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• Don't Fence Me In Mainwaring's men are sent to guard the local POW camp full of Italian soldiers. Walker can't resist pulling one of his scams and has them assembling radio parts on the night shift.
• Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel The platoon is chosen for special duties during the testing of a secret weapon - a huge rolling catherine wheel packed with explosives. But Walker and Pike decide to listen to the wireless on the sly.
• Brain Versus Brawn The members of the platoon disguise themselves as firemen during an exercise, but then they are called upon to tackle a real blaze.
• Put That Light Out Captain Mainwaring sets up an observation post in the lighthouse, thus providing ample opportunity for disaster, especially with Jones in charge and an impending air raid.
• The King Was in His Counting House When a bomb falls on the vault of Captain Mainwaring's bank, he insists that the platoon counts the money and guards it.
• Asleep in the Deep The pumping station, with Godfrey and Walker inside, is hit during an air raid. The platoon goes to their rescue, but a ruptured pipe puts them up to their necks in water.
• The Test The Chief Warden challenges Captain Mainwaring to a game of cricket. Captain Mainwaring of course appoints himself team captain - but who is the class act playing for the wardens?
• Mum's Army Captain Mainwaring encourages the women of Walmington-on-Sea to join the platoon - but he doesn't count on becoming smitten with one of them - causing tongues to wag.
• Keep Young and Beautiful The platoon want to look as young as possible in case they are drafted into the Air Raid Patrol. Captain Mainwaring wears a wig and Wilson a corset, but Jonesy, Frazer and Godfrey have to take more drastic measures.
• A Soldier's Farewell A visit to the cinema and a toasted cheese supper make Captain Mainwaring dream that he is Napoleon.
• Sergeant: Save My Boy! Pike gets caught up in barbed wire in a minefield on the beach with the tide coming in. Another problem is, the stupid boy can't swim.
• Getting the Bird Walker arranges for Jones to get some illicit pigeons - but did they come from Trafalgar Square?
• Uninvited Guests When the wardens' HQ is bombed, they have to share the church hall with their arch enemies - the Home Guard! Naturally, Captain Mainwaring is in full bolshy mode.
• The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones Mainwaring's platoon is sitting in a barn which is the target for some 25-pounders, but only Jones knows of the dangers.
• If the Cap Fits Captain Mainwaring lets Frazer take over for a couple of days in a bid to end his grumbling. Naturally power goes to his head - but somehow, Mainwaring is forced to have to play the bagpipes.
• A Wilson (Manager) Is it time for Wilson to step out of Captain Mainwaring's shadow? He is to be appointed manager of the Eastgate branch of the bank and made a lieutenant in the Eastgate Home Guard to fill the vacancy left by the outgoing manager.
• All Is Safely Gathered In Captain Mainwaring and the platoon help a widowed lady friend of Private Godfrey to gather in the harvest - then proceed to over do the potato wine.
• The Two-And-A-Half Feathers An old comrade-in-arms dredges up the past and brings the glorious history of Corporal Jones under question branding him a coward. Jones decides he has to set the record straight.
• When Did You Last See Your Money? When Corporal Jones deposits a parcel of money that has been raised to provide a new canteen for the servicemen, it turns out to be a pound of sausages. The rest of the platoon do everything in their power to jog his memory as to where the cash is.
• Don't Forget the Diver The platoon have to plant a bomb in a windmill occupied by another platoon. They try an array of disguises to reach the windmill undetected. Jones though, manages to get caught up and carried aloft by the sails - don't panic.
• Boots, Boots, Boots The men are instructed in the three Fs as Captain Mainwaring becomes obsessed with the healthy state of the platoon's feet.
• The Lion Has Phones An enemy aircraft crash-lands in the local reservoir, severely testing the efficiency of Captain Mainwaring's communication system - or lack of it.
• The Big Parade Captain Mainwaring and the air-raid warden dispute the matter of precedence as the platoon prepare for a parade to mark Spitfire Week. Captain Mainwaring decides that what they need is a mascot.
• Time on My Hands When an enemy pilot bails out of his plane, his parachute becomes entangled in a church steeple.
• A Brush with the Law The chief warden puts Mainwaring in court after a light is left burning in the church hall.
• The Day the Balloon Went Up More mayhem with Mainwaring and his men as the verger gets tied up with disastrous consequences. Can the platoon set him free, and where will they hide the runaway barrage balloon?
• War Dance Mainwaring decides to lift the morale of the troops by giving a platoon dance. When Pike turns up with an ATS girl he intends to wed, emotions begin to run high.
• Menace from the Deep They nearly get blown to kingdom come when muddled map references mean that the men find themselves sitting in a barn which is a live ammunition target for a troop on an exercise.
• The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones The men add an armoured car to their fighting strength - but orders to work more closely with the ARP are potentially far more dangerous.
• Battle School The Walmington-on-Sea platoon joins some manoeuvres involving the use of live ammunition - but an army supposedly marches on its stomach - unfortunately.
• The Bullet Is Not for Firing Captain Mainwaring calls a court of enquiry when the platoon's entire ammunition supply is used up on a passing aircraft during a night exercise. Naturally, his quest for the truth ends in a shambles.
• Something Nasty in the Vault The platoon discovers an unexploded bomb in the vault of Captain Mainwaring's bank. Mainwaring and Wilson both end up holding the bomb for hours as the bomb disposal team flounder around for `special tools'.
• Big Guns The platoon is sent a huge naval gun - but how does it work? What's more, where is it pointing? Captain Mainwaring knows where he wants it - but there's an old bandstand in the way.
