DVD, Dad's Army S7 (The Godiva Affair)
One of the best remembered episodes, with Mrs. Mainwaring finally revealed to the whole town, though thankfully not the audience. A lot of gags work well in this one, especially the morris dancing and Mrs. Fox's misunderstanding of Captain Mainwaring's intentions when they meet 'secretly' at the Marigold tearooms... with half the platoon looking on.
Ian Lavender almost breaks into laughter during one scene in which he tells the Captain he's informed his wife that he's too busy to answer her call because he's having tea with Mrs. Fox! Wilson is also good in this one, before his illness drained him away, but Cheeseman doesn't feature much for a new character. Pike's impression of the Town Clerk's pronunciation of 'fleshings' is also very funny. And of course the ending is very familiar, as Mainwaring collapses in the shock of his life!
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