Dad's Army: The Two and a Half Feathers

Captain Mainwaring and his British Home Guard 'force of ruthless killers' in three more classic episodes from a front line English village! THE TWO AND A HALF FEATHERS Apart from mothballs in the pickle and rationed toad-in-the-hole, a more important dilemma arises when new recruit, Mr George Clarke, ten years retired, accuses Lance Corporal Jones of abandoning him in the desert to die when they fought together in the Sudan. Two and and a half feathers and a few accusations of cowardice finally prompt poor jonesy to reveal the bizzare truth! THE TEST When the Chief Warden of ARP challenges the platoon to a cricket match Captain Mainwaring instills the right competitive spirit (and the etiquette of cricket fashion) into his hearty team. With Vicar umpiring and Jones playing Tarzan behind the wicket anything could happen, but the Home Guard produce an unlikely batting hero. FALLEN IDOL When an eager platoon attend a weekend course in the use of live explosives Captain Mainwaring hardly foresees the bombs about to go off in his brain. But a whisky drinking forfeit game in the Officer's mess the night before pulls a few grenade pins in his head...can he redeem himself when the real thing nearly blasts them all to early retirement? © BBC