Dad's Army S04E03 · Boots, Boots, Boots

Overview

Dissent in the ranks follows after a foot inspection as a result of which Mainwaring decides the platoon need their feet toughening up and proposes barefoot football as well as a 20-mile route march. To prevent the march, the men hatch a plan whereby they will go into the shoe shop from where Mainwaring has ordered his new boots and substitute a size smaller which will pinch his feet and put him off the idea of a long march. What they had failed to appreciate is that he already had a pair in his own size in for repair, which the shoemaker returns to him before the march.

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1. 1 1. The Big Parade1970-09-25 · 29mA parade is organised through Walmington-on-Sea to commemorate Spitfire Week and, after watching a newsreel, the platoon decide it would be splendid to have a mascot. Sponge farms
2. 2 2. Don't Forget the Diver1970-10-02 · 29mThe platoon is to participate in an exercise to place a supposed bomb in a windmill occupied by the Eastgate men. It is decided that, as the mill is by water, Frazer, in an ancient
3. 3 3. Boots, Boots, Boots1970-10-09 · 30mDissent in the ranks follows after a foot inspection as a result of which Mainwaring decides the platoon need their feet toughening up and proposes barefoot football as well as a 2
4. 4 4. Sgt – Save My Boy!1970-10-16 · 29mThe platoon are on night watch in a beach hut, waiting for Pike to bring their tea but Pike has got himself tangled up on barbed wire in the middle of a minefield. Waiting for an e
5. 5 5. Don't Fence Me In1970-10-23 · 29mThe platoon is to guard a POW camp housing Italian soldiers and Mainwaring is suspicious because Walker seems rather too friendly with them. However, Walker explains that he uses t
6. 6 6. Absent Friends1970-10-30 · 30mOn return from London, Mainwaring is shocked to find that almost all of the platoon are playing in a darts tournament against Hodges and the wardens, which they refuse to leave, de
7. 7 7. Put That Light Out!1970-11-06 · 29mMainwaring fears the Nazis may send spies across the Channel, so he orders the lighthouse manned by Jones, Pike, Godfrey and Frazer, who tells a terrifying story. The trio accident
8. 8 8. The Two and a Half Feathers1970-11-13 · 30mElderly ex-soldier Clarke joins the platoon and, by coincidence, it turns out that he and Jones were in the same regiment in 1890s Sudan. However, he paints a picture of a cowardly
9. 9 9. Mum's Army1970-11-20 · 30mMainwaring decides to enlist women to assist with the war effort. After initial interviews go rather less than satisfactory, Mrs Fiona Grey walks into his office and into his life.
10. 10 10. The Test1970-11-27 · 30mWhen the platoon is challenged to a cricket match by the ARP wardens, Mainwaring appoints himself captain and gives the standard inept lecture. They can only hope to make up, in ef
11. 11 11. A. Wilson (Manager)?1970-12-04 · 28mMainwaring is furious to learn that Wilson is leaving to become manager of the Eastgate branch, where HQ has also appointed him platoon commander with a promotion to Second Lieuten
12. 12 12. Uninvited Guests1970-12-11 · 29mOnce more, the civic vicar's hospitality for both Home Guard and ARP forces the rival corps' men to cohabit in the church. This time, Mainwaring and Hodges even have to share the v
13. 13 13. Fallen Idol1970-12-18 · 34mThe platoon gets its turn at weekend training, for a bomb course. Captain Square convinces Mainwaring that officers shouldn't sleep with the OR (other ranks) so he puts up blankets