Captain Mainwaring's home truths are revealed when his brother pays a visit.Captain Mainwaring's home truths are revealed when his brother pays a visit.Captain Mainwaring's home truths are revealed when his brother pays a visit.
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Did you know
- TriviaArthur Lowe actually got drunk when playing the role of Captain Mainwaring's alcoholic brother Barry.
- GoofsWhen Jones and Pike are trying to push Barry out the window, the wall gives slightly, revealing it to be a set.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments (2004)
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Sherry and cucumber sandwiches.
Captain Mainwaring holds a Sherry party with cucumber sandwiches, but his plans for a smooth evening are scuppered when his drunken brother Barry arrives in town.
It's a great episode, but then the Christmas specials always were, forty minutes of laughs, niggling, and some touching scenes. It's a great script, with some fantastic lines, it's well made, and of course beautifully acted.
If ever an episode showcased just how utterly brilliant an actor Arthur Lowe was, it's this one, an absolutely incredible and truly different performance as drunkard Barry, it perhaps helps to explain why Mainwaring is the way he is.
Godfrey is very funny, his efforts with the cucumber sandwiches, very funny. 9/10
It's a great episode, but then the Christmas specials always were, forty minutes of laughs, niggling, and some touching scenes. It's a great script, with some fantastic lines, it's well made, and of course beautifully acted.
If ever an episode showcased just how utterly brilliant an actor Arthur Lowe was, it's this one, an absolutely incredible and truly different performance as drunkard Barry, it perhaps helps to explain why Mainwaring is the way he is.
Godfrey is very funny, his efforts with the cucumber sandwiches, very funny. 9/10
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