A STRIPE FOR FRAZER

Contents

TV episode

Synopsis

Plot

Notes

Cast

Radio episode

Synopsis

Plot

Notes

Cast

References

TV episode

'''A Stripe for Frazer''' is an episode in the British comedy series Dads Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 29 March 1969.

Synopsis

Frazer is promoted to Lance Corporal, and battles with Jones for further promotion.

Plot

When Captain Bailey informs Mainwaring that he can make up another Lance Corporal, Frazer is chosen. Jones and Frazer both try desperately to impress Mainwaring into making them a Corporal, and Frazer issues many charge sheets. The episode ends with Frazer breaking into the office with a boat-hook.

Notes

#This episode is currently missing from the BBC's television archives after they wiped them to reuse the tapes. This is one of three Dads Army episodes still missing from the archives. The others are The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker and Under Fire.
#This episode was originally planned for transmission on 27 January at 7:30pm.

Cast

'Cast'	'Characters'
Arthur Lowe	Captain Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier	Sergeant Wilson
Clive Dunn	Lance Corporal Jones
John Laurie	Private Frazer
James Beck	Private Walker
Arnold Ridley	Private Godfrey
Ian Lavender	Private Pike
Geoffrey Lumsden	Corporal-Colonel Square
John Ringham	Captain Bailey
Gordon Peters	Police Officer
Edward Sinclair	Caretaker

Radio episode

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Notes

#By the time this episode was transmitted, James Beck had died. It was his last piece of Dad's Army work to be broadcast. Unlike in the TV series, the radio series retained his character, with Graham Stark and Larry Martyn playing the part.

Cast

References

★ The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army, Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard, , , Orion, ,

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