Captain Mainwaring where he is referred to by Wilson as a magistrate, alderman and chairman of the Rotary Clubs for both Walmington and Eastgate. A series of Barclays Bank adverts featured George Mainwaring retiring from his position at the bank, to be succeeded by Pike, to whom Mainwaring nevertheless refers as 'stupid boy'. Mainwaring appears in one with his granddaughter on their way to her wedding, notwithstanding the fact that he and his wife were not shown to have any children in the series. Mainwaring's class pretensions stand in contrast to his Sergeant, who is genuinely upper middle class. Mainwaring is often
Things That Go Bump in the Night (Dad's Army) is asleep, Pike wakes up Sergeant Wilson (who gets a fright at the sight of the bearskin), and asks him if he can come into bed with him. Wilson says to ask Captain Mainwaring, so Pike wakes up Jones and gets him to ask Captain Mainwaring if he can come into bed, however Mainwaring refuses because there is no room for Pike. Pike then asks Wilson whether he can accompany him to wash his hands and clean his teeth. Wilson reluctantly agrees, but only after Pike threatens to tell his mother if he doesn't come. Meanwhile, Godfrey wakes up Frazer