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Dad's Army: Series 5

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13 episodes · premiered Oct 6, 1972

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  1. Episode 1: Asleep in the Deep Oct 6, 1972 · 29m A bomb hits the gasworks where Godfrey and Walker are on duty and the platoon and Hodges go to rescue them from a small room in which Godfrey is asleep. Jones, in an outer chamber, slams…
  2. Episode 2: Keep Young and Beautiful Oct 13, 1972 · 29m The War Office plans a review of both the Home Guard and the ARP in order to decide which less fit soldiers of the first and less fit of the second should be transferred. As this is the…
  3. Episode 3: A Soldier's Farewell Oct 20, 1972 · 29m On the way home after an unpatriotic night at the cinema, Mainwaring comes to the assistance of a clippie being accosted by Hodges. In his dreams, Mainwaring is Napoleon with the clippie…
  4. Episode 4: Getting the Bird Oct 27, 1972 · 27m Rumours abound when Wilson is seen with an attractive young woman in a WREN's uniform, causing an argument between himself and Mainwaring who catches him sleeping off a hangover in the…
  5. Episode 5: The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones Nov 3, 1972 · 28m The 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…
  6. Episode 6: If the Cap Fits Nov 10, 1972 · 30m After another of Mainwaring's long, creative, 'vital' lectures, Frazer is voted the unfortunate duty of complainant representative for the platoon. Mainwaring tries a suggestion from the…
  7. Episode 7: The King Was in His Counting House Nov 17, 1972 · 29m The platoon's first-ever private party, thrown by Mainwaring at his disappointingly blasé home, proves unamusing. It's cut short anyhow by a bomb alert — a hit on his bank! The money is…
  8. Episode 8: All Is Safely Gathered In Nov 24, 1972 · 29m Godfrey asks for holiday in order to help a farming ex-girlfriend bring in the harvest. Recognising it as vital to the war effort, Mainwaring assigns the whole platoon to help.
  9. Episode 9: When Did You Last See Your Money? Dec 1, 1972 · 29m Entrusted with £500 by local shopkeepers, Jones brings it to the bank only to find a pound of sausages instead. Frazer hypnotises him into recalling when he last saw the money, apparently…
  10. Episode 10: Brain Versus Brawn Dec 8, 1972 · 28m At a business community function, where both Wilson and Walker outshine him, Mainwaring accepts a challenge to prove his men are a match for the Home Guard's new, regularly trained…
  11. Episode 11: A Brush with the Law Dec 15, 1972 · 28m Square ridicules Mainwaring for the pitiful state of his men's rifles. The captain rudely denies it but internally blames Wilson's lax inspection techniques and overall poor style. Worse…
  12. Episode 12: Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel Dec 22, 1972 · 28m The War Office tests an experimental invention for delivering explosives. For secrecy, the test is done on the coast, using three local platoons. Mainwaring's vanity is weaponised to make…
  13. Episode 13: Time on My Hands Dec 25, 1972 · 28m The platoon is called to seize a German pilot whose parachute is caught on the church steeple clock. Getting him down is hard enough, given the language barrier. Then Jones manages to drop…