• Professor Burrows - Chet Stratton
• Radar Operator - David Wiley
• Technician - Walter Kightly
• General Reicker - Paul Lambert
• Lady Valerie Stanford - Karen Steele

[edit] Synopsis

Hogan must destroy an anti-aircraft defense system designed by a beautiful English woman who may have defected to Germany.

[edit] Story Notes

• This is the one hundred and fourteenth episode of the series, but it is the one hundredth and sixteenth episode to be shown on television and is the twenty-fourth episode shown for the Fourth Season.
• The title appears to be a wordplay on the English slang phrase "big fish."
• Lady Stanford is played by Karen Steele, who is better known to Star Trek fans as Eve McHuron in "Mudd's Women."
• The episode's opening scene begins with a graphic reading "LONDON" appearing over the London skyline.
• The character of Lady Valerie Stanford may be a sidewise reference to Lady Diana Mosley and her younger sister, Unity Mitford, two British aristocrats who were devoted fans of Hitler.
• This episode contains the first implied nude scene in the series, when Hogan drops in on Lady Stanford while she is taking a bath.

[edit] Timeline Notes and Speculations

• This takes place during the first week of October, 1944. In real life, a major bombing raid was carried out on the Munich rail yards on October 4, 1944. Such a raid is mentioned in the episode.
• This takes place shortly after "The Return of Major Bonacelli." The radar on which Lady Standford is working appears to be intended for use with the new AA guns that Major Bonacelli was shown by Klink.
• Before the war, Lady Stanford visited Germany to further her education in advanced electronics. She made many friends during her stay. She defected in 1942, and has spent the last two years working to help improve German radar technology.

[edit] Quotes

[edit] Bloopers

[edit] External links

• The Big Dish at TV.com
• The Big Dish at the Internet Movie Database
• The Big Dish episode capsule at Webstalag 13
• Hogan's Heroes Fanclub
• The Hofbrau

Previous episode: The Witness

Next episode: The Return of Major Bonacelli