List of Dad's Army episodes

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Dad's Army'' episodes}}<onlyinclude>''[[Dad's Army]]''
is a [[British sitcoms|British sitcom]] about the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[Second World War]], produced by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and written by David Croft and [[Jimmy Perry]].<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|title=Missing Dad's Army episodes unearthed by BBC archives treasure hunt|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609162542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|archive-date=9 June 2001|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-22/dads-army-is-comedy-gold--but-the-bbc-wasnt-always-so-sure|title=Dad's Army is comedy gold – but the BBC wasn't always so sure|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=22 December 2015|magazine=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> Set in the fictional seaside town of [[Walmington-on-Sea]], located near [[Eastbourne]], it follows a well-meaning platoon of men ineligible for active service as they serve as Britain's "last line of defence".<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|title=Dad's Army|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820051422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|archive-date=20 August 2007|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> The series was broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977, a total of 80 episodes spread over 9 series, including 3 Christmas specials and 3 missing episodes.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /> 4 short Christmas sketches were also broadcast as part of ''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]''.{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=262}}<ref name="Sketches"/> </onlyinclude>The first 2 series (Series 1 to Series 2) were broadcast in black and white, from 31 July 1968 to 5 April 1969 and the next 7 series (Series 3 to Series 9) were broadcast in colour, from 11 September 1969 to 13 November 1977. Episodes ran for 30 minutes each, with some exceptions: the 1971 Christmas special "[[Battle of the Giants!]]" aired on 27 December 1971 ran for 60 minutes, the 1975 Christmas special "[[My Brother and I]]" aired on 26 December 1975 ran for 40 minutes and the final ever episode of Series 9 in 1977 "[[Never Too Old]]" aired on 13 November 1977 ran for 35 minutes.<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" />

5 episodes of series 2 were not retained by the [[BBC Archives]], but two of those episodes, "[[Operation Kilt]]" and "[[The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage]]", were located in 2001.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17h3|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17jj|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, A Stripe for Frazer|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17nm|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, Under Fire|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> An audio recording of "[[A Stripe for Frazer]]", one of the [[Dad's Army missing episodes|three missing episodes]], was discovered in 2008 and an animated version of it was released in February 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-04/lost-dads-army-episode-restored-by-animators-is-an-extraordinary-feat--and-a-priceless-new-addition-for-fans|title=Lost Dad's Army episode restored by animators is an extraordinary feat – and a priceless new addition for fans|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=4 February 2016|magazine=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> An episode of series 3, "Room at the Bottom", was broadcast in colour but only a black and white copy survives in the archives. The episode was restored in 2008 using [[colour recovery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/dec/11/digital-video-restoration-dad-s-army|title=Unscrambling an army of colours|last=Norton|first=Charles|date=10 December 2008|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>

All interior studio scenes for the nine series, Christmas specials and the Christmas Night with the Stars specials were recorded in the BBC Television Centre in West London, where the production used many of the eight main television studios there, to record the show.

Many exterior scenes were filmed in a studio, but when location recordings were made, they were done in Norfolk, with the production team basing themselves in the small Norfolk town of [[Thetford]].

Every ''Dad’s Army'' episode comprises the following cast members: [[Arthur Lowe]] (Captain George Mainwaring) [[John Le Mesurier]] (Sergeant Arthur Wilson), [[Clive Dunn]] (Lance Corporal Jack Jones), [[John Laurie]] (Private James Frazer), [[Arnold Ridley]] (Private Charles Godfrey) and [[Ian Lavender]] (Private Frank Pike) appeared in all 80 episodes of the wartime sitcom, ranging from "[[The Man and the Hour]]" in 1968 to "[[Never Too Old]]" in 1977, while [[James Beck]] (Private Joe Walker) appeared in 59 episodes leading up to his sudden death in 1973, ranging from "The Man and the Hour" in 1968 to "Things that Go Bump in the Night" in 1973.

