A Stripe for Frazer

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2 Radio episode

[edit] TV episode

011 - A Stripe for Frazer
Script	Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Director	Harold Snoad
Producer	David Croft
Recorded	Friday 29/11/68
Original transmission	Saturday 29/3/69 7.00pm
Series	Two
Length	30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures	11.3 million
Preceded by	Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret
Followed by	Under Fire

A Stripe for Frazer is an episode in the British comedy series Dads Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 29 March 1969.

[edit] Synopsis

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

[edit] Plot

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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.

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[edit] Notes

This episode is currently missing from the BBC's television archives after they wiped them to reuse the tapes. This is one of three Dads Army episodes still missing from the archives. The others are The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker and Under Fire.
This episode was originally planned for transmission on 27 January at 7:30pm.

[edit] Cast

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

[edit] Radio episode

008 - A Stripe for Frazer
Script	Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Producer	John Dyas
Recorded	Friday 13/7/73
Original transmission	Monday 18/3/74, 6.15pm
Series	One
Length	30 minutes
Original Viewing Figures	1.0 million
Preceded by	Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret
Followed by	Operation Kilt

[edit] Synopsis

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Notes

By the time this episode was transmitted, James Beck had died. It was his last piece of Dad's Army work to be broadcast. Unlike in the TV series, the radio series retained his character, with Graham Stark and Larry Martyn playing the part.