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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Dad's Army]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 5
| director = [[Harold Snoad]]
| story = [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| producer = David Croft
| airdate = {{Start date|1969|03|29|df=y}}
| length = 30 minutes
| guests =
| prev = [[Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret]]
| next = [[Under Fire (Dad's Army)|Under Fire]]
}}

"'''A Stripe for Frazer'''" is a missing episode of the British television comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 29 March 1969. Of the three [[Dad's Army missing episodes|missing ''Dad's Army'' episodes]] (all from the second series) it is the only one to have been reconstructed using animation.

==Synopsis==
Frazer is promoted to Lance Corporal, and battles with Jones for further promotion.

==Plot==
When Captain Bailey informs Mainwaring that he can make up another lance corporal, Frazer is chosen. Jones and Frazer both try desperately to impress Mainwaring into making them a corporal, and Frazer issues many charge sheets. The episode ends with Frazer breaking into Mainwaring's office with a boat-hook.

==Cast==
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*[[Arthur Lowe]] as [[Captain Mainwaring]]
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as [[Sergeant Wilson]]
*[[Clive Dunn]] as [[Lance Corporal Jones]]
*[[John Laurie]] as [[Private Frazer]]
*[[James Beck]] as [[Private Walker]]
*[[Arnold Ridley]] as [[Private Godfrey]]
*[[Ian Lavender]] as [[Private Pike]]
*[[Geoffrey Lumsden]] as Corporal-Colonel Square
*[[John Ringham]] as Captain Bailey
*[[Gordon Peters]] as Police Officer
*[[Edward Sinclair]] as Caretaker
{{div col end}}

==Status==
[[File:A Stripe for Frazer - animated.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from animated episode]]
This episode is one of three [[Dad's Army missing episodes|missing ''Dad's Army'' episodes]] after the tapes were [[Wiping|wiped]] by the BBC for reuse. The other two are "[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker]]" and "[[Under Fire (Dad's Army)|Under Fire]]".

===Animation===
In November 2008 the soundtrack of this episode was returned to the BBC and, in 2016, the BBC released an animated version of the episode via its [[BBC Store]] online service. This version of the episode used the original 1969 audio with new hand-drawn animation synchronised to the soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-07/lost-dads-army-episode-to-be-released-as-an-animation|title='Lost' Dad's Army episode to be released as an animation|work=Radio Times|date=2016-01-07|access-date=2016-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|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|work=Radio Times|date=2016-02-04|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>

===Remake===
[[UKTV Gold]] commissioned recreations of all three missing episodes. The remake of this episode was first broadcast on 26 August 2019. The new cast are:
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*[[Kevin McNally]] as Captain Mainwaring
*[[Robert Bathurst]] as Sergeant Wilson
*[[Kevin Eldon]] as Lance Corporal Jones
*[[David Hayman]] as Private Frazer
*[[Mathew Horne]] as Private Walker
*[[Timothy West]] as Private Godfrey
*[[Tom Rosenthal (actor)|Tom Rosenthal]] as Private Pike
*[[David Horovitch]] as Corporal-Colonel Square
*[[William Andrews (comedian)|William Andrews]] as Captain Bailey
*John Biggins as the Verger
*Jack Barry as the policeman
{{div col end}}

==Broadcast==
The second 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|access-date=4 March 2020|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}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Consequently, 'A Stripe for Frazer' was originally planned for transmission on 27 January 1969, but was delayed until 29 March 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/180f7ec8895a4b55a8dcdc2435ce6367|title=Dad's Army: Episode 5: A Stripe for Frazer|date=27 March 1969|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=3 March 2020|url-status=live|issue=2368|pages=5|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref> It was repeated on 5 September 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1c08d15339c44f36aaf9607de03d8297|title=Dad's Army: A Stripe for Frazer|date=28 August 1969|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=3 March 2020|url-status=live|issue=2390|pages=51|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>

==Radio episode==
The radio version of this episode was adapted by [[Michael Knowles (actor)|Michael Knowles]] and [[Harold Snoad]] and was first broadcast on 18 March 1974.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/36302fdbe6ef42bdb6068f4582338b61|title=Dad's Army|date=14 March 1974|work=Radio Times|access-date=4 March 2020|url-status=live|issue=2627|pages=33|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army|last1=Croft|first1=David|last2=Perry|first2=Jimmy|last3=Webber|first3=Richard|year=2000|publisher=Orion|isbn= 0-7528-4637-X}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb episode|0552272|Original episode}}
*{{IMDb episode|5420292|Animated episode}}
*{{IMDb episode|10183948|Recreated episode}}

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