Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender)
Dad's Army
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1968 - 1977
- 80 episodes (9 series)
Beloved sitcom about the struggles of a Home Guard platoon during World War II who are fighting incompetence, age and pomposity more than Nazis. Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and more.
- Series 8, Episode 6 repeated at 2:20pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 781
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Series 2, Episode 5 - A Stripe For Frazer
Mainwaring is told that he can have a corporal and a lance corporal in the platoon. This results in Frazer being promoted to lance corporal. Predictably, the Scotsman is keen to take the role, but soon proves less than perfect for the position!
Notes
An audio recording of the TV broadcast exists, to which an animation was produced in 2016. See: Dad's Army: A Stripe For Frazer.
It was originally scheduled to broadcast on 27th January 1969 at 7:30pm.
This episode no longer exists in the archives. It is missing, believed wiped.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 29th March 1969
- Time
- 7pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Friday 15th November 1968 at BBC Television Centre
Cast & crew
| Arthur Lowe | Captain Mainwaring |
| John Le Mesurier | Sergeant Wilson |
| Clive Dunn | Lance Corporal Jones |
| John Laurie | Private Frazer |
| Arnold Ridley | Private Godfrey |
| Ian Lavender | Private Pike |
| James Beck | Private Walker |
| Edward Sinclair | The Verger |
| John Ringham | Captain Bailey |
| Gordon Peters | Policeman |
| Geoffrey Lumsden | Colonel / Corporal-Colonel / Captain Square |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Harold Snoad | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Paul Joel | Production Designer |
| Bud Flanagan | Theme Tune Vocals |