Mainwaring and the rest of the platoon arrive, and their verbal attempts to persuade the Germans to surrender result in heavy gunfire. Walker phones Mainwaring, then mysteriously vanishes. That evening, while out on patrol, Frazer and Walker spot a German plane crash into the reservoir. ![]() ![]() When a queue begins to form, Walker cons them into believing that telephone calls are going on ration from tomorrow. Pike is the first to get the lesson, but the recipient of the call is his mum, who gives Mainwaring and Wilson an earful. After a hilarious practical demonstration, they march down to the telephone box nearest the reservoir. Pike and Godfrey admit they do not know how to use a telephone box Mrs Pike believes they are unhygienic and Godfrey is hopeless with machines. Frazer asks Mainwaring what will happen if the telephone boxes are out of action, and many alternatives are suggested, including a heliograph, tick-tacking, shooting a hole in the top of the gasometer and setting fire to it, and tapping the railway line and laying your ear onto it (Pike dismisses this idea by telling Jones that a train may come and run over your ear). If they see anything suspicious, they will phone Mainwaring via the nearest telephone box. They are vital to the town's survival, so two men will be posted at each location. ![]() Apparently, the four main targets are the gasometer, the railway bridge, the telephone exchange and the reservoir. It was originally transmitted on 25 September 1969.Ĭaptain Mainwaring teaches the platoon how to use a public telephone box for emergency communication.Īfter a successful exercise in camouflage, Mainwaring delivers a lecture on communications. " The Lion Has 'Phones" is the third episode of the third series of the British comedy series Dad's Army. 3rd episode of the 3rd series of Dad's Army " The Lion Has Phones"
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