Captain Mainwaring
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Captain Mainwaring has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025).
Captain George Mainwaring is a fictional Home Guard captain, first portrayed by Arthur Lowe in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. In the 2016 film he is played by Toby Jones and in the 2019 remake of three missing episodes he is played by Kevin McNally. Mainwaring is the bank manager and Home Guard platoon commander, in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea during the Second World War.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The Rest Is History |
Who talks about Captain Mainwaring on podcasts?
Tom Holland brought up Captain Mainwaring; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on The Rest Is History.
- Why France Surrendered So Quickly In 1940 on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025) — Tom Holland
What is Captain Mainwaring mentioned alongside?
Captain Mainwaring is most often mentioned alongside Dover Castle, Eiffel Tower and Flanders.
Mentioned together: Dover Castle, Eiffel Tower, Flanders, Germany, British king, Luftwaffe, Marxism, Sir Max Hastings, Paul Reynaud, Stuttgart