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Dad's Army
Comedy · 1968 · Rated 5.8/10
Last aired: S9 E6, Never Too Old · 1977-11-13
A classic sitcom about a collection of elderly, unfit, or eccentric citizens unfit for military service who nonetheless plan, with no budget and incompetent training, to defend the British Isles from a possible German invasion at the height of World War II.
Season 9
E1
Wake-Up Walmington
1977-10-07 · 30 min
As the threat of invasion lessens, the towns people become lax. Mainwaring orders Operation Wake-Up, dressing up the platoon members as fifth columnists and telling them to act suspiciously. Eventually, the Eastgate platoon is called in to deal with them.
E2
The Making of Private Pike
1977-10-14 · 30 min
Pike borrows Mainwaring's recently acquired staff car to drive his new girlfriend to Eastgate, but it runs out of petrol on the way home, forcing Pike to spend all night pushing it back.
E3
Knights of Madness
1977-10-21 · 30 min
As part of a Wings for Victory campaign, the platoon decides to stage a reenactment of the battle between Saint George and the Dragon. The ARP wardens, though, have been planning the same thing.
E4
The Miser's Hoard
1977-10-28 · 30 min
Frazer, distrustful of banks, keeps his savings in the form of gold sovereigns, but Mainwaring believes his hoard would be better in the bank. Rumours spread about the savings and when Frazer is seen carrying a box to the graveyard, the platoon follows.
E5
Number Engaged
1977-11-04 · 30 min
The platoon is given the job of guarding telephone lines. Mainwaring spots an unexploded bomb caught in the wires.
E6
Never Too Old
1977-11-13 · 30 min
Jones marries Mrs Fox but the service is interrupted when an invasion warning is sounded.
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Arnold Ridley
Pte. Charles Godfrey
