This episode marked the last regular appearance of James Beck (Private Joe Walker) who died on 6 August 1973.
Mainwaring has a slight head cold, so Jones restrains him from going out in the rain fearing he might catch pneumonia.
Pike has to change out of his wet clothes, so ends up wearing the vest of a flag-bearer's uniform and a bearskin rug (which has a bear's head on it).
However, Jones feels Mainwaring's bed, claims it is damp and refuses to let him sleep there until he has warmed it up.
Later, as everybody is asleep, Pike wakes up Wilson (who gets a fright at the sight of the bearskin) and asks him if he can come into bed with him.
The door opens slowly to reveal an upper-class accented officer, Captain Cadbury, who is surprised to find them in his bedroom.
Thus, after Pike nearly rubs the aniseed on Mainwaring, the platoon makes a run for it, carrying Godfrey aboard a sheep hurdle.
Once they reach a stream, Mainwaring tells the platoon that dogs cannot follow a scent across water, so Pike is made to cross downstream.
In the end, Mainwaring, Wilson, Frazer and Godfrey hide in a tool shed while the others climb trees.
This allows the platoon to escape and they continue their walk, with Pike wearing a potato sack and the German helmet.