Fallen Idol
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This article is about the Dad's Army episode. For other uses, see The Fallen Idol.
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039 - Fallen Idol |
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| Script | Jimmy Perry and David Croft |
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| Director | David Croft |
| Producer | David Croft |
| Recorded | Friday 11/12/70 |
| Original transmission | Friday 18/12/70 8.00pm |
| Series | Four |
| Length | 30 minutes |
| Original Viewing Figures | 13.1 million |
| Preceded by | Uninvited Guests |
| Followed by | Battle of the Giants |
Fallen Idol is the thirteenth episode of the fourth series of the British comedy series Dad's Army that was originally transmitted on Friday 18 December 1970.
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[edit] Synopsis
Mainwaring has always epitomised the principle of military sobriety to his men, but, after Captain Square leads him astray one day in the Officer's Mess, he ends up inebriated. Only something genuinely heroic now can restore his damaged reputation in the eyes of his men.
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[edit] Cast
| Cast | Characters |
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| 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 | Captain Square |
| Rex Garner | Captain Ashley-Jones |
| Michael Knowles | Captain Reed |
| Anthony Sagar | Sergeant Major |
| Tom Mennard | Mess Orderly |
| Robert Raglan | Captain Pritchard |
| Dad's Army |
| Characters |
| Captain Mainwaring | Sergeant Wilson | Lance-Corporal Jones Private Walker | Private Pike | Private Frazer | Private Godfrey Warden Hodges | Mavis Pike | Reverend Farthing | Maurice Yeatman |
| Television episodes |
| List of Dad's Army episodes | Missing episodes | DVD and Video releases |
| Radio episodes |
| List of Dad's Army radio episodes | Audio releases |
| Spin-offs |
| The Film | The Stage Show | It Sticks Out Half a Mile |
