Dad's Army
TV-PG
8.1
1968
Comedy
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
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- Cast:
- Arthur Lowe , John Le Mesurier , Clive Dunn , John Laurie , Arnold Ridley , Ian Lavender , Bill Pertwee
Episode 14 : Sons of the Sea
December. 11,1969
Capt Mainwaring comes up with the idea of small armed patrols to wreak havoc with the enemy using a small reprocessed boat the bank has acquired After a practice on the river they get lost in the fog and they think they have drifted across the channel and are about to be captured by the German's but they are in for a shock when they find out where they really are.
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Episode 13 : No Spring for Frazer
December. 04,1969
The search begins for a spring clip for a Lewis gun that Frazer has lost while he was cleaning it. The trail leads them through Frazer's workshop to a Funeral Director, to Mr. Bluett's dining room table, to a grave yard.
The platoon stop at nothing, committing various crimes including house breaking and grave robbing to get the clip back. But will they find it in time to save Frazer from a court-marshal?
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Episode 12 : Man Hunt
November. 27,1969
The platoon are told to be on the lookout for any parachutes found lying about so Walker tells Mainwaring that he has found one. They also take on a dog which they use to track an escaped German pilot but accidently arrest a bird watcher
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Episode 11 : Branded
November. 20,1969
Godfrey asks to leave the platoon because he doesn't want to fight. Mainwaring is furious and the rest of the platoon shun him until they find out that he was a hero from the first war. So he rejoins the platoon as a medical orderly.
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Episode 9 : War Dance
November. 06,1969
The platoon hold a dance where Pike is going to announce his engagement to a local girl Sgt Wilson tries to get him to change his mind but Pike will not be put off.
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Episode 8 : The Day the Balloon Went Up
October. 30,1969
The platoon captures a runaway barrage balloon and while trying to secure it Capt Mainwaring is carried aloft
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Episode 7 : Big Guns
October. 23,1969
The platoon have taken charge of a large field gun and have to learn how to use it
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Episode 6 : Room at the Bottom
October. 16,1969
Capt Mainwaring is found not to have held the Kings Commission so he is reduced to the ranks and Sgt Wilson takes over command of the platoon After a disastrous war game against the Eastgate Platoon his men ask the Colonel for him to be reinstated
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Episode 5 : Something Nasty in the Vault
October. 09,1969
During an air raid an unexploded bomb lands on the bank Mainwaring and Wilson find where the bomb has landed and secure it until the bomb disposal people arrive.
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Episode 4 : The Bullet is not for Firing
October. 02,1969
When a low flying German aircraft. attacks Warmington On Sea. the platoon under the command of Lance Cpl Jones, fire at the aircraft, and use up all their ammunition. Mainwaring is furious, and orders an investigation.
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Episode 3 : The Lion Has Phones
September. 25,1969
Capt Mainwaring teaches the platoon the tactical use of the phone system when a German plane crashes into the towns reservoir. Because Mainwaring and Wilson cannot decide what to do it is left to Walker to come up with a plan to make the Germans surrender
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Episode 1 : The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones
September. 11,1969
Mainwaring is under orders to be more cooperative with the A.R.P. wardens. A task that's made very difficult by their newly appointed Chief.
Walker strikes a deal with Jones to make it easier for him to carry rationed goods without being stopped by the police - he is to let the platoon use his butchers van as a troop carrier and ambulance by day and let Walker use it by night. He bribes Jones with the promise that Jones will receive petrol coupons for it. Unfortunately things don't entirely go to plan...
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