Elizabeth Mainwaring ( unseen character), Mainwaring's reclusive, paranoid and domineering wife who is never seen onscreen. (In the episode " A Soldier's Farewell" her "shape" is seen sleeping in the bunk above the captain while in their Anderson Shelter.) Her marriage with Mainwaring is not a happy one and Mainwaring does his best to avoid her at any opportunity. They have no children. 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. Lowe, Le Mesurier, Dunn, Lavender and Pertwee, and Jones's van, appeared in character at the finish of the 1974 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. The platoon is challenged to a test by the Eastgate platoon, with Hodges, the vicar and the verger as judges. They seem unlikely to win and their chances worsen when Jones has a bout of malaria.

a b c d Webber, Richard (1997). Dad's Army: A Celebration. London: Virgin Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7535-0307-2. Schilder, Niles. "fanfiction". www.dadsarmy.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021 . Retrieved 22 February 2021.Pelican Crossings – Dad's Army (1977)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016 . Retrieved 12 July 2016. Note: The platoon have ceased using the original " Denim overalls, 1939 pattern" uniforms that they had worn since " The Showing Up of Corporal Jones", and are now wearing Battledress uniforms made of wool serge. This includes the first use of the "CP1" formation badge on the tunic arm. Jimmy Perry recalls that before writing the sitcom, the Home Guard was a largely forgotten aspect of Britain's defence in the Second World War, something which the series rectified. [31] :12 In a 1972 Radio Times interview, Arthur Lowe expressed surprise at the programme's success: The characters of Dad's Army and their catchphrases are well known in the UK due to the popularity of the series when originally shown and the frequency of repeats. Televiewpoint". Daily Mirror. 1 February 1969. p.11 . Retrieved 7 November 2022– via British Newspaper Archive. 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.

Lady Maltby donates her 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. The platoon joins the Spitfire Week parade, but has to compete with the Sea Scouts and the ARP wardens for pole position. Mainwaring thinks a mascot will help their chances.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. 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. 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. Juergen Kamm; Birgit Neumann; Ken McGregor; Frank Klepner (2016). British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies. Springer. p.40. ISBN 978-1137552952. Note: 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.