Hyacinth Bucket is putting everything she has into directing, and appearing in, a pageant based on the Civil War. She is forced to resort to alternative recruitment methods when her adverts draw a blank.

Cast: Patricia Routledge, Judy Cornwell, Josephine Tewson, Geoffrey Hughes, Mary Millar, David Griffin, Clive Swift, Jeremy Gittins, Marion Barron, Una Stubbs, Anna Dawson, John Evitts, George Webb, Miranda Kingsley, Tony Stuart