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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Dad's Army]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 7
| episode = 6
| director = David Croft
| story = [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]]
| producer = David Croft
| airdate = 23 December 1974
| length = 30 minutes
| guests =
| prev = [[The Captain's Car]]
| next = [[Ring Dem Bells]]
}}

"'''Turkey Dinner'''" is the sixth episode of the seventh series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Monday, 23 December 1974.<ref>{{Citation|last=Croft|first=David|title=Turkey Dinner|date=1974-12-23|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0552340/|type=Comedy, War|others=Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie|publisher=BBC|access-date=2020-08-31}}</ref>

==Plot==
Mr. Blewitt has finished painting a wooden plague on Mainwaring's office door, and Mainwaring has finished writing a speech for an upcoming [[Rotary International|rotary]] dinner. Mainwaring tells Wilson that before a battle, their commander told them a joke. However, when Mainwaring attempts to cheer up his unusually quiet platoon with a joke about an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman, it does not work. Jones asks Mainwaring if he and his section can speak to him in private. Once in the office, Jones admits that he took his section for a quick drink in the Horse and Groom. Mainwaring is less than impressed, so is annoyed when he hears that they also stopped in the King's Head to stop Cheeseman shivering, and then the Goat and Compasses.

Mainwaring is then amused to learn that Godfrey had begun to sing rather raucously, so he was taken into the Red Lion to sober up. The landlord had come up to Jones and had told him about something rustling in the [[haystack]]. Jones shot at the rustler, and was shocked to learn that it was a [[Turkey|turkey]] - which is now plucked and stuffed in his [[refrigerator]]! Mainwaring is shocked, and insists that they pay Mr Boggis, a farmer at the North Berrington Turkey Farm, the only place where the turkey could have come from, for the loss of his turkey. However, Mr Boggis is not there.

Eventually they discover Mr Boggis is at market day; however the farm worker is unwilling to accept money for the bird unless he is certain that one is missing. They attempt to count the birds, and discover after much chaos that no birds are missing. Therefore, Jones' section decides to hold a turkey dinner for the [[Pensioner|OAPs]] of [[Walmington-on-Sea]]. Mainwaring is delighted and decides to organise a Turkey Dinner General Purposes Committee, with himself as [[chairman]], of course. Mrs Fox will cook the turkey, Mrs Pike will make the stuffing, and Mrs Cheeseman will do the gravy.

Everything goes well, until Mainwaring emerges from the office in his [[dinner suit]]: he is guest speaker at a Rotary Club dinner. Pike whirls around with a plate in his hand, and accidentally spills gravy all over Mainwaring's suit. Jones uses blotting paper to get rid of the gravy, but ends up making a mess of Mainwaring's shirt, which he covers up with white enamel paint, which ends up on Mainwaring's dinner jacket.

A [[Sling (medicine)|sling]] is the only answer to the problems, as it will not only hide the paint, but it will also make Mr Mainwaring appear more brave at the dinner. However, Hodges comes bursting through the door, bumping into Pike, and knocking gravy onto his sling once again.

==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]]
*[[Arnold Ridley]] as [[Private Godfrey]]
*[[Ian Lavender]] as [[Private Pike]]
*[[Bill Pertwee]] as [[Chief ARP Warden Hodges|ARP Warden Hodges]]
*[[Talfryn Thomas]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Other platoon members|Private Cheeseman]]
*[[Edward Sinclair]] as [[Maurice Yeatman|The Verger]]
*[[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]] as [[Reverend Timothy Farthing|The Vicar]]
*[[Harold Bennett]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Recurring characters|Mr Blewett]]
*[[Pamela Cundell]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Recurring characters|Mrs Fox]]
*[[Janet Davies (actress)|Janet Davies]] as [[Mavis Pike|Mrs Pike]]
*[[Olive Mercer]] as [[List of characters in Dad's Army#Recurring characters|Mrs Yeatman]]
*Dave Butler as Farmhand
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
#Although not a special, it was the Christmas episode, and was originally planned for transmission on 6 December 1974.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Dad's Army}}

[[Category:Dad's Army (series 7) episodes]]
[[Category:1974 British television episodes]]

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