Don't tell him Pike!
Perhaps the most famous scene in British sitcom history involves Captain Mainwaring, Private Pike, and a German U-Boat captain with a list.
Dad's Army
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1968 - 1977
- 80 episodes (9 series)
Beloved sitcom about the struggles of a Home Guard platoon during World War II who are fighting incompetence, age and pomposity more than Nazis. Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and more.
- Series 7, Episode 6 repeated at 8:30pm on BBC2
Streaming rank this week: 1,135
Great scenes
Two Mainwarings
One scene in the Christmas Special My Brother And I featured Arthur Lowe playing two roles: George Mainwaring, and his black sheep drunk brother Barry.
Rejecting Godfrey
In the episode Branded it is revealed that during the Great War Godfrey was a conscientious objector; one moving scene featured several of his fellow privates turning their backs on him.
Mainwaring's Brief Encounter
In the episode Mum's Army Mainwaring falls in love with a woman called Mrs. Gray. However, she returns to London and so they part at Walmington train station in their own Brief Encounter moment.