After Frazer spots what he believes to be a German spy signaling planes, the platoon arrests a suspect who protests that he is a naturalised Englishman. After the platoon is encouraged by GHQ to work more closely with the ARP, Jones donates his butcher's wagon to the platoon as a troop transport. Walker plans to use this for his black market activities, but Hodges decides it will be used for air-raid practice exercises.
The platoon is selected to attend a weekend camp. After arriving 'nearby' by train, they get lost and arrive late and hungry, oversleep and miss breakfast, and are instructed to capture an 'enemy base'.
The discovery of a secret tunnel makes this somewhat easier. The Lion Has Phones. Walker solves the situation by flooding the reservoir with water and forcing the crew to surrender. The Bullet is Not for Firing. After the firing of the entire platoon's ammunition at a low-flying German plane, Mainwaring sets up a court of inquiry to determine who should be held responsible, but the inquiry becomes farcical as the platoon attempt to re-enact the event.
Something Nasty in the Vault. Swallow's Bank takes a direct hit during an air-raid, but the bomb fails to explode, leaving Mainwaring and Wilson stuck in the vault with it. After the Bomb Disposal squad retreat to collect the right tools, the platoon take matters into their own hands. Sergeant Wilson takes temporary command as Mainwaring attempts to regain his stature.
A new technology developed by the BBC allowed the hidden colour code that exists in the black and white film version to be used to return this episode to the colour version, it was first broadcast on BBC TWO on Saturday 13 December The platoon is given a heavy naval artillery piece - but the town's bandstand, a rare example of Victorian ironwork, must be preserved. Mainwaring reasons that a demonstration of the gun's capabilities win over any doubters.
The Day the Balloon Went Up. A runaway barrage balloon has to be brought back to earth, and the platoon is called to action. One mistake leads to another, and Captain Mainwaring finds himself on a tour of the English countryside.
Mainwaring announces that a dance will be held to raise morale, but he is less than pleased when Pike announces his date for the evening will be the daughter of a woman who used to clean for the Mainwarings. The Captain is concerned of Pike's infatuation with this 'common' young woman. Menace from the Deep. The platoon are placed on guard duty, manning a machine gun post at the end of the pier. After Pike loses the food and the boat, morale begins to fall. The spotting of a drifting sea mine fails to improve morale.
Private Godfrey admits to being a conscientious objector during the Great War, and is sent home in disgrace, ostracised by the rest of the platoon. When, however, he later rescues Captain Mainwaring and reveals that he holds the Military Medal, he is reinstated as medical orderly.
Mainwaring decides to use Walker's newly found tracking dog to discover the source of a discarded parachute. A man is finally cornered - but only after the platoon have examined several dozen pairs of ladies' negligee. No Spring for Frazer. Frazer, a coffin maker, loses the spring of the Lewis gun.
Frazer believes it has been lost in a recently made coffin, shortly to be buried. The platoon declare a bomb scare and evacuate the graveyard, but fail to find the spring - until Frazer finds it in his pocket.
Mainwaring believes that the platoon could play havoc with the Nazis in a recently requisitioned boat, and the platoon set off to guard the local River. After getting lost in the what they believe to be the English Channel, the platoon believe they are behind enemy lines, stow away on a train, and destroy their weapons - until they discover they are in Eastbourne.
Mainwaring thinks a mascot will help - but when Pike falls in a bog as they try to catch a ram, their plans go awry. Don't Forget the Diver. The platoon takes part in an exercise to capture a windmill containing Captain Square's men - they must plant a dummy bomb in the windmill.
They decide to put Jones in a fake tree trunk and push him up the river - but only he can get the bomb inside. Captain Mainwaring is concerned with the three Fs - fast feet, fit feet and functional feet. He embarks on a foot toughening regime, including 20 miles 32 km route marches and playing football in bare feet. Pike gets caught in barbed wire on the beach, in the middle of a mine field. But the Army engineers are slow to arrive, and it is up to the platoon to save him - with Godfrey's help.
The platoon have been sent to guard a camp full of Italian POWs - but Walker's attitude to them makes Mainwaring wonder whether he is a fifth columnist. In Mainwaring's absence, the platoon forego parade to compete in a darts match against the ARP wardens - but when Mainwaring arrives back he is appalled and orders Wilson to bring them back - but with two pints for the winners, the platoon are staying where they are.
The platoon man a local lighthouse as defence against a seaborne assault - but when the light is switched on and the town is illuminated during an air-raid, Jones' section must come up with an ingenious plan to turn it off - and the telephone wires are cut. The Two and a Half Feathers. Jones has extensive battle experience - but when one of his comrades from the Sudan, Clarke, turns up and accuses him of cowardice, Jones puts the record straight, and Clarke is sent out of the town in disgrace.
Mainwaring allows female members into his platoon - but with Mrs. Mainwaring still at home, the Captain takes a shine to a younger woman. Rumours begin to circulate that there is more to their relationship than immediately visible.
