DVD, Dad's Army S9 (The Miser's Hoard)
A strange one, this. More like a parody in some ways, namely Frazer, who acts like a madman! There aren't quite as many laughs as the other episodes this season, with a lot of repeated gags from before. Fulton Mackay had played the Sergeant-Major or some high-ranking official tasked with testing the platoon in a previous episode, and plays a much more reserved, Dr. Watson type. Wilson looks increasingly worse, although LeMesurier manages to pull off a drunk scene. And we have the Vicar, Verger and Mr. Hodges along to join in the fun, but it does strike me as a particularly story-less story, with no resolution (apart from Frazer storming off to protect his money in a mad, crazy old man fit, when he's usually better with dark stories and atmosphere to build up).
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