A Stripe for Frazer

"A Stripe for Frazer"
Dad's Army episode
Episode no.	Series Two Episode 011
Directed by	Harold Snoad
Story by	Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Produced by	David Croft
Original air date	Saturday 29/3/69 7.00pm (recorded Friday 29/11/68)
Running time	30 minutes

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.

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.

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

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]
This episode was repeated on September 5 1969

Radio episode

"A Stripe for Frazer"
Dad's Army episode
Episode no.	Series One Episode 008
Story by	Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles
Produced by	John Dyas
Original air date	Monday 18/3/74, 6.15pm (recorded Friday 13/7/73)
Running time	30 minutes

Notes

↑ "'Lost' Dad’s Army episode to be released as an animation". Radio Times. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
↑ https://store.bbc.com/a-stripe-for-frazer
↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-04/lost-dads-army-episode-restored-by-animators-is-an-extraordinary-feat--and-a-priceless-new-addition-for-fans

References

Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-4637-X.

External links

"A Stripe for Frazer" on IMDb
"A Stripe for Frazer" at TV.com

Dad's Army by Jimmy Perry & David Croft

Characters

Episodes

Adaptations

Merchandise

Other articles

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

Episodes in italics are missing
† Episode has been reconstructed for release using animation.

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