== Series Overview ==
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==Episodes==
===Series 1 (1968)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[The Man and the Hour]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|04|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=231}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|07|31}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=231}}
| ShortSummary = First ever episode. After hearing of the formation of the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]], [[Captain Mainwaring|George Mainwaring]], a bank manager, takes it upon himself to form a platoon in [[Walmington-on-Sea]]. He declares himself captain, an assumption others are not so keen to make. He names his chief clerk, [[Sergeant Wilson|Arthur Wilson]], sergeant. They enrol some of the townsfolk for the [[Local Defence Volunteers]], although most are unfit and/or over the 65 years age limit and almost no supplies are available.

First appearances of [[Arthur Lowe]] as Captain George Mainwaring, [[John Le Mesurier]] as Sergeant Arthur Wilson, [[Clive Dunn]] as Lance Corporal Jack Jones, [[John Laurie]] as Private James Frazer, [[Arnold Ridley]] as Private Charles Godfrey, [[Ian Lavender]] as Private Frank Pike and [[James Beck]] as Private Joe Walker. This is the very first episode, and was recorded in black and white.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[Museum Piece]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|04|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=231}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|08|7}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=231}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring, worried that the [[Nazism|Nazis]] could attack at any time, attempts to requisition much-needed weapons from the local Peabody Museum of Historic Army Weapons.
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[Command Decision (Dad's Army)|Command Decision]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|04|29}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=231}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|08|14}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=231}}
| ShortSummary = In exchange for weapons, Mainwaring hands over command to Colonel Square, but the weapons are [[musket]]s and Square wants the platoon to fight on horseback.
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[The Enemy Within the Gates]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|05|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|08|28}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}{{Ref label|A|a|none}}
| ShortSummary = [[Lance Corporal Jones]] and [[Private Walker]] capture two [[Luftwaffe]] airmen, earning a monetary reward; however, a Polish officer wishes to claim the reward for himself.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[The Showing Up of Corporal Jones]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|05|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|09|04}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| ShortSummary = Major Regan from area headquarters decides that Jones is too old to be in the Home Guard, and announces that unless Jones can complete the [[assault course]] in fifteen minutes, he will be removed from the platoon.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[Shooting Pains]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|05|20}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|09|11}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is chosen to provide the [[guard of honour]] for the Prime Minister on his visit to Walmington-on-Sea, but poor performance at the shooting range causes Major Regan to have them compete with the neighbouring Eastgate platoon for the honour.
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{{refbegin}}
<small>
'''a.''' {{Note label|A|a|none}} The episode was scheduled originally to be broadcast on 21 August 1968. However, the BBC cancelled that evening's schedule to cover the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19680822/096/0014|title=A Love Affair in a Night of Crisis|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|quote=Out went 'Dad's Army' for a documentary on the Hungarian uprising|page=14|date=22 August 1968|access-date=21 April 2020|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
</small>
{{refend}}

===Series 2 (1969)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[Operation Kilt]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|10|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|03|01}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}{{Ref label|B|b|none}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon participates in an invasion exercise with Captain Ogilvie and a [[Scottish regiment|Highland regiment]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|10|20}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|03|08}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=232}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon mistakenly believes an invasion is in progress, and splits into two sections. One section, though, mistakes the other for the enemy.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker]]''
| RTitle = {{ref|a|†}}
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|10|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|03|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| ShortSummary = Walker is called up into the army. The platoon, anxious at how they will obtain off-the-ration supplies without him, fight to keep him.

Note: This is the first missing episode.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|11|4}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|03|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| ShortSummary = Private Pike's mother agrees to take in a child evacuee, but Wilson misunderstands her and believes she is pregnant. Mainwaring orders Wilson to marry her.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = ''[[A Stripe for Frazer]]''
| RTitle = {{ref|a|†}}{{ref|b|‡}}
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|11|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|03|29}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring has the opportunity to promote someone to corporal. Rather than promote Jones, he tests who has the greatest potential by temporarily promoting [[Private Frazer]] to lance corporal. Frazer's increasingly dictatorial manner soon alienates the platoon.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = ''[[Under Fire (Dad's Army)|Under Fire]]''
| RTitle = {{ref|a|†}}
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1968|11|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|04|05}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=233}}
| ShortSummary = When Frazer spots what he believes to be a German spy signalling planes, the platoon arrests a suspect who protests that he is a [[Naturalization|naturalised]] Englishman.

