Dad's Army: Season 6 (1973)


29 min. 31-10-1973 1. The Deadly Attachment
	After a surreal lecture on telling allied parachutists from German ones, the platoon is ordered to pick up a stranded U-boot's crew. Wilson feels live hand-grenades are too dangerous for his hot-head mates and acts accordingly. As HQ's armed escort is late, the Kriegsmarine captain can first play mind-games by drafting a reckoning 'list', then take Hodges hostage.
29 min. 7-11-1973 2. My British Buddy
	After two and a half years the Americans have finally decided to enter the European war. Walmington-on-Sea gets to welcome an advanced party. The platoon organizes a welcome party. Given the rations and misunderstandings on both sides, however, tensions run high. Still, the alliance is vital, so fences must be mended from both sides.
27 min. 14-11-1973 3. The Royal Train
	Captain Mainwaring gathers his troops for the secretive reading of top-secret orders, concerning the passage - no actual stop - of the royal train. The mood darkens when everybody else seems in on the secret. Alas, a regular train breaks down before the royal train, and a pills mix-up knocks out its staff. The platoon's ill-considered rescue attempt soon turns into a potential real disaster.
30 min. 21-11-1973 4. We Know Our Onions
	Vain Mainwaring is determined that his platoon should earn the full quota of 12 stars in a wacky test weekend. Captain Ramsey is in charge and increases the psychological pressure. The information that Wilson heard from another platoon works against them. Meanwhile the warden and the verger follow them because Jones' van still has an onions consignment for Hodges' grocery shop, which suddenly gains another importance.
30 min. 28-11-1973 5. The Honourable Man
	When it becomes known the death of an uncle caused Sergeant Wilson to inherit an Honorable aristocratic title, all Walmington flatters and woos him. All except Mainwaring, whose jealous envy is all but noble. It gets worse when it's suggested he should let his honorable sergeant do the honors when the town is to honor a Soviet Russian war ally visitor with the 'freedom' in the form of a key. Vladimir in turn hardly honors his hosts, except one.
29 min. 5-12-1973 6. Things That Go Bump in the Night
	During a nightly patrol in terrible weather the platoon runs out of rationed petrol for Jones's van, so they decide to spend the night in an at first sight abandoned house. There Pike, who got drenched, must undress and put on a heraldic garment and, after an accidental fire complicates the hilarious sleeping arrangements all wet again, a bear rug. Frazer's ghost stories seem to come to life with footsteps once everybody is asleep, but it's just captain Cadbury, a military dog school administrator who lives here with the hounds in training. In the morning friendly Cadbury walks the men back, but is no use when the bloodthirsty half-trained canines get loose.
28 min. 12-12-1973 7. The Recruit
	Whilst Mainwaring is in hospital Sergeant Wilson is in charge. Following the speedy departure of Walker back to London, leaving only a note behind, Wilson decides to make up the platoon's numbers by allowing the vicar and the verger to join. Needless to say both of them are hopeless and the verger causes trouble by hitting a cheeky young lad who turns out to be Hodges' nephew. These new recruits are not in the Home Guard for very long.

	John Le Mesurier	Sgt. Arthur Wilson
	John Laurie	Pte. James Frazer
	Arthur Lowe	Capt. George Mainwaring
	Ian Lavender	Pte. Frank Pike
	Clive Dunn	LCpl. Jack Jones
	Arnold Ridley	Pte. Charles Godfrey
	Bud Flanagan	The Voice of
	James Beck	Pte. Joe Walker
	Bill Pertwee	Chief Warden Hodges
	Edward Sinclair	Verger Maurice Yeatman
	Frank Williams	Reverend Timothy Farthing
	Robert Raglan	the Colonel
	Pamela Cundell	Mrs. Fox
	Janet Davies	Mrs. Mavis Pike
	Freddie Wiles	Platoon Member