Wilson Manager? Mainwaring is shocked to discover than Wilson has been commissioned, and even more shocked when he finds out that Wilson has been made manager of the Eastgate branch, leaving Pike as his Chief Clerk and Jones as his Sergeant. Mainwaring protests to anyone who will listen, and they are ordered to leave - but not for another week. Captain Square gets Mainwaring drunk in the Officers Mess, ending up thoroughly inebriated - only a truly heroic action can repair his damaged reputation in the eyes of his men.
Battle of the Giants. The platoon are challenged by the Eastgate platoon to a test - but Hodges, the vicar and the verger are judges. To begin with, they seem likely to win - but when Jones gets a bad attack of malaria, defeat seems close. A bomb falls on the local pumping station as Godfrey and Walker are patrolling there, trapping them.
When the platoon try to free them, they get stuck with them, and when a pipe bursts the room rapidly begins filling with water. Keep Young and Beautiful. The older members of the platoon try to make themselves look younger to avoid transfer to the ARP - the Captain dons a toupee, some dye their hair and the Sergeant puts on a corset.
A Soldier's Farewell. Mainwaring, depressed as his men are not living up to his expectations, and believing his leadership to be unappreciated, dreams he is Napoleon after eating too much toasted cheese. Wilson goes AWOL and is seen with his arm round a younger woman, who turns out be his daughter.
Walker acquires pigeons for Jones to sell as "off the ration" meat - but when Jones hears of a shortage of pigeons in Trafalgar Square, he changes his mind. A mis-read map lands the platoon in a barn marked as a target for artillery practice. Welcome to our new site!
Spotted a bug? Contact us. Series 1 14th May, to protect Britain a new military force called the Local Defence Volunteers, later the Home Guard, is created.
Series 2 In the second series, Mainwaring leads his men in an exercise against some full-time soldiers; the platoon mistakenly think the invasion has begun; and Wilson wrongly suspects that he has gotten Mrs.
Series 3 The first series in colour sees Jones lending his butcher's van to the platoon only for it to be converted to gas; Mainwaring and Wilson having to hold onto an unexploded bomb in the bank's vault; and Godfrey being made an outcast after he reveals that he was once a conscientious objector.
Series 4 In Series 4 Pike finds himself stuck in a bog; Frazer finds himself underwater; Jones finds himself being accused of cowardice; and Mainwaring finds himself in love with another woman. Series 5 Series 5 sees Mainwaring dream of being Napoleon; Walker responsible for causing a dramatic fall in the number of pigeons in Trafalgar Square; Frazer temporarily promoted to captain; and Hodges manage to land Mainwaring in court, in front of chief magistrate Captain Square.
Series 6 Mainwaring and his men finally get to meet some Germans when they asked to look after a captured U-boat crew. Series 7 A new temporary recruit, Welsh journalist Cheeseman, joins the platoon to report on the Home Guard for the local paper. Series 8 In the eighth series, Pike is past fit to join the regular army; Godfrey's cottage is under threat of demolition; and Mainwaring has to deal with an unwanted visit from his drunken brother Barry.
The Love Of Three Oranges After an unpleasant incident involving wet bath enamel, Elizabeth Mainwaring is in a particularly bad mood. Mainwaring decides to use the public telephone system as a means of emergency communication, and sets out to familiarise his men with its intricacies. The exercise is put to good use when a German plane crashes in the town's reservoir, leading Walker and Frazer to frantically try to phone GHQ. Walker solves the crisis by flooding the reservoir, forcing the crew to surrender.
When the platoon's entire supply of ammunition is used up in engaging a low-flying German plane, Mainwaring sets up a court of inquiry to determine who should be held responsible; but the inquiry becomes farcical when the platoon attempt to re-enact the event.
Swallows Bank takes a direct hit during an air-raid, but the bomb fails to explode, leaving Mainwaring and Wilson stuck in the vault with it. When the Bomb Disposal officer retreats to collect the right tools, the platoon must take matters into their own hands.
Sergeant Wilson takes temporary charge as Mainwaring attempts to regain his command. A new technology, developed by the BBC, allowed the hidden colour signal which had accidentally been preserved in the monochrome film print to be used to restore the episode to colour. The restored version was broadcast on BBC 2 on 13th December [ 9 ]. The platoon is given a heavy naval artillery piece - but the town's bandstand, a rare example of Victorian ironwork, is obstructing the field of fire.
The Town Council insist it must be preserved, but Mainwaring reasons that a demonstration of the gun's capabilities will win over the doubters.
A runaway barrage balloon has to be brought back to earth, and the platoon is called to action. One mistake leads to another, and Captain Mainwaring finds himself on an arial tour of the English countryside. Mainwaring announces that a dance will be held to raise morale, but is less than pleased when Pike announces that his date for the evening will be the daughter of his cleaning woman.
The Captain's concern about Pike's infatuation with this 'common' young woman is as nothing beside the reaction of Frank's mother when she finds out.
The platoon are placed on guard duty, manning a machine gun post at the end of the pier. After Pike loses the food and the boat, morale begins to fall. The spotting of a drifting sea mine fails to improve morale. When Private Godfrey admits to having been a conscientious objector during the Great War, he is branded a coward and sent home in disgrace, and is thereafter ostracised by the platoon.