Note: This is the last 'missing' episode to be broadcast in black and white.
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}}

{{refbegin}}
'''b.''' {{Note label|B|b|none}} The series was scheduled originally to be broadcast in January 1969. Instead, the BBC decided to repeat the first series in January 1969 because they believed many people had missed the series when it had started in the summer of 1968.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19690201/091/0011|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|title=Televiewpoint|quote=A new series of Dad's Army starts in March. We are repeating the first series now because we think a lot of people missed it when it began in the summer.|page=11|date=1 February 1969|access-date=21 April 2020|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
{{refend}}

{{smalldiv|1=
Episodes in ''italics'' are [[Dad's Army missing episodes|missing]]<br>
{{note|a|†}} Episode remade using new cast in 2019<br>
{{note|b|‡}} Episode reconstructed using animation and original soundtrack
}}

===Series 3 (1969)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|05|25}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|09|11}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| ShortSummary = Jones donates his van as a troop transport, but Walker wants to use it for his [[black market]] activities. Both men are sent with the van to work with [[Air Raid Precautions in the United Kingdom|Air Raid Precautions]] during an exercise.
Note: This is the first episode to be produced in colour. Even though this was the first episode to be produced in colour, it would not be the first episode of the show to be transmitted in colour, as the full colour television service on BBC One did not commence until Saturday 15 November 1969.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[Battle School (Dad's Army)|Battle School]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|06|01}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|09|18}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is selected to attend a weekend camp run by a tough Spanish captain.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[The Lion Has Phones]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|06|08}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|09|25}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring teaches the men to use the public telephone system as emergency communication. Jones and Hodges attempt to phone general headquarters when a German aeroplane crashes in the reservoir.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[The Bullet is Not for Firing]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|06|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|10|02}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=234}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon's supply of ammunition is used up when engaging a low-flying German plane, and Mainwaring sets up a court of inquiry to determine who should be held responsible. The inquiry descends into [[farce]] when the platoon attempts to re-enact the event.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[Something Nasty in the Vault]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|06|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|10|09}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| ShortSummary = The 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 leaves to collect the right tools, the platoon members take matters into their own hands.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[Room at the Bottom (Dad's Army)|Room at the Bottom]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|06|29}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|10|16}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| ShortSummary = General headquarters determines that Mainwaring has never held a commission, and he is demoted to private. Wilson temporarily leads the platoon while Mainwaring attempts to regain his command.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = [[Big Guns (Dad's Army)|Big Guns]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|07|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|10|23}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is given a heavy naval artillery piece but the town's bandstand, a rare example of Victorian ironwork, stands in its field of fire. The town council insists it must be preserved but Mainwaring reasons that a demonstration of the gun's capabilities will quiet any protests.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = [[The Day the Balloon Went Up]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|10|23}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|10|30}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| ShortSummary = A runaway [[barrage balloon]] must be retrieved. After a series of mistakes, Mainwaring is dragged through the countryside by one of the balloon's cables.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = [[War Dance (Dad's Army)|War Dance]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|10|30}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=235}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring announces that a dance will be held to raise morale. He is less than pleased when Pike announces that his date for the evening will be the daughter of Mainwaring's cleaning woman.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = [[Menace from the Deep]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|07}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is placed on guard duty, and mans a machine gun post at the end of the pier. When Pike loses the food and the boat, morale begins to fall. The situation worsens when they spot a drifting [[Naval mine|sea mine]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = [[Branded (Dad's Army)|Branded]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|14}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|20}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| ShortSummary = When [[Private Godfrey]] admits to having been a [[conscientious objector]] during the [[World War I|Great War]], he is branded a coward, sent home in disgrace and thereafter ostracised by the platoon. When he saves Mainwaring's life, though, and it emerges that he holds the [[Military Medal]] for bravery under fire as a [[Orderly|medical orderly]], he is forgiven and reinstated.
This was the very first colour episode of Dad's Army to air in colour, as the BBC One colour television service commenced transmission on Saturday 15 November 1969.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = [[Man Hunt (Dad's Army)|Man Hunt]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|21}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring uses Walker's new [[Tracking (dog)|tracking dog]] to locate a discarded parachute. After finding dozens of ladies' undergarments made from the parachute's silk, an enemy airman is finally cornered.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = [[No Spring for Frazer]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|11|28}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|12|04}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| ShortSummary = Frazer the [[undertaker]] loses the spring of the [[Lewis gun]]. He believes it may be in a recently-made coffin which is shortly to be buried.
| LineColor = #7400E9
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = [[Sons of the Sea (Dad's Army)|Sons of the Sea]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|12|05}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|12|11}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=236}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon requisitions a boat and sets off to guard the local river. After getting lost in what they think is the [[English Channel]], they believe themselves to be stranded behind enemy lines.
| LineColor = #7400E9
}}
}}

