1. The Big Parade (1970)
Mainwaring watches a film reel at the cinema which shows Winston Churchill inspecting Army troops and their mascot - a ram, of course where Mainwaring's concerned. If another platoon has a mascot, so must his. Sponge volunteers one from his farm but they have to catch it first; something that of course ends in complete disaster with Pike up to his neck in it - literally. Meanwhile the town parade is being organised and of course Mainwaring wants the platoon to lead, but Hodges has other ideas...
Release date: 1970-09-25
Season number: 4
Episode number: 1
Runtime: 30 minutes
Cast
Arthur Lowe
as Captain George Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Clive Dunn
as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones
John Laurie
as Private James Frazer
Arnold Ridley
as Private Charles Godfrey
Ian Lavender
as Private Frank Pike
Bill Pertwee
as ARP Warden Bert Hodges
Edward Sinclair
as Maurice Yeatman
Frank Williams
as Reverend Timothy Farthing
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
James Beck - Private Joe Walker, Colin Bean - Private Sponge, Janet Davies - Mavis Pike