Favourite Dad's Army Episodes

Mainwaring spots an opportunity to arm his men with exhibits from the local museum. Jones senior, the curator, has other ideas.

After an unenthusiastic physical training session, the platoon use subterfuge on a training exercise and reveal a mystery.

Mainwaring is told by HQ to make a promotion. Would it be wise to promote Frazer?

During the German fire bombing campaign, the platoon has to deal with fires and a suspect enemy agent, all with the usual high jinks.

The platoon buys a canoe, and intends to create a river-based defense system, but get lost and drift into the ocean.

Pike gets caught up in barbed wire - just as his mum is paying the platoon a visit.

Walker and Godfrey become trapped in the gasworks they are guarding. Mainwaring and his men come to the rescue with watery consequences.

The platoon are on an exercise whereby everyone except for Godfrey and Jones ends up in a deserted barn. Jones sees from the map that they have been given the wrong reference and the barn will be blown up in half an hour as part of a live ammunition exercise. They try to phone up but Godfrey cuts the wire by mistake. To add to their plight Jones's van has broken down,so he has to take the colonel's car to reach the barn and warn the platoon in time.

After another of Mainwaring's long, creative 'vital' lectures, Jock is appointed spokesman to complain that the men have had enough of wasting their time. Mainwaring tries a suggestion from the manual: the troublemaker is to have a go at being an officer. 'Captain' James Frazer proves an even worse tyrant, demotes and promotes but impresses the new area commander, fellow Scotsman Major General Menzies. When everyone is back to their real rank, an invitation arrives, meant for Jock, who didn't mention the charade. The invite is to play the pipes with some men in the HQ haggis ceremony.

In 1941 the War office decides to test an experimental invention for delivering explosives. For secrecy the test is done on the coast, using three local Home Guard platoons. Mainwaring's vanity is used to make him volunteer blindly for 'special duties', which turn out to be the dirty work. However the weapon gets away, following Frank's illegal home-made radio, and only the bumbling bunch is in a position to stop it blowing up all Walmington on Sea.

Mainwaring and the platoon must keep their wits primed whilst guarding some captured U-Boat crew.

Mainwaring's men practice Morris dancing for the spitfire fund procession. However, the woman playing Lady Godiva could be the greatest shock.

Whilst Mainwaring has to endure a replacement office door made of paper, Godfrey's cottage will need demolishing to make way for a new airfield. Members in the platoon each help out in ways reflecting their unique characters.