===Series 4 (1970)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[The Big Parade (Dad's Army)|The Big Parade]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|07|17}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|09|25}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon joins the ''Spitfire Week'' parade, but has to compete with the [[Sea Scout]]s and the [[Air Raid Precautions|ARP]] wardens for [[pole position]]. Mainwaring thinks a mascot will help their chances.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[Don't Forget the Diver]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|07|24}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|10|02}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon takes part in an exercise with Captain Square's men. Square's men will defend a windmill and the platoon must plant a dummy bomb inside. The platoon devises a plan which involves putting Jones in a fake tree trunk and pushing him up the river.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[Boots, Boots, Boots]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|07|31}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|10|09}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring puts the platoon on a foot-toughening regime, including {{convert|20|mi|km|0}} route marches and playing football in bare feet.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[Sgt – Save My Boy!]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|06|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|10|16}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| ShortSummary = Pike is caught in barbed wire in the middle of a mine field on the beach. The army engineers are slow to arrive so the platoon takes action to save him.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[Don't Fence Me In (Dad's Army)|Don't Fence Me In]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|07|10}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|10|23}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=237}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is sent to guard a camp full of Italian [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]], but Walker's attitude toward them makes Mainwaring wonder if he is a [[fifth columnist]].
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[Absent Friends (Dad's Army)|Absent Friends]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|08|07}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|10|30}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| ShortSummary = In Mainwaring's absence, the platoon foregoes parade to compete in a darts match against the ARP wardens. Upon his return, Mainwaring orders Wilson to bring them back. With two pints for the winners, though, the platoon refuses to leave.
| LineColor = #00FF00

}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = [[Put That Light Out!]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|10|30}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon mans a local lighthouse as defence against a seaborne assault. During an air raid, the light is switched on and the town is illuminated.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = [[The Two and a Half Feathers]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| ShortSummary = A new platoon member who served with Jones during the [[Mahdist War]] accuses him of cowardice.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = [[Mum's Army]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|20}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring allows women into his platoon but rumours begin to circulate that he has become personally involved with one of the new members.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = [[The Test (Dad's Army)|The Test]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|20}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=238}}
| ShortSummary = The ARP wardens challenge the Home Guard to a game of [[cricket]]. While Mainwaring is happy to play fairly, Hodges recruits Ernie Egan, a professional cricketeer.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = [[A. Wilson (Manager)?]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|11|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|12|04}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring is shocked to discover that Wilson has been both made manager of the Eastgate branch of the bank and commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant of the Eastgate platoon. Mainwaring is left with Pike as his chief clerk and Jones as his sergeant.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 =12
| Title = [[Uninvited Guests]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|12|04}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|12|11}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| ShortSummary = After the ARP headquarters is bombed, the platoon is forced to share the church hall with the wardens.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = [[Fallen Idol (Dad's Army)|Fallen Idol]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|12|11}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|12|18}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| ShortSummary = Captain Square gets Mainwaring drunk in the officers' mess, damaging Mainwaring's reputation in the eyes of the platoon. Mainwaring must repair his image.
| LineColor = #00FF00
}}
}}

===Christmas Special (1971)===
{{Episode table |background=#FF9933|overall=5 |series=5 |title=46 |aux2=22 |aux2T=Recorded date |airdate=22 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[Battle of the Giants!]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1971|10|19}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1971|12|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=239}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is challenged to a test by the Eastgate platoon, with Hodges, [[List of Dad's Army characters#The Reverend Timothy Farthing MA (Oxon)|the vicar]] and [[List of Dad's Army characters#Maurice Yeatman|the verger]] as judges. They seem unlikely to win and their chances worsen when Jones has a bout of [[malaria]].
| LineColor = #FF9933
}}
}}

