The Colonel decreed that the platoon should produce a training film, featuring two recognizable actors—though Captain Mainwaring remained unaware they were to portray the enemy. Despite his objections, the remainder of the platoon was compe…

The summons arrived at last: Pike’s enlistment papers for the RAF. Yet, when his blood was tested during a Red Cross donation, it emerged that he possessed an exceptionally rare type, rendering him exempt from service. Now, he faced the dif…

At the bank, Mainwaring found his office door had been substituted with a flimsy paper version. The indignity of lacking a proper entrance was compounded by Pike, the Colonel, and Jones managing to tear it down within minutes of its install…

Mainwaring delivered a lecture on basic fieldcraft within the vicar’s garden, detailing suitable provisions and tent construction. Their subsequent training exercises, however, proved somewhat complicated; aside from enduring the presence o…

As Mainwaring attempted to assist Jones with a delicate financial matter, the investigation unexpectedly revealed a connection that wound its way through the entire platoon, ultimately implicating Mavis Pike and concluding with Hodges.

Mainwaring entertained ambitious notions – promotion for himself and Wilson, and the enlargement of his platoon into a full company – prompting him to initiate a recruitment campaign. A poster was designed to advertise the initiative, and J…