the church hall to find it empty except for Frazer, who tells them that everyone's already at the practice. Frazer decides the gas fire of the Vicar (the Reverend Timothy Farthing) can be used to refill the gas bag. The Vicar interrupts, but Frazer passes it off as filling the Vicar's gas fire. The trio arrive at the practice, and they prepare to load an old man on a stretcher into the back of the van, but Jones has left the back door keys at his shop. They attempt to put the old man through the front window of the van, while Jones 'borrows' an irate man's bike to fetch the keys. When he returns, they try to load the old man into the van, but Hodges accidentally gives the signal of "two bangs" before they can fully load him on, and it drives off. After one more unsuccessful attempt, the old man gets up off the stretcher, declaring "I'll walk to the flippin' hospital!" Cast Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson Clive Dunn as Lance Corporal Jones John Laurie as Private Frazer James Beck as Private Walker Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey Ian Lavender as Private Pike Janet Davies as Mrs. Pike Bill Pertwee as ARP Warden Hodges Frank Williams as Vicar Queenie Watts as Mrs Peters Pamela Cundell as Mrs Fox Jean St. Clair as Miss Meadows Olive Mercer as Mrs Casson Nigel Hawthorne as the Angry Man Harold Bennett as the Old Man Dick Haydon as Raymond Notes This is the first episode to be produced in colour. However it was not the first episode to be seen in colour, as colour television on BBC One did not officially launch until Saturday 15 November 1969, which meant the episode "Branded" was the first Dad's Army episode to be transmitted in colour. This is the first episode to feature the vicar, Reverend Timothy Farthing (Frank Williams), in person. This is the first episode to feature Jones's van, which the platoon use in future episodes. ARP Warden Hodges wants the church hall every Wednesday evening in this episode. The old man on the stretcher is Mr Bluett, as established in later episodes in a semi-regular role. The episode could have got confused between town gas and laughing gas, since Jones becomes light-headed when the gas affects him. Further reading External links Dad's Army radio