===Series 5 (1972)===
{{Episode table |background=#00AE3A |overall=5 |series=5 |title=46 |aux2=22 |aux2T=Recorded date |airdate=22 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[Asleep in the Deep (Dad's Army)|Asleep in the Deep]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|05|26}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|10|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| ShortSummary = Godfrey and Walker are trapped when a bomb falls on the local pumping station. When Hodges and the others try to free them, they all become trapped. A pipe bursts and the room begins rapidly filling with water. Jones, trapped in the other room, tries desperately to turn the water off.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[Keep Young and Beautiful (Dad's Army)|Keep Young and Beautiful]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|06|09}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|10|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| ShortSummary = When GHQ announce swapping members of the home guard and the ARP, Jones, Godfrey and Frazer use Frazer's embalming equipment to make themselves look younger to avoid transfer to the ARP. Walker tricks Hodges into dying his hair with ceiling paint, with Hodges believing the 'Dye" will make him look old enough to stay in the ARP.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[A Soldier's Farewell]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|06|02}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|10|20}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring, unhappy because 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.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[Getting the Bird]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|05|19}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|10|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| ShortSummary = Wilson goes [[AWOL]] and is seen with his arm round a younger woman, who turns out be his daughter. Walker acquires 250 pigeons for Jones to sell as off-the-ration meat. When Jones then hears of an unexplained shortage of pigeons in [[Trafalgar Square]], he changes his mind.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|06|16}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|03}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=240}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is to guard a barn near another that is the target for artillery practice and after a mix-up over map coordinates end up in the wrong one. Jones can't phone a correction from HQ due to Godfrey cutting the wire by mistake. With the van broken, Jones and Godfrey must drive two cars there; as Godfrey can't drive, Jones tows his car along.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[If the Cap Fits....]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|06|30}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|10}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| ShortSummary = After Frazer complains that Mainwaring is wasting his time with irrelevant lectures, Mainwaring allows Frazer to act as captain for a couple of days. Frazer begins abusing his power by firing Jones and promoting Walker. A Scottish General asks "Captain" Frazer to play the bagpipes, but Mainwaring has a hidden talent.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = [[The King was in his Counting House]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|06|23}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|17}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| ShortSummary = To boost morale, Mainwaring holds a party in his home. A bomb hits the bank during the party; thousands of pounds must be counted and guarded by the party guests, then taken to the Eastgate branch by horse and cart. Pike scares the horse and it bolts with Mainwaring on board
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = [[All is Safely Gathered In]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|03}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|24}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| ShortSummary = Private Godfrey requests leave to help his widowed friend Mrs Prentice gather the harvest and Mainwaring, citing the harvest as vital to the war effort, offers the assistance of the platoon. Hodges wants to turn over a new leaf and comes to help as well. Jones loses his pants in the threshing machine and the platoon get drunk on Mrs Prentice's homemade wine, after which they fight with an equally drunk Hodges during the vicar's harvest blessing.
| LineColor = #00AE3A}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = [[When Did You Last See Your Money?]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|10}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|12|01}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| ShortSummary = When Jones arrives at the bank to deposit £500 from local shopkeepers for the servicemen's canteen, he realises his packet contains half a pound of sausages instead of the money.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = [[Brain Versus Brawn]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|17}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|12|08}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=241}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is challenged to plant a dummy bomb in the [[Officer commanding|officer commanding's]] office. They disguise themselves as firemen travelling in an old fire engine, but Hodges spots a real fire. Wilson and Walker then reveal their contingency plan.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = [[A Brush with the Law]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|11|26}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|12|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring is charged with showing a light and taken to court by a gleeful Hodges. When Mr Yeatman tries to tell Hodges he's responsible, he is blackmailed into remaining silent. Walker then blackmails the judge, Captain Square, into freeing Mainwaring due to Walker observing the light being switched on at the time he brought Square some illegal whiskey. Then Mr Yeatman admits in court he had switched on the light.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = [[Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|12|01}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|12|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| ShortSummary = ''Operation Catherine Wheel'' is the testing of the War Office's new, radio-controlled [[Panjandrum|explosive wheel]]. The platoon is chosen for fatigues, but Pike and Walker sneak off to listen to the radio, with the radio waves unknowingly pushing the wheel out of control. (This episode appears to be loosely based on the [[Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development]] project [[The Great Panjandrum]].)
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 53
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = [[Time On My Hands (Dad's Army)|Time On My Hands]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|12|08}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|12|29}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| ShortSummary = An enemy pilot has bailed out and is trapped on the town hall clock. The platoon climbs up the precarious ladder to reach him, but getting down becomes more difficult when Jones breaks the ladder. After bringing the terrified German pilot to safety, the vicar comes to the platoon's rescue.
| LineColor = #00AE3A
}}
}}