When, however, he saves Mainwaring's life, and it emerges that he holds the Military Medal for bravery under fire as a medical orderly, he is forgiven and reinstated. Mainwaring decides to use Walker's new tracking dog to discover the source of a discarded parachute.
An enemy airman is finally cornered - but only after the platoon have searched for several dozen pairs of ladies' undergarments, made from the parachute's silk. Frazer, a coffin maker, loses the spring of the Lewis gun. Frazer believes it has been lost in a recently made coffin, shortly to be buried. The platoon declare a bomb scare and evacuate the graveyard, but fail to find the spring - until Frazer finds it in his pocket. Mainwaring believes that the platoon could play havoc with the Nazis in a recently requisitioned boat, and the platoon set off to guard the local River.
After getting lost in the what they believe to be the English Channel, the platoon believe they are behind enemy lines, stow away on a train, and disable their weapons - until they discover they are in Eastbourne. Mainwaring thinks a mascot will help - but when Pike falls in a bog as they try to catch a ram, their plans go awry.
The platoon takes part in an exercise to capture a windmill containing Captain Square's men - they must plant a dummy bomb in the windmill. They decide to put Jones in a fake tree trunk and push him up the river - but only he can get the bomb inside. Captain Mainwaring is concerned with the three Fs - fast feet, fit feet and functional feet. He embarks on a foot toughening regime, including 20 miles 32 km route marches and playing football in bare feet.
Pike gets caught in barbed wire on the beach, in the middle of a mine field. But the Army engineers are slow to arrive, and it is up to the platoon to save him - with Godfrey's help. The platoon have been sent to guard a camp full of Italian POWs - but Walker's attitude to them makes Mainwaring wonder whether he is a fifth columnist.
In Mainwaring's absence, the platoon forego parade to compete in a darts match against the ARP wardens - but when Mainwaring arrives back he is appalled and orders Wilson to bring them back - but with two pints for the winners, the platoon are staying where they are.
The platoon man a local lighthouse as defence against a seaborne assault - but when the light is switched on and the town is illuminated during an air-raid, Jones' section must come up with an ingenious plan to turn it off - and the telephone wires are cut.
Jones has extensive battle experience - but when one of his comrades from the Sudan, Clarke, turns up and accuses him of cowardice, Jones puts the record straight, and Clarke is sent out of the town in disgrace. Mainwaring allows female members into his platoon - but with Mrs. Mainwaring still at home, the Captain takes a shine to a younger woman. Rumours begin to circulate that there is more to their relationship than immediately visible.
Mainwaring is shocked to discover than Wilson has been commissioned, and even more shocked when he finds out that Wilson has been made manager of the Eastgate branch, leaving Pike as his Chief Clerk and Jones as his Sergeant.
Mainwaring protests to anyone who will listen, and they are ordered to leave - but not for another week. Captain Square gets Mainwaring drunk in the Officers Mess, ending up thoroughly inebriated - only a truly heroic action can repair his damaged reputation in the eyes of his men. The platoon are challenged by the Eastgate platoon to a test - but Hodges, the vicar and the verger are judges. To begin with, they seem likely to win - but when Jones gets a bad attack of malaria, defeat seems close.
A bomb falls on the local pumping station as Godfrey and Walker are patrolling there, trapping them. When the platoon try to free them, they get stuck with them, and when a pipe bursts the room rapidly begins filling with water.
The older members of the platoon try to make themselves look younger to avoid transfer to the ARP - the Captain dons a toupee, some dye their hair and the Sergeant puts on a corset. Mainwaring, depressed as his men are not living up to his expectations, and believing his leadership to be unappreciated, dreams he is Napoleon after eating too much toasted cheese. Wilson goes AWOL and is seen with his arm round a younger woman, who turns out be his daughter.
Walker acquires pigeons for Jones to sell as "off the ration" meat - but when Jones hears of a shortage of pigeons in Trafalgar Square, he changes his mind. A mis-read map lands the platoon in a barn marked as a target for artillery practice. Jones and Godfrey try to phone to stop the firing, but Godfrey cuts the wire - it is down to Jones to reach the barn before it is blown up.
After Frazer moans about Mainwaring wasting his time with irrelevant lectures, he allows Frazer become Captain for a couple of days - but the power goes to his head.
When Mainwaring re-assumes command he is shocked to find out he must play the bagpipes the following day. To boost morale, Mainwaring holds a party in his home - but a bomb hits the Walmington-on-Sea branch of Swallows Bank, and there are thousands of pounds to be counted and guarded by his party guests and taken to the Eastgate branch on horse and cart. The platoon volunteer to gather the harvest at one of Godfrey's friend's acre 0.
The harvest is collected in well - until the widow's home-made potato wine is served. The platoon is challenged to plant a dummy bomb in the OC's office, and decide to disguise themselves as firemen, travelling in an old fire engine. There is one problem - Hodges has spotted a real fire. Mainwaring is charged with showing a light and taken to court by a gleeful Warden, and when the Verger tries to correct him he is blackmailed into remaining silent.
0コメント