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{{For|the 1914 film|Never Too Old (film)}}
{{unreferenced|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Dad's Army]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 9
| episode = 6
| director = David Croft
| story = [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| producer = David Croft
| airdate = 13 November 1977
| length = 35 minutes
| guests =
| prev = [[Number Engaged]]
}}

"'''Never Too Old'''" is the last episode of the ninth and final series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Sunday 13 November 1977, the same day of the [[Remembrance Sunday]] 1977 Commemorations. This episode featured the last regular appearances of [[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).

== Synopsis ==
A wedding between Lance Corporal Jones and Mrs Fox is announced and takes place, but the reception is interrupted as the platoon are put on full invasion alert.

== Plot ==
Mrs Fox stops by the church hall in search of Lance Corporal Jones, but she is met by Private Godfrey who tells her that the rest of the platoon has gone for a march and will not be back for some time. Mrs Fox then tells Godfrey that she was going to call Jones to "put him out of his misery."

When the Platoon arrive back, they notice that Jones is missing. Pike and Fraser then reveal that he failed to turn right on the march and just kept walking straight. Jones then arrives late in a very cheerful mood and asks Mainwaring for a heart to heart, man to man talk. He reveals to Mainwaring and Wilson that he has asked Mrs Fox to marry him, and wants Mainwaring's permission to do so. Mainwaring agrees, and Mrs Fox telephones and tells Jones that she will marry him.

At the wedding ceremony, Mainwaring has agreed to give Mrs Fox away and Wilson has agreed to be best man. The reception follows, and Mainwaring is surprised when Wilson turns up in his old uniform from the last war (having been forced to so by Mrs Pike who has hidden his trousers), revealing he was a captain. Wilson is then surprised when he learns he must toast the Matron-of-Honour, Mrs Pike.

A much needed change of pace is welcome when everyone celebrated the goodness of the wedding, but it is drastically cut short when the Colonel informs Mainwaring of an invasion alert, and thinks it may not be a bluff. Jones and Pike are then sent to keep watch at the pier where Mrs Fox comes to meet them. While Jones and Mrs Fox are discussing their future, Mainwaring and the rest of the platoon arrive with a bottle of champagne to drink to Jones good health. Hodges interrupts them and tells them that the invasion alert was a false alarm and the stand-down had been given half an hour earlier — adding that it's just as well, because Mainwaring and his platoon would be no good against real soldiers. After Hodges leaves, Mainwaring, Wilson, Jones, Fraser, Pike and Godfrey all agree that no-one is getting past them and that there are hundreds of men just like them who are willing to fight for their freedom.

In the end, Wilson suggests that they make a toast to the Home Guard. Mainwaring agrees and the platoon raise their glasses as they turn towards the camera to say in unison: "To Britain's Home Guard".

==Cast==
*[[Arthur Lowe]] as [[Captain Mainwaring]]
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as [[Sergeant Wilson]]
*[[Clive Dunn]] as [[Lance Corporal Jones]]
*[[John Laurie]] as [[Private Frazer]]
*[[Arnold Ridley]] as [[Private Godfrey]]
*[[Ian Lavender]] as [[Private Pike]]
*[[Bill Pertwee]] as [[Chief ARP Warden Hodges|ARP Warden Hodges]]
*[[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]] as [[Reverend Timothy Farthing|The Vicar]]
*[[Edward Sinclair]] as [[Maurice Yeatman|The Verger]]
*[[Pamela Cundell]] as [[Mrs Fox]]
*[[Janet Davies (actress)|Janet Davies]] as [[Mavis Pike|Mrs Pike]]
*[[Colin Bean]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Other platoon members|Private Sponge]]
*[[Joan Cooper]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Recurring characters|Dolly]]
*[[Robert Raglan]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Recurring characters|The Colonel]]

==Notes==
# Edward Sinclair, who had played the Verger since first appearing in "[[The Showing Up of Corporal Jones]]" in series 1, died not long after the recording of this episode, which contributed to the decision to end the series.
# Last regular appearances of [[Arthur Lowe]] as Captain George Mainwaring, Lowe died on 15 April 1982, [[John Le Mesurier]] as Sergeant Arthur Wilson, Le Mesurier died on 15 November 1983, [[Clive Dunn]] as Lance Corporal Jack Jones, Dunn died on 6 November 2012, [[John Laurie]] as Private James Frazer, Laurie died on 23 June 1980, [[Arnold Ridley]] as Private Charles Godfrey, Ridley died on 12 March 1984 and [[Ian Lavender]] as Private Frank Pike. Lavender remains the last surviving cast member of Dad’s Army.
# The last ever episode of Dad’s Army was screened on Remembrance Sunday 1977.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Dad's Army}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2020}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Never Too Old}}
[[Category:Dad's Army (series 9) episodes]]
[[Category:1977 British television episodes]]
[[Category:British television series finales]]

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