===Series 6 (1973)===
{{Episode table |background=#FF5FF0 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=46 |aux2=22 |aux2T=Recorded date |airdate=22 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[The Deadly Attachment]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|06|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|10|31}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is ordered to guard the crew of a sunken [[U-boat]] until the escort arrives. The escort is delayed, though, and the platoon must guard the crew all night.
| LineColor = #FF5FF0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 55
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[My British Buddy]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|06|08}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|11|07}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=242}}
| ShortSummary = A group of American soldiers arrives at Walmington-on-Sea, but their presence is unappreciated when they begin flirting with the platoon's girlfriends.
| LineColor = #FF5FF0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[The Royal Train]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|06|29}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|11|14}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon will provide a guard of honour for [[George VI]] as he passes through Walmington-on-Sea. A mix-up stops another train in the station, though, blocking the King's route.
| LineColor = #FF5FF0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 57
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[We Know Our Onions]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|06|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|11|21}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon takes an efficiency test that will promote the platoon to twelve stars if successful. The Warden and Verger try and steal their onions from the platoon.
| LineColor = #FF5FF0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[The Honourable Man]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|07|08}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|11|28}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| ShortSummary = Wilson inherits a title and consequently receives an invitation to become a member of the golf club that Mainwaring has been trying to join for years.
| LineColor = #FF5FF0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[Things That Go Bump in the Night (Dad's Army)|Things that Go Bump in the Night]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|07|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|12|05}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon runs out of [[Gasoline|petrol]] and spends the night in a deserted{{snd}}and apparently haunted{{snd}}house.

Note: Last regular appearance of [[James Beck]] as Private Joe Walker. Walker only appears in the external scenes as Beck was taken ill shortly before the studio scenes were recorded.
| LineColor = #FF5FF0
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = [[The Recruit (Dad's Army)|The Recruit]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|07|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1973|12|12}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=243}}
| ShortSummary = When Mainwaring takes leave due to an ingrown toenail, Wilson takes charge. He angers the rest of the platoon, though, by allowing the vicar and Mr Yeatman to join.

Note: This is the first episode not to feature [[James Beck]] as Private Joe Walker.
| LineColor = #FF5FF0
}}
}}

===Series 7 (1974)===
{{Episode table |background=#FFFF00 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=46 |aux2=22 |aux2T=Recorded date |airdate=22 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[Everybody's Trucking]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|10|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|11|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is given the job of signposting the area for an Army exercise, but a steam engine is blocking the route. When Jones tries to drive round it, his van becomes stuck, blocking both Hodges in his van and Mr Farthing with his bus of pensioners.

