DADS ARMY, THE VERY BEST EPISODES: VOLUME 1 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Jimmy Perry,David Croft,Arnold Ridley,Arthur Lowe,Clive Dunn,Ian Lavender,Jimmy Beck,John Laurie,John Le Mesurier | 2 pages | 09 Jan 2006 | BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House | 9780563504184 | English | London, United Kingdom The Film Interpreter: Top 15 Dad's Army Episodes Then the celebratory tea party is interrupted by a plane flying over, blowing everything away. This was a very complex episode that delves into one of the shows most warmest, kindest, most whole hearted characters. We see how this frail individual has affected almost every single other character on the show, and how much he means to them. We Know Our Onions. The platoon are sent on a Home Guard proficiency test for the weekend. The platoon fail miserably the first two tests, though they are given half a star for persistence on the second test, having kept Captain Ramsay the man in charge of the tests up half the night. To get round this they buy some onions off Hodges and fire those instead. This impresses Ramsay so much he awards them the maximum twelve stars outright. Whilst the platoon are defeated horribly by the electrified fence; the aim was to spend fifteen minutes to discuss then half an hour to get over the fence — the platoon spend all day and are eventually stopped by Ramsay at midnight — they do show that, when the chips are down, they can get out of the toughest situations and show some great intuition. And, of course, being played by the legend that is Fulton Mackay is fantastic, a great casting choice. Godfrey has shockingly handed in his resignation to the Home Guard. Not wanting to lose the tea maker, Mainwaring asks why. Godfrey says he was unable to kill a mouse, so how could he kill a enemy soldier, and Mainwaring is furious when he finds that Godfrey was a conscientious objector in the previous war. How is that possible? However, during a fire training exercise, Godfrey goes back into the smoke filled hut in order to find Mainwaring, who has collapsed from smoke inhalation. Saving Mainwaring causes Godfrey to be taken ill, and causes the entire platoon to visit him, overcoming their distrust of him after he risked his life to save the Captain. The episode was absolutely fantastic, it shows how the platoon overcomes their views on conscientious objectors, and, as Godfrey shows, heroes come in all forms of life. Battle of the Giants! So at the church parade he is humiliated as being the only person there without medals. The first Christmas special did not disappoint. Action, laughs, Hodges getting soaked multiple times, it has it all! The ending was cleverly done too, with Walker ensuring that the Walmington-on-Sea platoon would win, especially since winning it fairly cruelly slipped from their grasp with Jones fell with a bout of malaria. It certainly showed why the Walmington-on-Sea platoon is, not only our favourite, but the best. The Royal Train. Whilst the platoon are extremely pleased with the news, it is ruined when Hodges, Reverend Farthing, Mr. Yeatman, the Mayor and the station master all show they also know! Things take a turn for the worse when another train stops at the station, with the operators getting off to make a phone call about a broken brake. Unfortunately they mistake sleeping pills that Mainwaring bought for his wife for a substitute for sugar, and fall asleep! Mainwaring takes charge and gets Pike to move the train as he knows how from films , without realising that the train cannot stop! What follows is Hodges, Farthing, Yeatman and the Mayor trying to catch up with a runaway train whilst Maiwnaring and Jones make their way across the top of the carriages, so that Hodges can throw them the brake. Then, when Mainwaring and Jones are making that way back, Wilson suggests activating the reverse lever to try and slow the train down. This works So you can tell this episode is hilarious already. The designs, the sizes, the power, the engineering, I am absolutely fascinated by them. Nowadays you get those boring electric trains that look like boxes on wheels. Tense, hilarious, awesome. Never Too Old. Jones is getting married! Oh yes! This was the final episode ever created. This was done to great effect with the transition from the wedding to the invasion alert. From the happiness and joy of Jones and Mrs Fox tying the knot, to the feeling of anxiety, of fear. And that the Home Guard was our only defence. The rest of the main cast then join Pike and Jones to toast his health and marriage, only for Hodges to turn up and tell them the invasion alert was a false alarm. He would then go on to say that the Nazis would march through them. Whilst this does gives us the harsh reality that Hodges was very likely to be correct in that aspect, it also gives us the means to respect the real Home Guard. They were prepared to lay down their lives to protect every inch of England and, as Frazer and Mainwaring put it, the whole of Britain. And for that I salute and honour them. Enter Fiona Gray, a woman who Mainwaring becomes entirely smitten by, even repeating the chat-up lines that he told Wilson off for, without realising until he said it. Mainwaring and Gray spend a lot of time together, which causes gossip amongst the platoon since Mainwaring is married to a character who is never seen or heard, but is easily the most dominant character in the entire creation. Even Wilson tries to confront Mainwaring over it. But after learning that Gray is leaving for London, he rushes off to the train station to try and get her to change her mind. She, regretfully, leaves. Arthur Lowe and Carmen Silvera as Mainwaring and Gray respectively have great chemistry on screen, and we get to see a whole new side to Mainwaring, which is great as we get to delve deeper into his character. Mainwaring loves Gray so much he was prepared to give everything up for her; his wife, the bank, the platoon, everything which he has stated in numerous episodes that he had worked so hard for. The Deadly Attachment. Oh how much do I love this episode? The crew take him hostage and force Mainwaring to take them to the dock so they could get a boat to cross the channel. This episode was brilliant, mainly due to the interactions between the Home Guard and the German U-Boar crew, from Walker getting their orders for the fish and chips shop, to Mainwaring and the U-Boat Captain having a go at each other. Pike — Whistle while you work! When Pike loses the food and the boat, morale begins to fall. The situation worsens when they spot a drifting sea mine. When Private Godfrey admits to having been a conscientious objector during the Great War , he is branded a coward, sent home in disgrace and thereafter ostracised by the platoon. When he saves Mainwaring's life, though, and it emerges that he holds the Military Medal for bravery under fire as a medical orderly , he is forgiven and reinstated. Mainwaring uses Walker's new tracking dog to locate a discarded parachute. After finding dozens of ladies' undergarments made from the parachute's silk, an enemy airman is finally cornered. 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 requisitions a boat and sets off to guard the local river. After getting lost in what they think is the English Channel , they believe themselves to be stranded behind enemy lines. Mainwaring thinks a mascot will help their chances. The platoon takes part in an exercise with Captain Square's men. Square's men will defend a windmill and the platoon must plant a dummy bomb inside. The platoon devises a plan which involves putting Jones in a fake tree trunk and pushing him up the river. Pike is caught in barbed wire in the middle of a mine field on the beach. The army engineers are slow to arrive so the platoon takes action to save him. The platoon is sent to guard a camp full of Italian prisoners of war , but Walker's attitude toward them makes Mainwaring wonder if he is a fifth columnist. In Mainwaring's absence, the platoon foregoes parade to compete in a darts match against the ARP wardens. Upon his return, Mainwaring orders Wilson to bring them back. With two pints for the winners, though, the platoon refuses to leave. 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. A new platoon member who served with Jones during the Mahdist War accuses him of cowardice. Mainwaring allows women into his platoon but rumours begin to circulate that he has become personally involved with one of the new members. While Mainwaring is happy to play fairly, Hodges recruits Ernie Egan, a professional cricketeer. Mainwaring is shocked to discover that Wilson has been both made manager of the Eastgate branch of the bank and commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant of the Eastgate platoon. Mainwaring is left with Pike as his chief clerk and Jones as his sergeant. After the ARP headquarters is bombed, the platoon is forced to share the church hall with the wardens.