Series 3 (1969)
From this point on, all episodes were in colour
| No | Title | Recorded | First broadcast | Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 013 | The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones | 25 May 1969 | 11 September 1969 | Jones donates his butcher's van to the platoon as a troop transport. Walker wants to use it for his black market activities, but when the platoon is encouraged by GHQ to work more closely with the ARP, Warden Hodges puts a spoke in the plan by deciding the vehicle will be used for an air-raid practice exercise. |
| 014 | Battle School | 1 June 1969 | 18 September 1969 | The platoon is selected to attend a weekend camp. After arriving 'nearby' by train, they get lost and arrive late and hungry, oversleep and miss breakfast, and are instructed to capture an 'enemy base'. The discovery of a secret tunnel makes this somewhat easier. |
| 015 | The Lion Has Phones | 8 June 1969 | 25 September 1969 | Mainwaring decides to use the public telephone system as a means of emergency communication, and sets out to familiarise his men with its intricacies. The exercise is put to good use when a German plane crashes in the town's reservoir, leading Jones and Hodges to frantically try to phone GHQ. Walker solves the crisis by flooding the reservoir, forcing the crew to surrender. |
| 016 | The Bullet is Not for Firing | 22 June 1969 | 2 October 1969 | When the platoon's entire supply of ammunition is used up in engaging a low-flying German plane, Mainwaring sets up a court of inquiry to determine who should be held responsible; but the inquiry becomes farcical when the platoon attempt to re-enact the event. |
| 017 | Something Nasty in the Vault | 15 June 1969 | 9 October 1969 | Swallows Bank takes a direct hit during an air-raid, but the bomb fails to explode, leaving Mainwaring and Wilson stuck in the vault with it. When the Bomb Disposal officer retreats to collect the right tools, the platoon must take matters into their own hands. |
| 018 | Room at the Bottom | 29 June 1969 | 16 October 1969 | It's determined by GHQ that Captain Mainwaring has never held a commission, and he is demoted to Private. Sergeant Wilson takes temporary charge as Mainwaring attempts to regain his command. (Although made in colour, this episode survived only as a 16mm black & white film recording. A new technology, developed by the BBC, allowed the hidden colour signal which had accidentally been preserved in the monochrome film print to be used to restore the episode to colour. The restored version was broadcast on BBC 2 on 13 December 2008) |
| 019 | Big Guns | 6 July 1969 | 23 October 1969 | The platoon is given a heavy naval artillery piece – but the town's bandstand, a rare example of Victorian ironwork, is obstructing the field of fire. The Town Council insist it must be preserved, but Mainwaring reasons that a demonstration of the gun's capabilities will win over the doubters. |
| 020 | The Day the Balloon Went Up | 23 October 1969 | 30 October 1969 | A runaway barrage balloon has to be brought back to earth, and the platoon is called to action. One mistake leads to another, and Captain Mainwaring finds himself on an aerial tour of the English countryside. |
| 021 | War Dance | 30 October 1969 | 6 November 1969 | Mainwaring announces that a dance will be held to raise morale, but is less than pleased when Pike announces that his date for the evening will be the daughter of his cleaning woman. The Captain's concern about Pike's infatuation with this 'common' young woman is as nothing beside the reaction of Frank's mother when she finds out. |
| 022 | Menace from the Deep | 7 November 1969 | 13 November 1969 | The platoon are placed on guard duty, manning a machine gun post at the end of the pier. After Pike loses the food and the boat, morale begins to fall. The spotting of a drifting sea mine fails to improve morale. |
| 023 | Branded | 14 November 1969 | 20 November 1969 | When Private Godfrey admits to having been a conscientious objector during the Great War, he is branded a coward and sent home in disgrace, and is thereafter ostracised by the platoon. When, however, he saves Mainwaring's life, and it emerges that he holds the Military Medal for bravery under fire as a medical orderly, he is forgiven and reinstated. |
| 024 | Man Hunt | 21 November 1969 | 27 November 1969 | Mainwaring decides to use Walker's new tracking dog to discover the source of a discarded parachute. An enemy airman is finally cornered – but only after the platoon have searched for several dozen pairs of ladies' undergarments, made from the parachute's silk. |
| 025 | No Spring for Frazer | 28 November 1969 | 4 December 1969 | Frazer, a coffin maker, loses the spring of the Lewis gun. Frazer believes it has been lost in a recently made coffin, shortly to be buried. The platoon declare a bomb scare and evacuate the graveyard, but fail to find the spring – until Frazer finds it in his pocket. |
| 026 | Sons of the Sea | 5 December 1969 | 11 December 1969 | Mainwaring believes that the platoon could play havoc with the Nazis in a recently requisitioned boat, and the platoon set off to guard the local River. After getting lost in the what they believe to be the English Channel, the platoon believe they are behind enemy lines, stow away on a train, and disable their weapons – until they discover they are in Eastbourne. |
- Produced and Directed by David Croft (Except 3 and 11)
- Produced by David Croft, Directed by Harold Snoad (Episodes 3 and 11)
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