Dad's Army

- Season 8

(1975)

The platoon is selected to act as Nazis in an army film. With Wilson and Pike playing officers mayhem is inevitable.

Pike gets his call-up papers whilst Mainwaring and Hodges vie for who can recruit the most blood-donors.

Whilst Mainwaring has to endure a replacement office door made of paper, Godfrey's cottage will need demolishing to make way for a new airfield. Members in the platoon each help out in ways reflecting their unique characters.

The Platoon's weekend camp is enlivened by the Sea Scouts and Nazis.

Mainwaring finds that Jones's books don't balance but he is just the man to sort it all out.

Despite assessing Wilson's efficiency unfavourably, Mainwaring leaves him to organise a recruiting poster.

Captain Mainwaring's home truths are revealed when his brother pays a visit.

The vicar holds a charity bazaar, the proceeds going to luxuries for the troops. Godfrey tries to sell his home-made wine but people are getting drunk by tasting and not buying it. Mrs. Mainwaring fails to turn up after an accident with the bath enamel but donates some hideous lamp-shades she has made. Hodges contributes three oranges and Mainwaring is anxious to secure one for his wife but when Wilson gets Pike to buy it for the captain, the two end up bidding against each other and raising the price of the orange. Mainwaring finally buys it only to find it is a ...