The platoon defends headquarters in an exercise against members of the Highland Regiment; an invasion alert throws Mainwaring's would-be heroes into a panic; and Sgt Wilson struggles to concentrate on his Home Guard duties when he has a personal problem to contend with.
By this stage the cast had their characters down pat: Mainwaring is flummoxed by the 24-hour clock, Jones is a step behind the rest of the platoon, thunder-browed Frazer curses the entire world, and so on.
After some creaky-limbed physical training in the yard, during which Mrs Pike complains that her Frank shouldn’t be standing around in a vest, a crashing bore from GHQ drops by with a military challenge for the men. And for some reason that’s hard to justify, Frazer and Walker end up in a pantomime cow costume among a real herd. It’s a great example of when very silly becomes very funny. As Jimmy Perry pointed out in an RT feature this week, “Some of the things that enterprising Home Guard units got up to were so unorthodox that they make wonderful comedy material.”
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Capt Mainwaring | Arthur Lowe |
| Sgt Wilson | John Le Mesurier |
| L Cpl Jones | Clive Dunn |
| Pte Frazer | John Laurie |
| Pte Walker | James Beck |
| Pte Godfrey | Arnold Ridley |
| Pte Pike | Ian Lavender |
| Mrs Pike | Janet Davies |
| Small boy | Colin Daniels |
| Capt Ogilvie | James Copeland |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Producer | David Croft |
| Writer | David Croft |
| Writer | Jimmy Perry |
Operation Kilt
By this stage the cast had their characters down pat: Mainwaring is flummoxed by the 24-hour clock, Jones is a step behind the rest of the platoon, thunder-browed Frazer curses the entire world, and so on.
After some creaky-limbed physical training in the yard, during which Mrs Pike complains that her Frank shouldn’t be standing around in a vest, a crashing bore from GHQ drops by with a military challenge for the men. And for some reason that’s hard to justify, Frazer and Walker end up in a pantomime cow costume among a real herd. It’s a great example of when very silly becomes very funny. As Jimmy Perry pointed out in an RT feature this week, “Some of the things that enterprising Home Guard units got up to were so unorthodox that they make wonderful comedy material.”
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Capt Mainwaring | Arthur Lowe |
| Sgt Wilson | John Le Mesurier |
| L Cpl Jones | Clive Dunn |
| Pte Frazer | John Laurie |
| Pte Walker | James Beck |
| Pte Godfrey | Arnold Ridley |
| Pte Pike | Ian Lavender |
| Mrs Pike | Janet Davies |
| Small boy | Colin Daniels |
| Capt Ogilvie | James Copeland |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Producer | David Croft |
| Writer | David Croft |
| Writer | Jimmy Perry |
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
