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Lowe also played Mainwaring in a radio version of Dad's Army, a stage play and a feature-length film released in 1971. He played Mainwaring's drunken brother Barry Mainwaring, in the series' 1975 Christmas episode "My Brother and I". While Dad's Army was not in production, Lowe's work continued to include stage roles.
Captain George Mainwaring (/ ˈ m æ n ər ɪ ŋ /) is a fictional Home Guard captain, first portrayed by Arthur Lowe in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.In the 2016 film he is played by Toby Jones and in the 2019 remake of three missing episodes he is played by Kevin McNally.
A scene in this episode involving Captain Mainwaring and his brother Barry is considered to be one of the "great[est] scenes" in the series. [ 11 ] In the 2007 documentary Dad's Army: The Passing Years , Frank Williams described the episode as being "most wonderful", praising particularly the dual role of Lowe, which he described as being ...
After Frazer complains that Mainwaring is wasting his time with irrelevant lectures, Mainwaring allows Frazer to act as captain for a couple of days. Frazer begins abusing his power by firing Wilson, insulting Jones (resulting in Jones's resignation), and promoting Walker and Pike.
The reason, as Mainwaring tells Wilson, is that Mrs Mainwaring had an unfortunate incident with the bath (he had recently enamelled it, and the enamel paint had not dried and came off in one long strip, making an enamel skirt around her as she prepared to take a bath), and she will not be coming. Mainwaring admits to Wilson that he would only ...
Walker has "recruited" her to take part in the shooting range competition. Jones and Walker dress her in an ill-fitting uniform, bottle glasses and fake moustache as a disguise. Mainwaring and Wilson are unconvinced, but when Regan enters unexpectedly, Mainwaring is forced to introduce the new recruit whom Wilson hastily names "Private Paderewski".