The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker is a missing episode in the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Saturday 15 March 1969. Although screenshots and clips of the episode exist, the full episode is considered lost.

Synopsis

To his complete surprise, Walker receives his call-up papers. Mainwaring tries his best to get them to reconsider.

Plot

When Walker is called up, he applies to the Military Service Hardship Committee, who reject him on the grounds that he doesn't keep books for his business. After Jones' attempts to sabotage his medical test fail, Walker is invalided out because he's allergic to corned beef.

Cast

Notes

1. This episode is currently missing from the BBC's television archives after staff wiped the tapes so they could reuse them. This is one of three Dad's Army episodes that are still missing from the archives. The other two are "A Stripe for Frazer" and "Under Fire".
2. This was the first appearance of Michael Knowles.
3. There's hope that an audio or video copy that was made during the transmisson still exist

Radio episode

The radio episode still exists and was released on Series 1 DVD.

References

• Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dad’s Army. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-4637-X. 

External links

• "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" at the Internet Movie Database
• "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" at TV.com