Sergeant Wilson, being more relaxed about the festive affair, says they can wear civvies. The Captain has the privilege of wearing Elizabethan "civvies". The Lynda La Plante series, "Civvies", won an Ivor Novello Award for best music. It was also used as the title music to the 1992 BBC drama series "Civvies". Special versions for use in Ministry of Defence ration packs read "It's not for civvies". Civvies is a six-part thriller first broadcast on BBC1 on 22 September 1992.