Series 8 (1975)
| No | Title | Recorded | First broadcast | Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 067 | Ring Dem Bells | 3 July 1975 | 5 September 1975 | Mainwaring is displeased when he finds out his platoon has been chosen to play Nazis in a training film, and even less so when he finds out Pike and Sgt. Wilson are to play the German officers. When they arrive at the set, they are told filming will not start for another week – on the way back, they are mistaken for real Nazis when they stop at a pub – and then again when they reach Walmington. |
| 068 | When You've Got to Go | 6 June 1975 | 12 September 1975 | Despite his bad chest, blocked sinuses, weak ankles, and a recently acquired facial tic, Pike is passed A1 on medical and is set to join the Army. Before this happens, Mainwaring must compete with Hodges in a blood donor drive – and it is discovered that since Pike has a rare blood type, he is no longer suitable for call up. |
| 069 | Is There Honey Still for Tea? | 26 June 1975 | 19 September 1975 | Godfrey's cottage is under threat from the building of a new aerodrome – but Frazer knows the past of the Minister in charge – his expulsion of school and sacking from a weekend job after theft. |
| 070 | Come in, Your Time is Up | 10 July 1975 | 26 September 1975 | The platoon go camping and discover three Nazis in a dinghy, aircrew who bailed out when their plane was shot down. Pike wants to shoot through the dinghy and sink them, but Mainwaring dismisses this as not "playing with a straight bat." Wilson comes up with a more civilised strategy. |
| 071 | High Finance | 30 May 1975 | 3 October 1975 | Mainwaring stops Jones from cashing any more cheques because his bank balance is in the red – but an investigation reveals an increasing train of debtors, traced back to Hodges, through an orphanage Jones has been supplying with meat. |
| 072 | The Face on the Poster | 17 July 1975 | 10 October 1975 | Mainwaring prepares a poster for a recruitment drive, eager to increase his platoon to a company and gain promotion to Major – but a print shop mix-up lands the platoon in trouble, and Jones, the face of the recruitment drive, in a POW camp. |
- Produced and Directed by David Croft
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