Changes: Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret

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Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret
Series 2, Episode 4

Air Date	22 March 1969
Written by	Jimmy Perry & David Croft
Director	Harold Snoad
Producer	David Croft
Length	30 minutes
Original Audience Figures	13.6 Million
Previous episode	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker
Next episode	A Stripe for Frazer
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Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret is the fourth episode of the second series of Dad's Army, which was originally transmitted on Saturday 22 March 1969.

Synopsis

When Mrs Pike mentions having a child around the house again, Wilson gets the wrong idea, and is forced to marry Mrs Pike.

Plot

When Mrs Pike plans to take in an evacuee, Wilson misunderstands and thinks that she is pregnant. Mainwaring orders him to marry her and just as the preparations are under way, Mrs Pike leads into the church hall a 10-year-old Cockney evacuee also named Arthur. The wedding does not take place.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Graham Harboard as Little Arthur

Notes

This episode was previously the only surviving episode of the second series for almost 25 years, until 2001 when two episodes in the same series, Operation Kilt and The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage, were discovered and returned to the BBC's archives.

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 }}'''Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret '''is the fourth episode of the second series of '''Dad's Army''', which was originally transmitted on Saturday 22 March 1969.
-===Synopsis===
+== Synopsis ==
 When Mrs Pike mentions having a child around the house again, Wilson gets the wrong idea, and is forced to marry Mrs Pike.
-===[[File:Sgt._Wilson_and_Pte._Walker.jpg|thumb|left|Sgt. Wilson and Pte. Walker]]Plot===
-When [[Mrs. Mavis Pike|Mrs Pike]] plans to take in an evacuee, [[Sergeant Arthur Wilson|Wilson]] misunderstands and thinks that she is pregnant. [[Captain George Mainwaring|Mainwaring]] orders him to marry her, and just as the preparations are under way, Mrs Pike leads in a 10-year-old Cockney evacuee also named Arthur. The wedding doesn't take place.
-===Notes===
+== Plot ==
+[[File:Sgt._Wilson_and_Pte._Walker.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Sgt. Wilson and Pte. Walker]]
-*This episode was previously the only surviving episode of the second series for almost 25 years, until 2001 when two episodes in the same series [[Operation Kilt]] and [[The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage]] were discovered.
+When [[Mrs. Mavis Pike|Mrs Pike]] plans to take in an evacuee, [[Sergeant Arthur Wilson|Wilson]] misunderstands and thinks that she is pregnant. [[Captain George Mainwaring|Mainwaring]] orders him to marry her and just as the preparations are under way, Mrs Pike leads into the church hall a 10-year-old Cockney evacuee also named Arthur. The wedding does not take place.
+== Cast ==
+==== Main 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]]
+==== Supporting cast ====
+* [[Graham Harboard]] as Little Arthur
+== Notes ==
+*This episode was previously the only surviving episode of the second series for almost 25 years, until 2001 when two episodes in the same series, ''[[Operation Kilt]]'' and ''[[The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage]]'', were discovered and returned to the BBC's archives.
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