6. The Face on the Poster (1975)
Mainwaring has visions of promotion for himself and Wilson and of expanding the platoon into a company, so he embarks on a recruitment drive. A poster is drawn up and Jones is voted to be on it. Unfortunately a mix-up at the printer's results in Jones being branded an escaped prisoner of war instead.
Release date: 1975-10-10
Season number: 8
Episode number: 6
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
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Colin Bean - Private Sponge, Janet Davies - Mavis Pike