Mr Grainger makes much of the fact that this holiday is the first time he had been abroad.
But later when he has a run in with the Germans he talks about how he been fighting them on the beaches in the war.
Oh well. I suppose he would not have needed a passport when invading Europe in WW2 !!
I think you're confused. Grainger entertained troops (perhaps at home?) doing impressions, and when he did his Churchill impression he quoted the famous "we will fight them on the beaches, etc. etc. never surrender" speech.
The writers of the show said they never bothered to maintain continuity, they weren't like Star Trek, designing blueprints for the entire ship and trying to keep track of everything (although, each Star Trek series is fairly continuous, the series themselves often differ with eachother, DS9 contradicting TNG, TNG contradicting TOS, etc.). You'll notice on the show the floor of the mens and ladies department is sometimes the first floor (which I guess in England means the first floor above ground level) and sometimes the fourth. And for one episode only, Mr. Humphries has psychic powers (but never again after that episode, even when they would have come in really handy).
Mr. Grainger was a member of ENSA during WWII and did his Churchill impression for the British troops stationed at Tobruk in North Africa. (See "Camping In")
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Thank you for engaging with my comment.
I take the point that Croft & Perry did not let continuity considerations get in the way of a good joke - and quite right too. However I respectfully suggest to you that I am not "confused" - in the context of this one movie my comment was perfectly valid.
Also, my comment was clearly meant to be a humorous one - not a serious one. I apologise if you took it seriously as the content and tone of your response suggests you did.
Best wishes
Dan-2288
It could just simply be that he means it's the first time he's been abroad on holiday, whereas if he was on the contintent either at the beginning of the war (until 1940) or at the end (from 1944), it wasn't on a holiday.
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