The Army Game

The Army Game was a Hilltop-Bertia sitcom which aired for six episodes in December 2021 and was Hilltop TV's first original comedy. It starred Ryan House, Harvey Huxter, Hendrix Kempster, Orin Harley and George Dormer as a fictional Bertian Army platoon. It’s run was constantly delayed by the network but eventually aired during the Christmas holidays, before being cancelled.

Cast

Ryan House as General House, head of the platoon
Harvey Huxter as Lance-Corporal Herbey, House’s second in command
Hendrix Kempster as Private Jameson, one of the privates
Orin Harley as Sargent Harley, Leader of the other Platoon
George Dormer as Private Brown, a Church of Hilltop priest called to serve in the platoon

Guest

Olly Gooding as the Parson, leader of the Maxist cult (Episode 2)
Max Stenner as Lord Rostov, an informant to the platoon (Episode 4-5)
William Purser as Mikhil, a leader of the Harrisonian rebels (Episode 5)
BodHI as Johann, the second-in-command of the Harrisonians (Episode 5)

Episodes

• Episode 1 (18 December 2022) - General House orders the men to investigate a spy ring in the West. - Written by Ryan House
• Episode 2 (19 December 2022) - The men are called to Tret, where Sargeant Harley discovers a rogue gang of football hooligans. - Written by Orin Harley
• Episode 3 (20 December 2022) - The men are called to investigate strange occurrences in the Metallicanis, and a small Maxist cult. - Written by Olly Gooding
• Episode 4 (21 December 2022) - The men meet with Lord Rostov, who knows of a group of Harrisonian rebels planning to take over Bertia. He asks * the men to assassinate the rebels. - Written by Martin Wareham
• Episode 5 (22 December 2022) - The men are ordered to capture the leaders of the Harrisonian rebels. - Written by Martin Wareham
• Episode 6 (23 December 2022) - General House informs the Privates that the rebels will be taken care of, and asks the men to look into illegal mining in the Milldown. - Written by Ryan House

Cancelled Series 2

The illegal mining in the Milldown was to be a plot hook for Series 2, which was to have had Max Stenner as a writer for at least one of the episodes. However, the series was axed before it’s first episode was aired.