Note: This is the first series not to feature [[James Beck]] as Private Joe Walker since his death last year.
| LineColor = #FFFF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[A Man of Action (Dad's Army)|A Man of Action]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|05|07}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|11|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| ShortSummary = A landmine has destroyed 100 yards (92 m) of railway track, along with the water and gas mains, and the telephone line. Compounding the problem, Pike gets his head stuck between the bars of a gate. Mainwaring declares [[martial law]].
| LineColor = #FFFF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[Gorilla Warfare (Dad's Army)|Gorilla Warfare]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|10|27}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|11|29}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| ShortSummary = On a field exercise acting as [[commando]]s meeting a secret agent (represented by Mainwaring), the platoon must trust no one for GHQ has sent out counter agents to catch them. The appearance of a gorilla compounds their problem.
| LineColor = #FFFF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[The Godiva Affair]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|11|03}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|12|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=244}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon dresses up as [[morris dance]]rs as part of a carnival to raise money for the town's Spitfire fund, which is still £2,000 short. A [[Lady Godiva]] figure will lead the parade but there is confusion over who this will be.
| LineColor = #FFFF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[The Captain's Car]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|11|17}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|12|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| ShortSummary = Lady Maltby donates her [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars|Rolls-Royce]] for use as a staff car. Wilson and Pike are assigned to paint it for camouflage, but instead Jones mistakenly paint the Mayor's Rolls-Royce, just before a French general is due to visit the town.
| LineColor = #FFFF00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[Turkey Dinner]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|12|10}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|12|23}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| ShortSummary = After Jones mistakenly shoots a turkey on patrol and its owner cannot be found, the platoon decides to hold a turkey dinner and treat the town's senior citizens.
| LineColor = #FFFF00
}}
}}

===Series 8 (1975)===
{{Episode table |background=#8700D4 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=46 |aux2=22 |aux2T=Recorded date |airdate=22 |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[Ring Dem Bells]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|07|03}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|09|05}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is chosen to play Germans in a training film. After arriving on the set a week early, they are mistaken for real Germans on the way home.
| LineColor = #8700D4
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[When You've Got to Go]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|06|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|09|12}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| ShortSummary = Despite his bad chest, blocked sinuses, weak ankles and a recently acquired facial [[tic]], Pike passes the medical exam and is set to join the Royal Air Force.
| LineColor = #8700D4
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[Is There Honey Still for Tea?]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|06|26}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|09|19}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=245}}
| ShortSummary = Godfrey's cottage is under threat from the building of a new [[aerodrome]], but Frazer blackmails the minister in charge to save it.
| LineColor = #8700D4
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[Come In, Your Time Is Up]]
| Aux2 = 10 July 1975{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1975|9|26|df=y}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon goes camping and discovers three German airmen in a [[dinghy]] on the reservoir. Pike wants to shoot through the dinghy and sink them, but Mainwaring dismisses this as unfair. Wilson must devise a more civilised strategy.
| LineColor = #8700D4
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[High Finance (Dad's Army)|High Finance]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|05|30}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|10|03}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring stops Jones from cashing any more cheques because his bank balance is in the red. An investigation reveals an increasing train of debtors, leading back through an orphanage, to which Jones has been supplying meat, to Hodges.
| LineColor = #8700D4
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 72
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[The Face on the Poster]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|07|17}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|10|10}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring prepares a poster for a recruitment drive, eager to increase his platoon to a company and so gain promotion to Major. A mix-up at the printer, though, lands the platoon in trouble and Jones, the face of the recruitment drive, in a prisoner of war camp.
| LineColor = #8700D4
}}
}}

===Christmas Specials (1975–1976)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[My Brother and I]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|05|23}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|12|26}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=246}}
| ShortSummary = Mainwaring's drunken brother Barry arrives in Walmington-on-Sea claiming that their father's pocket watch, held by Mainwaring, belongs to him. Mainwaring gives him the pocket watch to assuage him, but Barry gatecrashes Mainwaring's party for local dignitaries.
| LineColor = #C3994D
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 74
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[The Love of Three Oranges (Dad's Army)|The Love of Three Oranges]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1976|10|10}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1976|12|26}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| ShortSummary = To raise money for the ''Comforts for the Troops'' Fund, the vicar organises a bazaar to which each member of the platoon donates something. Hodges, the greengrocer, donates three oranges, rare due to wartime rationing. Mainwaring is determined to buy one of the oranges for his wife.
| LineColor = #C3994D
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = -
| EpisodeNumber2 = -
| Title = [[Cornish Floral Dance (Dad's Army sketch)|Cornish Floral Dance]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|10|16}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1975|10|16}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| ShortSummary = The sketch from 1970 was restaged for the [[Royal Variety Performance]] of 1975.
| LineColor = #C3994D
}}
}}

