Synopsis

Mainwaring’s lecture dissolved into chaos thanks to a malfunctioning supply of gas masks. To secure their allotted petrol ration, Joe persuaded Jones to offer his butcher's van for use as the platoon transport. Sadly, after days spent painstakingly adapting it for their needs, headquarters had the vehicle converted into a gas-proofed command car. Adding insult to injury, Mainwaring’s refined sensibilities were deeply offended by the arrival of Hodges, the local grocer, who assumed the role of AR