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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Mainwaring now has his own [[w:staff car|staff car]]. Pike, still heady from his raspberryade binge, borrows it to drive his new girlfriend to the cinema in Eastgate. Pike's naive and immature nature ruins the date. On the way back, however, and nine miles from Walmington, it runs out of petrol. It takes Pike all night to push it back. It becomes appropriate for Wilson to have a serious word with the boy.
Mainwaring now has his own [[staff car]]. Pike, still heady from his raspberryade binge, borrows it to drive his new girlfriend to the cinema in Eastgate. Pike's naive and immature nature ruins the date. On the way back, however, and nine miles from Walmington, it runs out of petrol. It takes Pike all night to push it back. It becomes appropriate for Wilson to have a serious word with the boy.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]] as [[List of Dad's Army characters#The Reverend Timothy Farthing MA .28Oxon.29|Reverend Timothy Farthing]]
*[[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]] as [[List of Dad's Army characters#The Reverend Timothy Farthing MA .28Oxon.29|Reverend Timothy Farthing]]
*[[Edward Sinclair]] as [[Maurice Yeatman|The Verger]]
*[[Edward Sinclair]] as [[Maurice Yeatman|The Verger]]
*[[w:Jean Gilpin|Jean Gilpin]] as Sylvia
*[[Jean Gilpin]] as Sylvia


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"The Making of Private Pike"
Dad's Army episode
Episode no.Series 9
Episode 2
Directed byBob Spiers
Story byJimmy Perry and David Croft
Original air date9 October 1977
Running time30 minutes
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"The Making of Private Pike" is the second episode of the ninth and final series of the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on 9 October 1977.

Synopsis

Mainwaring now has his own staff car. Pike, still heady from his raspberryade binge, borrows it to drive his new girlfriend to the cinema in Eastgate. Pike's naive and immature nature ruins the date. On the way back, however, and nine miles from Walmington, it runs out of petrol. It takes Pike all night to push it back. It becomes appropriate for Wilson to have a serious word with the boy.

Cast

The Austin 8 used during filming is now at Bressingham Steam and Gardens