 In many episodes he ends up embroiled in the escapades of the platoon, often by accident, and he joins the Home Guard briefly in "The Recruit".In the episode "Time on My Hands" it is revealed that his hobby is archery, when he uses his skills and equipment to rescue the platoon.This episode also includes one of many insinuations from Chief Warden Hodges that the mildly effeminate Vicar may be homosexual