Santa on Patrol

"Santa on Patrol" is the first Christmas Night with the Stars sketch from the British comedy series Dad's Army.

All surviving paperwork of the time confirms that it was only ever officially designated as a Dad's Army segment for the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars strand.

When the story was being lined up for an audio CD release, a producer at BBC Audiobooks called Charles Norton, invented the title, as it saved confusion on internal paperwork.

Although it is Christmas Day 1940, Captain Mainwaring is unable to forget his sense of duty and orders his men to parade as normal.

Mainwaring does not like the sergeant's sudden burst of decision making and subsequently, the men arrive at the parade all dressed as Father Christmas, with various reasons why.