The Captain's Car usually on the bonnet, was missing, and so the car had to be driven back to London immediately for the missing emblem to be retrieved. The same car was used by Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in the BBC's To The Manor Born, and in other British and Hollywood films. The Captain's Car The Captain's Car is the fifth episode of the seventh series of the British comedy series "Dad's Army" that was originally transmitted on Friday 13 December 1974. The platoon inherit a Rolls-Royce car and have to prepare for a visiting French General. Lady Maltby arrives to see Captain Mainwaring in
British sitcom City" and NBC's "Will & Grace". Most PBS stations affectionately refer to British sitcoms as "Britcoms". Several British sitcoms have been successfully remade for the American market. Notable examples include "Steptoe and Son" which became "Sanford and Son", "Till Death Us Do Part", which became "All in the Family" on CBS and "The Office" which was remade into an American series of the same name. Three's Company, a remake of Man About the House, spawned identical spinoffs: The Ropers (George and Mildred) and Three's a Crowd (Robin's Nest). More recently, shows such as "The Inbetweeners" have been adapted, as well