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
To the Manor Born Grantleigh, in Somerset near the fictional town of Marlbury. The series begins with the funeral of Marton (sic) fforbes-Hamilton, the Lord of the Manor of Grantleigh. Audrey, his widow (and apparently also his cousin), is far from distraught, as she now has control of the Grantleigh estate, which her family the fforbes-Hamiltons have controlled for 400 years. Her joy is short-lived though, as her solicitor Arnold Plunkett informs her that Marton was bankrupt and that the manor will have to be sold to pay off the debts. Audrey tries to buy back the manor at auction, but is outbid. The