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Revision as of 17:29, 10 February 2019

"A Stripe for Frazer"
Dad's Army episode
Episode no.Series Two
Episode 011
Directed byHarold Snoad
Story byJimmy Perry and David Croft
Original air datesSaturday 29 March 1969 7.00pm
(recorded Friday 29 November 1968)
Running time30 minutes
Episode chronology
← Previous
"Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret"
Next →
"Under Fire"
List of episodes

A Stripe for Frazer is an episode in the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 29 March 1969. Of the three missing Dad's Army episodes (all from the second series), it is only installment to have been reconstructed using animation.

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.

Cast

Production

Screenshot from animated episode
  1. This is one of the three missing Dad's Army episodes after the tapes were wiped by the BBC for reuse. The other two are "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" and "Under Fire". However, in November 2008 the soundtrack of this episode was returned to the BBC.
  2. It was originally planned for transmission on 27 January at 7:30pm.
  3. In 2016, the BBC released an animated version of the episode via its BBC Store online service. This version of the episode used the original 1969 audio, with new hand-drawn animation synchronised to the soundtrack.[1][2]
  4. This episode was repeated on 5 September 1969.
  5. It was announced on the 9th November 2018 that UKTV Gold has commissioned this episode to be re-filmed, filling the gaps in the Dad's Army chronology, with Kevin McNally playing Captain Mainwaring, Robert Bathurst as Wilson and Bernard Cribbins as Godfrey. It will be broadcast in early 2019.

Radio episode

"A Stripe for Frazer"
Dad's Army episode
Episode no.Series One
Episode 008
Story byHarold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Original air datesMonday 18 March 1974, 6.15pm
(recorded Friday 13 July 1973)
Running time30 minutes
Episode chronology
← Previous
"Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret"
Next →
"Operation Kilt"
List of episodes

Notes

  1. ^ "'Lost' Dad's Army episode to be released as an animation". Radio Times. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. ^ http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-04/lost-dads-army-episode-restored-by-animators-is-an-extraordinary-feat--and-a-priceless-new-addition-for-fans

References

  • Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-4637-X.