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3 unusual facts about Mainwaring


Henry Mainwaring

His brothers were Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Carver to Prince Henry, George Mainwaring, the defender of Tong Castle, and Sir Thomas Mainwaring, the Recorder of Reading.

The Mainwaring family was old and distinguished, probably having arrived in England in the train of William the Conqueror (1066).

Is There Honey Still for Tea?

The episode opens with Mainwaring keenly anticipating the arrival of his new office door (the last having been destroyed by bomb damage).


A Brush with the Law

After Mainwaring is proved innocent Pike says "it's just like that film with John Garfield", a reference to the 1939 film They Made Me a Criminal.

Chris Mainwaring

Mainwaring's memorial service was held on 8 October 2007 at Christ Church Grammar School, Claremont.

Come In, Your Time Is Up

To Mainwaring's annoyance, the Chief Warden's van appears - he has brought out the Sea Scouts for a camp of their own.

Diane Baker

Alfred Hitchcock cast her in his film Marnie (1964) as Lil Mainwaring, the sister-in-law of Mark Rutland (Sean Connery).

High Finance

Pike makes reference to the Charlie Chan series of films starring Warner Oland, in particular Charlie Chan in London which was released in 1934, when Mainwaring calls a meeting to reveal the identity of the villain.

If the Cap Fits...

Hodges arrives, and accuses them of looking at dirty pictures, then Jones finally messes up and shows a picture of a topless Zulu native from the Vicars slide collection, "Light into Darkest Africa", much to Hodges delight and Mainwaring's discomfort.

John Mainwaring

In 1761 Johann Mattheson published an extended translation with sharp remarks on the biography of Mainwaring.

My Brother and I

Meanwhile, on board a train carriage, a drunken figure with more than a passing resemblance to Mainwaring downs a bottle of Scotch.

Philip Hugh Dalbiac

He was the third son of Henry Eadley Aylmer Dalbiac and his wife Mary (née Mainwaring), of Durrington, West Sussex.

Private Frank Pike

Notably, in "The Deadly Attachment", Pike was put on an ominous 'list' by a German U-Boat captain due to Mainwaring's incompetence at preventing the German from learning Pike's name ("Don't tell him, Pike!"), spelling his doom should the Germans win the war; however, as Pike had sung a childish song about Adolf Hitler in front of this officer, it is his own fault in refusing to take the situation seriously.

Robert Brooke, Sr.

Brooke married second, on May 11, 1635, Mary Mainwaring, daughter of Roger Mainwaring (1582–1653), Dean of Worcester and Bishop of St David's, and his wife Cecilia Proper.

Simon Mainwaring

Mainwaring is a member of the General Mills Digital Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Diplomacy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Ad Age’s Power150 and is an Expert Blogger for Fast Company.

Something Nasty in the Vault

West searches for them, and is shocked to see a massive hole in the floor, where Mainwaring and Wilson are stranded, clutching an unexploded bomb on their laps.

The Deadly Attachment

Taking advantage of the distraction, the U-Boat Captain feigns illness and manages to swipe Mainwaring's revolver, seizing Hodges as a hostage.

The Lion Has Phones

Eventually, Lieutenant Hope-Bruce of the Coldstream Guards arrives and tells Mainwaring that they've surrounded the reservoir.


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