Series 4, Episode 13 - Fallen Idol
The platoon go on a course about the use of explosives. However, Mainwaring is lead astray by his fellow officers, in particular Captain Square.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 18th December 1970
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
-
- Friday 11th December 1970 at BBC Television Centre
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date |
Time |
Channel |
Saturday 1st September 2012 |
6:25pm |
BBC2 Scot |
Saturday 1st September 2012 |
6:55pm |
BBC2 |
Saturday 2nd August 2014 |
7:40pm |
BBC2 |
Saturday 6th February 2016 |
8:25pm |
BBC2 |
Sunday 21st February 2016 |
7:20pm |
BBC2 Scot |
Sunday 22nd April 2018 |
8:40pm |
Gold |
Monday 23rd April 2018 |
6:20pm |
Gold |
Monday 23rd July 2018 |
8:00pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 24th July 2018 |
7:15pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 23rd October 2018 |
8:00pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 24th October 2018 |
7:15pm |
Gold |
Sunday 28th April 2019 |
8:20pm |
Gold |
Monday 29th April 2019 |
7:40pm |
Gold |
Saturday 14th September 2019 |
6:40pm |
BBC2 |
Friday 14th February 2020 |
8:20pm |
Gold |
Monday 17th February 2020 |
2:30pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 22nd April 2020 |
8:15pm |
Gold |
Thursday 23rd April 2020 |
2:55pm |
Gold |
Thursday 23rd April 2020 |
7:35pm |
Gold |
Thursday 1st October 2020 |
7:15pm |
Gold |
Friday 2nd October 2020 |
3:25pm |
Gold |
Friday 2nd October 2020 |
6:10pm |
Gold |
Thursday 25th February 2021 |
8:20pm |
Gold |
Friday 26th February 2021 |
7:40pm |
Gold |
Thursday 10th June 2021 |
8:35pm |
Gold |
Friday 11th June 2021 |
3:15pm |
Gold |
Friday 11th June 2021 |
8:00pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 9th November 2021 |
11:50am |
Gold |
Tuesday 9th November 2021 |
7:15pm |
Gold |
Monday 7th February 2022 |
7:20pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 8th February 2022 |
11:30am |
Gold |
Tuesday 8th February 2022 |
6:35pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 11th May 2022 |
8:15pm |
Gold |
Thursday 12th May 2022 |
12:25pm |
Gold |
Friday 12th August 2022 |
2:35pm |
Gold |
Friday 12th August 2022 |
7:20pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 9th November 2022 |
7:15pm |
Gold |
Thursday 10th November 2022 |
12:30pm |
Gold |
Thursday 10th November 2022 |
3:55pm |
Gold |
Thursday 10th November 2022 |
6:35pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 8th March 2023 |
7:20pm |
Gold |
Thursday 9th March 2023 |
1:15pm |
Gold |
Thursday 9th March 2023 |
4:35pm |
Gold |
Thursday 9th March 2023 |
6:35pm |
Gold |
Thursday 6th July 2023 |
7:15pm |
Gold |
Friday 7th July 2023 |
6:40pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 12th September 2023 |
8:15pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 13th September 2023 |
12:50pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 13th September 2023 |
7:35pm |
Gold |
Friday 22nd March 2024 |
7:20pm |
Gold |
Cast & crew
Press
This nigh-on perfect episode is The Arthur Lowe Show in all but name. A training weekend for the platoon enables Lowe to run through his sublime Mainwarisms: the "throat-clutching choke", the "skewed cap and glasses", and the rare but wonderful "trying desperately not to appear drunk". (Almost as funny is Sergeant Wilson's teddy-bear hiding - an Embarrassment Masterclass from John Le Mesurier.)
It all comes about as a result of Captain "What! What!" Square and a bunch of whisky-swilling officers leading Mainwaring astray, to the scowling disenchantment of Frazer and co. And it takes a genuine crisis to restore him in the eyes of his men...
"Fallen Idol" is delicious to the last drop, when an "Iris Out" homage to the silent era provides the show's best-ever sign-off.
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 2nd February 2016