Episode no. Series Two
Episode 011 Produced by David Croft | Directed by Harold Snoad Running time 30 minutes | |
Story by Jimmy Perry and David Croft Original air date Saturday 29/3/69 7.00pm
(recorded Friday 29/11/68) | ||
A Stripe for Frazer is an episode in the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 29 March 1969. It is the only missing episode of Dad's Army to be reconstructed using animation.
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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 the office with a boat-hook in his biceps.
Production
- This episode is currently missing from the BBC's television archives after they wiped the tapes to reuse them. This is one of three Dad's Army episodes still missing from the archives. The other two are "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" and "Under Fire". However In November 2008, the soundtrack of this episode was returned to the BBC after 30 years, but there is still no video.
- It was originally planned for transmission on 27 January at 7:30pm.
- The public appeal campaign the BBC Archive Treasure Hunt continues to search for this lost episode.
- 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 synced to the sound.
References
A Stripe for Frazer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA