A Stripe for Frazer
"A Stripe for Frazer" is a missing episode in the British comedy series "Dad's Army". It was originally transmitted on 29 March 1969. Of the three missing "Dad's Army" episodes (all from the second series) it is the only one to have been reconstructed using animation. Synopsis. Frazer is promoted to Lance Corporal, and battles with Jones for further promotion. Plot. When Captain Bailey informs Mainwaring that he can make up another lance corporal, Frazer is chosen. Jones and Frazer both try desperately to impress Mainwaring into making them a corporal, and Frazer issues  many charge sheets. The episode ends with Frazer breaking into the office with a boat-hook. Status. This episode is one of the three missing "Dad's Army" episodes after the tapes were wiped by the BBC for reuse. The other two are "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" and "Under Fire". Unlike the other two episodes, the soundtrack for the episode still exists, recorded off-air by a viewer at home. Animation. In November 2008 the soundtrack of this episode was returned to the BBC and, in 2016, the BBC released an animated version of the episode via  its BBC Store online service. This version of the episode used the original 1969 audio with new hand-drawn animation synchronised to the soundtrack. Remake. UKTV Gold commissioned recreations of all three missing episodes. The remake of this episode was first broadcast on 26 August 2019. The new cast are: Broadcast. The second series was scheduled originally to be broadcast in January 1969. Instead, the BBC decided to repeat the first series in January 1969 because they believed many people had missed the series when it had started in the summer of 1968. Consequently, 'A Stripe for Frazer' was originally  planned for transmission on 27 January 1969, but was delayed until 29 March 1969. It was repeated on 5 September 1969. Radio episode. The radio version of this episode was adapted by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad and was first broadcast on 18 March 1974.