• Branded The bravery of the gentle and well-mannered Private Godfrey is called into question.
• Man Hunt More shambolic behaviour from Walmington's Home Guard as Captain Mainwaring and his men enlist the help of a recruit with four feet - a tracker dog provided by Walker. Yet all they track down is a birdwatcher.
• No Spring for Frazer Frazer loses a vital part to a gun he was responsible for - but where is it? Not in someone's coffin, surely?
• Sons of the Sea Captain Mainwaring and the men of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard take to the water when they acquire a platoon boat.
• The Deadly Attachment The squad is ordered to guard a U-boat crew captured by local fishermen. Are they up for the job?
• My British Buddy As the first contingent of American soldiers arrives in Walmington-on-Sea, Captain Mainwaring and his troops prepare to welcome them. A darts match seems a good idea.
• The Royal Train Captain Mainwaring's platoon provides a guard of honour for a royal train passing through Walmington.
• We Know Our Onions Mainwaring and the platoon take part in a Home Guard efficiency test.
• The Honourable Man Captain Mainwaring is annoyed when a death elevates Sergeant Wilson to the fringes of the aristocracy.
• Things That Go Bump in the Night The van transporting the platoon breaks down outside what looks like a deserted house. Mainwaring decides that they should bed down for the night, but they get a nasty surprise in the morning courtesy of some four-legged friends.
• The Recruit Captain Mainwaring is temporarily in hospital and during his absence Sergeant Wilson allows the Vicar to join the platoon.
• Everybody's Trucking Mainwaring's platoon runs into an abandoned steam engine on the route of a planned exercise.
• A Man of Action Captain Mainwaring declares martial law when a bomb drops on the outskirts of Walmington-on-Sea.
• Gorilla Warfare During an exercise, Captain Mainwaring takes the role of a highly important secret agent but the regular army is not convinced.
• The Godiva Affair The platoon is determined to do its bit at the Walmington-on-Sea Spitfire Fund Carnival, but is morris dancing a good idea?
• The Captain's Car Mainwaring is overjoyed when he is offered the use of a Rolls-Royce, but gets an unpleasant shock when it returns from its trip to be camouflaged.
• Turkey Dinner Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon decides to give a turkey dinner to the old-age pensioners of Walmington-on-Sea.
• Ring Dem Bells The platoon is ordered to assist in the making of a training film, but Captain Mainwaring is disgusted to learn that his men will be playing the parts of Nazi soldiers.
• When You've Got to Go Mrs Pike is astonished to discover that her son, the young private, has received his call-up papers. They must be desperate.
• Is There Still Honey for Tea? Private Godfrey's cottage is to be demolished to make room for the new airstrip.
• Come in, Your Time Is Up Mainwaring's bumbling team attempt to bring ashore a German aircraft crew who have bailed out into a nearby lake.
• High Finance Mainwaring the bank manager calls in Corporal Jones to explain why his account is always in the red.
• The Face on the Poster Mainwaring's recruitment drive gets off to a bad start when Wilson makes a mess of the photos for the advertisement.
• The Making of Private Pike Captain Mainwaring is given a staff car which breaks down when Pike and his girlfriend borrow it to go to the pictures.
• The Miser's Hoard Captain Mainwaring plots to get Frazer's hoard of gold sovereigns into his bank.
• Number Engaged Mainwaring's motley crew are put in charge of a vital telephone line, but get distracted by a bomb hanging from a telephone cable.
• Never Too Old Corporal Jones falls in love and decides to marry the lovely Mrs Fox. Things naturally don't go to plan, and he ends up on guard duty on his wedding night.
• Wake up, Walmington Mainwaring's platoon masquerade as traitors to test the town's reaction to the threat of invasion.
• Knights of Madness Mainwaring and his troops stage the story at St George but end up with one dragon too many as old `Put that Light Out'.
• My Brother and I Capt Mainwaring has an unexpected and most unwelcome guest, much to the delight of Frazer - his twin brother.
• For the Love of Three Oranges Three oranges are to be auctioned off and Captain Mainwaring is determined to get one for his wife - the mysterious Elizabeth. Judging by the good Captain's expression whenever Elizabeth's name is mentioned, there'll be hell to pay if he doesn't come up trumps.
• The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage Tolling church bells are thought to herald a German invasion.
• Room at the Bottom Mainwaring is horrified to discover that he is not a commissioned officer. Sgt Wilson is then put in charge of the platoon - with disastrous results.
• The Man and the Hour A bank manager takes charge of home-defense volunteers.
• Museum Piece Mainwaring requisitions weapons from a museum.
• Command Decision An old soldier convinces Mainwaring to give him command of the unit for weapons.
• The Enemy Within the Gates The unit learns that a monetary reward is offered for captured Germans.
• The Showing Up of Corporal Jones Major Reagan inspects the platoon and finds Corporal Jones unfit for duty.
• Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret Wilson overhears Mrs Pike talk about having a child, and jumps to the wrong conclusion.
• Present Arms A gathering to celebrate those who won medals in the forces causes embarrassment for Captain Mainwaring. A radio Christmas special compiled from the tv episodes `Battle of the Giants' and `Shooting Pains'.
• Captain Mainwaring is challenged by Captain Ogilvy and his men.
• For the Love of Three Oranges A special Christmas episode of the classic sitcom. Three oranges are to be auctioned and Captain Mainwaring is determined to get one for his wife.
• Shooting Pains The crew use their rifles and their wits to compete for the honour of guarding a VIP.