===Series 9 (1977)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 75
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = [[Wake Up Walmington]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|07|08}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|10|02}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = #35222D
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 76
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = [[The Making of Private Pike]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|07|01}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|10|09}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = #35222D
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 77
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = [[Knights of Madness]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|07|22}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|10|16}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=247}}
| ShortSummary = As part of a [[Wings for Victory Week]], 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.
| LineColor = #35222D
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 78
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = [[The Miser's Hoard]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|06|24}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=248}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|10|23}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=248}}
| ShortSummary = Frazer, distrustful of banks, keeps his savings in the form of gold [[Sovereign (British coin)|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.
| LineColor = #35222D
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 79
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = [[Number Engaged]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|07|15}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=248}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|11|06}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=248}}
| ShortSummary = The platoon is given the job of guarding telephone lines. Mainwaring spots an unexploded bomb caught in the wires.
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 80
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = [[Never Too Old]]
| Aux2 = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|07|29}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=248}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|11|13}}{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=248}}
| ShortSummary = Last ever episode. Jones marries [[List of Dad's Army characters#Mrs Fox|Mrs Fox]] but the party after the service is interrupted when an invasion warning is sounded.

In the end, Wilson and Mainwaring agree that the platoon are to raise their glasses for a toast-raising ceremony to say in unison "To Britain’s Home Guard!"

Notes: Last regular appearances of [[Arthur Lowe]] as Captain George Mainwaring, [[John Le Mesurier]] as Sergeant Arthur Wilson, [[Clive Dunn]] as Lance Corporal Jack Jones, [[John Laurie]] as Private James Frazer, [[Arnold Ridley]] as Private Charles Godfrey and [[Ian Lavender]] as Private Frank Pike. The last ever episode was screened on Remembrance Sunday 1977. This is the final episode, and was broadcast in colour.
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}}
}}

==Sketches and short films==
''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]'', broadcast annually on BBC One on Christmas Day, included sketches from ''Dad's Army'' in four years:
* ''[[Santa on Patrol|Untitled Christmas Short]]'' in 1968
* ''[[Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages]]'' in 1969
* ''[[Cornish Floral Dance (Dad's Army sketch)|Cornish Floral Dance]]'' in 1970
* ''[[Broadcast to the Empire]]'' in 1972.{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=262}}

The 1968 sketch was broadcast in black and white, and the others were broadcast in colour. The 1968 and 1970 sketches are lost from the BBC Archives but they survive in audio. The 1968 sketch ran for nine minutes.<ref name="Sketches">{{cite book|last1=Pertwee|first1=Bill|title=Dad's Army: The Making of a Television Legend
|date=2009|publisher=Conway|location=London|isbn=978-1-84486-105-7|pages=181–182}}</ref> The 1969 sketch ran for twenty minutes, whilst the 1970 and 1972 sketches ran for ten minutes each.

The ''[[Cornish Floral Dance (Dad's Army sketch)|Cornish Floral Dance]]'' was again performed for the [[Royal Variety Performance]] of 1975. This version is extant and can be found online.

In 1974 and 1977, the cast of ''Dad's Army'' appeared in-character for [[public information film]]s commissioned by the [[Central Office of Information]] to instruct viewers how to successfully use [[pelican crossing]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d1c8053|title=Pelican Crossings – Dad's Army (1977)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5517beee78594|title=Pelican Crossings – Dad's Army 2 (1977)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d1c831a|title=Coi: Pelican Crossings – Dad's Army – Hodges' Van (1977)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_AaiNL8H54 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/Z_AaiNL8H54 |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Pelican Crossing (Dad's Army) (1974)|date=8 October 2009|website=Official British Film Institute YouTube Channel.|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book|last=McCann|first=Graham|year=2002|title=Dad's Army: The Story of a Very British Comedy
|publisher=Fourth Estate|location=London|isbn=1-84115-308-7}}
{{Refend}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last1=Perry|first1=Jimmy|last2=Croft|first2=David|last3=Webber|first3=Richard|title=Dad's Army: The Complete Scripts|date=2003|publisher=Orion|location=London|isbn=0-7528-6024-0}}
*{{cite book|last1=Webber|first1=Richard|last2=Perry|first2=Jimmy|last3=Croft|first3=David|title=The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army|date=2000|publisher=Orion|location=London|isbn=0-7528-1838-4}}

==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tlxv ''Dad's Army'' homepage on the BBC website]

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