During World War II Great Britain was forced to call up the civilians to form Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard) - the formation that would backup the regular army in case of German invasion. This series show how this force looked like. More or less...
1 | Wake Up Walmington |
| As the threat of invasion lessens, the towns people begin to relax. Mainwaring orders Operation Wake-Up, dressing the platoon up as fifth columnists, and telling them to act suspiciously. |
2 | The Making of Private Pike |
| Pike borrows Mainwaring’s recently acquired staff car to drive his new girlfriend to Eastgate, but, still heady from his raspberryade binge, it runs out of petrol nine miles from home on the way back, forcing Pike to spend all night pushing it back. |
3 | Knights of Madness |
| As part of a Wings for Victory campaign, the platoon decide to stage a re-enactment of the battle between St George and the Dragon, with Mainwaring as St. George – but the ARP wardens have been planning exactly the same thing. |
4 | The Miser’s Hoard |
| Frazer, distrustful of banks, keeps his savings in the form of gold sovereigns – but Mainwaring believes his hoard would be better in Mainwaring’s bank. Rumours spread about the savings, and when Frazer is seen carrying a box to the graveyard, the platoon follow. |
5 | Number Engaged |
| The platoon is given the job of guarding telephone wires, otherwise known as "highly secret invasion warning devices" – but as the vicar arrives to lead a service, Mainwaring sees an unexploded bomb caught in the wires. |
6 | Never Too Old |
| Corporal Jones is married to Mrs Fox – but the service is interrupted as an invasion warning is sounded. The platoon break the fourth wall and raise their glasses to toast Britain’s real Home Guard. |