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5th episode of the 2nd series of Dad's Army

"A Stripe for Frazer"

Dad's Army episode

Episode no.

Series 2
Episode 5

Directed by

Harold Snoad

Story by

Jimmy Perry and David Croft

Original air date

29 March 1969 (1969-03-29)

Running time

30 minutes

Episode chronology

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"A Stripe for Frazer" is a missing episode of the British television comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on 29 March 1969. Of the three missing Dad's Army episodes (all from the second series) it is the only one to have been reconstructed using animation.

Synopsis

Frazer is promoted to Lance Corporal, and battles with Jones for further promotion.

Plot

When Captain Bailey informs Mainwaring that he can make up another lance corporal, Frazer is chosen. Jones and Frazer both try desperately to impress Mainwaring into making them a corporal, and Frazer issues many charge sheets. The episode ends with Frazer breaking into Mainwaring's office with a boat-hook.

Cast

Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson
Clive Dunn as Lance Corporal Jones
John Laurie as Private Frazer
James Beck as Private Walker
Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey
Ian Lavender as Private Pike
Geoffrey Lumsden as Corporal-Colonel Square
John Ringham as Captain Bailey
Gordon Peters as Police Officer
Edward Sinclair as Caretaker

Status

This episode is one of three missing Dad's Army episodes after the tapes were wiped by the BBC for reuse. The other two are "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" and "Under Fire".

Animation

In November 2008 the soundtrack of this episode was returned to the BBC and, in 2016, the BBC released an animated version of the episode via its BBC Store online service. This version of the episode used the original 1969 audio with new hand-drawn animation synchronised to the soundtrack. The animated version was broadcast by Gold in November 2023 alongside newly commissioned animated versions of the other missing episodes. It was also released on DVD on the Dad's Army - The Missing Episodes in November 2023

Remake

UKTV Gold commissioned recreations of all three missing episodes. The remake of this episode was first broadcast on 26 August 2019. The new cast are:

Kevin McNally as Captain Mainwaring
Robert Bathurst as Sergeant Wilson
Kevin Eldon as Lance Corporal Jones
David Hayman as Private Frazer
Mathew Horne as Private Walker
Timothy West as Private Godfrey
Tom Rosenthal as Private Pike
David Horovitch as Corporal-Colonel Square
William Andrews as Captain Bailey
John Biggins as the Verger
Jack Barry as the policeman

Broadcast

The second series was scheduled originally to be broadcast in January 1969. Instead, the BBC decided to repeat the first series in January 1969 because they believed many people had missed the series when it had started in the summer of 1968. Consequently, "A Stripe for Frazer" was originally planned for transmission on 27 January 1969, but was delayed until 29 March 1969. It was repeated on 5 September 1969.

Radio episode

The radio version of this episode was adapted by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad and was first broadcast on 18 March 1974.

References

"'Lost' Dad's Army episode to be released as an animation". Radio Times. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
"Lost Dad's Army episode restored by animators is an extraordinary feat – and a priceless new addition for fans". Radio Times. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"Televiewpoint". Daily Mirror. 1 February 1969. p. 11. Retrieved 4 March 2020. A new series of Dad's Army starts in March. We are repeating the first series now because we think a lot of people missed it when it began in the summer. (subscription required)
"Dad's Army: Episode 5: A Stripe for Frazer". Radio Times. No. 2368. 27 March 1969. p. 5. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
"Dad's Army: A Stripe for Frazer". Radio Times. No. 2390. 28 August 1969. p. 51. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
"Dad's Army". Radio Times. No. 2627. 14 March 1974. p. 33. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

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Episodes
Series 1	"The Man and the Hour" "Museum Piece" "Command Decision" "The Enemy Within the Gates" "The Showing Up of Corporal Jones" "Shooting Pains"
Series 2	"Operation Kilt" "The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage" "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker"†‡ "Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret" "A Stripe for Frazer"†‡ "Under Fire"†‡
Series 3	"The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones" "Battle School" "The Lion Has 'Phones" "The Bullet Is Not for Firing" "Something Nasty in the Vault" "Room at the Bottom" "Big Guns" "The Day the Balloon Went Up" "War Dance" "Menace from the Deep" "Branded" "Man Hunt" "No Spring for Frazer" "Sons of the Sea"
Series 4	"The Big Parade" "Don't Forget the Diver" "Boots, Boots, Boots" "Sgt – Save My Boy!" "Don't Fence Me In" "Absent Friends" "Put That Light Out!" "The Two and a Half Feathers" "Mum's Army" "The Test" "A. Wilson (Manager)?" "Uninvited Guests" "Fallen Idol"
Series 5	"Asleep in the Deep" "Keep Young and Beautiful" "A Soldier's Farewell" "Getting the Bird" "The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones" "If the Cap Fits..." "The King Was in His Counting House" "All is Safely Gathered In" "When Did You Last See Your Money?" "Brain Versus Brawn" "A Brush with the Law" "Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel" "Time on My Hands"
Series 6	"The Deadly Attachment" "My British Buddy" "The Royal Train" "We Know Our Onions" "The Honourable Man" "Things that Go Bump in the Night" "The Recruit"
Series 7	"Everybody's Trucking" "A Man of Action" "Gorilla Warfare" "The Godiva Affair" "The Captain's Car" "Turkey Dinner"
Series 8	"Ring Dem Bells" "When You've Got to Go" "Is There Honey Still for Tea?" "Come In, Your Time Is Up" "High Finance" "The Face on the Poster"
Series 9	"Wake Up Walmington" "The Making of Private Pike" "Knights of Madness" "The Miser's Hoard" "Number Engaged" "Never Too Old"
000!!Specials	"Santa on Patrol"† "Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages" "Cornish Floral Dance"† "Battle of the Giants!" "Broadcast to the Empire" "My Brother and I" "The Love of Three Oranges"
† Missing episode has been reconstructed using animation. ‡ Missing episode has been recreated with new cast

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