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Dad's Army•Season 3•Episode 2

Battle School

7.6/10 · 185 votesSep 18, 196929 min

Ranked #9 of 14 in Season 3•−0.3 vs season avg

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It's Mainwaring's platoon's turn for a weekend of guerrilla warfare training at a rural facility. Thanks to train delay and the captain's disastrous sense of direction, they arrive late for dinner and sleep through breakfast. They do rather poorly at survival course, but Mainwaring's determined

Directed byDavid Croft

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Seasons9

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Season 3 Episodes14

E1 7.5

The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones

E2 7.6Now viewing

Battle School

E3 7.6

The Lion Has 'Phones

E4 7.9

The Bullet Is Not for Firing

E5 8.1

Something Nasty in the Vault

E6 7.9

Room at the Bottom

E7 7.3

Big Guns

E8 8.1

The Day the Balloon Went Up

War Dance

Menace from the Deep

Branded

Man Hunt

No Spring for Frazer

Sons of the Sea

Cast7

Arthur Lowe

Captain George Mainwaring

John Le Mesurier

Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Clive Dunn

Lance-Corporal Jack Jones

John Laurie

Private James Frazer

Arnold Ridley

Private Charles Godfrey

Ian Lavender

Private Frank Pike

James Beck

Private Joe Walker

Crew1

David Croft

Director

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Episode Summary

"Battle School" is episode 2 of Dad's Army season 3. It scored 7.6/10 from 185 votes, ranking #9 of 14 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by David Croft, it aired on September 18, 1969.

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