Dad's Army - Season 4 Episode 11 A. Wilson (Manager)?
Mainwaring is furious to learn that Wilson is leaving to become manager of the Eastgate branch, where HQ has also appointed him platoon commander with a promotion to Second Lieutenant. While everyone else is congratulatory, Mainwaring's jealous, socially inferior superior implies it's just the old boys network. He promotes Pike to chief clerk, and orders him to copy for all platoon members a promotion to sergeant, meant only for Jones, but so phrased each thinks to get three stripes, creating a Mexican army assembly.
Year: 1977
Genre: Comedy, War & Politics
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC One
Director: Jimmy Perry
Cast: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender
Crew: David Croft (Writer), David Croft (Producer), Jimmy Perry (Writer), Bud Flanagan (Theme Song Performance)
First Air Date: Jul 31, 1968
Last Air date: Nov 13, 1977
Season: 9 Season
Episode: 77 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 7.40/10 by 75.00 users
Popularity: 16.1253
Language: English
Keyword : world war ii, soldier, platoon, seaside town, sitcom, 1940s, home guard, political comedy, war satire