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- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnAfter an unenthusiastic physical training session, the platoon use subterfuge on a training exercise and reveal a mystery.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnMainwaring spots an opportunity to arm his men with exhibits from the local museum. Jones senior, the curator, has other ideas.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnMainwaring is told by HQ to make a promotion. Would it be wise to promote Frazer?
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnDuring the German fire bombing campaign, the platoon has to deal with fires and a suspect enemy agent, all with the usual high jinks.
- DirectorHarold SnoadStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnMainwaring discovers his men do not know how to use a public telephone, a key part of his new defensive plan, when a German plane crash lands near Walmington.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnThe platoon buys a canoe, and intends to create a river-based defense system, but get lost and drift into the ocean.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnPike gets caught up in barbed wire - just as his mum is paying the platoon a visit.
- DirectorHarold SnoadStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnMainwaring is crestfallen as the platoon are ordered to take over guarding a POW camp - an easy task but there is something shady about the business.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnThe ARP wardens challenge the Home Guard to a cricket match.
- 1968–197728mTV-PG7.8 (129)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnThe platoon are on an exercise whereby everyone except for Godfrey and Jones ends up in a deserted barn. Jones sees from the map that they have been given the wrong reference and the barn will be blown up in half an hour as part of a live ammunition exercise. They try to phone up but Godfrey cuts the wire by mistake. To add to their plight Jones's van has broken down,so he has to take the colonel's car to reach the barn and warn the platoon in time.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnCaptain Square ridicules Mainwaring for the pitiful state of some of his men's rifles. The captain rudely denies it but internally blames it all on Wilson's lax inspection techniques and general poor style. Worse is to come when the A.R.P. have George Mainwaring formally charged for an un-obscured light emanating from the church where his platoon is. The verger warns Hodges it's a false accusation and the platoon rehearses their lie. Mainwaring defends himself and the presiding magistrate is none other than the still offended Square.
- 1968–197728mTV-PG7.3 (135)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnIn 1941 the War office decides to test an experimental invention for delivering explosives. For secrecy the test is done on the coast, using three local Home Guard platoons. Mainwaring's vanity is used to make him volunteer blindly for 'special duties', which turn out to be the dirty work. However the weapon gets away, following Frank's illegal home-made radio, and only the bumbling bunch is in a position to stop it blowing up all Walmington on Sea.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnMainwaring and the platoon must keep their wits primed whilst guarding some captured U-Boat crew.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnMainwaring finds that Jones's books don't balance but he is just the man to sort it all out.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnWhilst 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.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnThe Platoon's weekend camp is enlivened by the Sea Scouts and Nazis.