{{short description|Fictional character from the sitcom Dad's Army}} '''Captain George Mainwaring''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|ər|ɪ|ŋ}}) is a fictional [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] captain, first portrayed by [[Ar

'''Edmund Blackadder''' is the single name given to a collection of [[fictional characters]] who appear in the [[BBC]] mock-historical comedy series ''[[Bl ..., set shortly after [[The Wars of the Roses]]. He is the second son of the fictional [[Richard IV of England (Blackadder)|King Richard IV of England]] ([[Brian

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...in competition with Blackadder, a dynamic that would later be seen between Captains' Blackadder and Darling, in season 4, set in WWI) and is always doing his b ...al Melchett wears the star of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) on the left breast of his mess uniform in episode 3, "Major Star"