Season 3 poster

Season 3

(1969)

Cast

Arthur Lowe as Captain George Mainwaring
Arthur Lowe

as Captain George Mainwaring

John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
John Le Mesurier

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Clive Dunn as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones
Clive Dunn

as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones

John Laurie as Private James Frazer
John Laurie

as Private James Frazer

Arnold Ridley as Private Charles Godfrey
Arnold Ridley

as Private Charles Godfrey

Ian Lavender as Private Frank Pike
Ian Lavender

as Private Frank Pike

James Beck as Private Joe Walker
James Beck

as Private Joe Walker

Bill Pertwee as ARP Warden Bert Hodges
Bill Pertwee

as ARP Warden Bert Hodges

Edward Sinclair as Maurice Yeatman
Edward Sinclair

as Maurice Yeatman

Colin Bean as Private Sponge
Colin Bean

as Private Sponge

Frank Williams as Reverend Timothy Farthing
Frank Williams

as Reverend Timothy Farthing

Janet Davies as Mavis Pike
Janet Davies

as Mavis Pike

Episodes

The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones poster

The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones 0.0

September 11, 1969

Mainwaring is under orders to be more co-operative with the ARP wardens; a task that's made very difficult by their new…

Battle School poster

Battle School 0.0

September 18, 1969

The platoon travels to a secret location to be trained at a battle school. After a long train journey and a march in wh…

The Lion Has Phones poster

The Lion Has Phones 0.0

September 25, 1969

Capt. Mainwaring teaches the platoon the tactical use of the phone system when a German plane crashes into the town's r…

The Bullet is Not for Firing poster

The Bullet is Not for Firing 0.0

October 2, 1969

When a low-flying German aircraft attacks Warmington-on-Sea, the platoon, under the command of LCpl. Jones, fires at th…

Something Nasty in the Vault poster

Something Nasty in the Vault 0.0

October 9, 1969

The bank takes a direct hit during an air raid, but the bomb fails to explode, leaving Mainwaring and Wilson stuck in t…

Room at the Bottom poster

Room at the Bottom 0.0

October 16, 1969

Capt. Mainwaring is found not to have held the King's Commission so he is reduced to the ranks and Sgt. Wilson takes ov…

Big Guns poster

Big Guns 0.0

October 23, 1969

The platoon is given a heavy naval artillery piece but the town's bandstand, a rare example of Victorian ironwork, stan…

The Day the Balloon Went Up poster

The Day the Balloon Went Up 0.0

October 30, 1969

The platoon captures a runaway barrage balloon, and while trying to secure it, Capt. Mainwaring is carried aloft.

War Dance poster

War Dance 0.0

November 6, 1969

The platoon holds a dance where Pike is going to announce his engagement to a local girl. Sgt. Wilson tries to get him …

Menace From the Deep poster

Menace From the Deep 0.0

November 13, 1969

The platoon is assigned guard duty on an isolated, disused pier for a week. However, thanks to Pike's poor judgement ov…

Branded poster

Branded 0.0

November 20, 1969

Godfrey asks to leave the platoon because he doesn't want to fight. Mainwaring is furious and the rest of the platoon s…

Man Hunt poster

Man Hunt 0.0

November 27, 1969

The platoon is told to be on the lookout for any abandoned parachutes so Walker tells Mainwaring that he has found one.…

No Spring for Frazer poster

No Spring for Frazer 0.0

December 4, 1969

The search begins for a butterfly spring for a Lewis gun that Frazer has lost whilst cleaning it. The trail leads them …

Sons of the Sea poster

Sons of the Sea 6.0

December 11, 1969

Capt. Mainwaring has the idea of small armed patrols to wreak havoc upon the enemy using a small re-processed boat the …