Dad's Army
Intoducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard, a bunch of hapless old and young men who have kept people all over the world very amused for the past thirty seven years. Creator/Writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry made each episode of Dad's Army as funny as the previous one, with an element of humour which has survived decades. It has the most memorable catch phrases of any sitcom and due to our fondness of it, it's probably the most re-run show ever. The BBC keep an episode of it queued up incase of a fault at TV centre and it even successfully invaded the big screen with a memorable, well loved Dad's Army feature film made by Columbia pictures.
The platoon is selected to act as Nazis in an army film. With Wilson and Pike playing officers mayhem is inevitable.
Pike gets his call-up papers whilst Mainwaring and Hodges vie for who can recruit the most blood-donors.
Whilst Mainwaring has to endure a replacement office door made of paper, Godfrey's cottage will need demolishing to make way for a new airfield. Members in the platoon each help out in ways reflecting their unique characters.
The Platoon's weekend camp is enlivened by the Sea Scouts and Nazis.
Mainwaring finds that Jones's books don't balance but he is just the man to sort it all out.
Despite assessing Wilson's efficiency unfavourably, Mainwaring leaves him to organise a recruiting poster.
Captain Mainwaring's home truths are revealed when his brother pays a visit.
The vicar holds a charity bazaar, the proceeds going to luxuries for the troops. Godfrey tries to sell his home-made wine but people are getting drunk by tasting and not buying it. Mrs. Mainwaring fails to turn up after an accident with the bath enamel but donates some hideous lamp-shades she has made. Hodges contributes three oranges and Mainwaring is anxious to secure one for his wife but when Wilson gets Pike to buy it for the captain, the two end up bidding against each other and raising the price of the orange. Mainwaring finally buys it only to find it is a bitter orange, for marmalade-making.
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John Le Mesurier | Sgt. Arthur Wilson |
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John Laurie | Pte. James Frazer |
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Arthur Lowe | Capt. George Mainwaring |
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Ian Lavender | Pte. Frank Pike |
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Bill Pertwee | Chief Warden Hodges |
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Clive Dunn | LCpl. Jack Jones |
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Arnold Ridley | Pte. Charles Godfrey |
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Bud Flanagan | The Voice of |
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Frank Williams | Reverend Timothy Farthing |
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Edward Sinclair | Verger Maurice Yeatman |
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Colin Bean | Private Sponge |
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Janet Davies | Mrs. Mavis Pike |
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Harold Bennett | Mr. Bluett |
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Robert Raglan | the Colonel |
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Eric Longworth | the Town Clerk |
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Joan Cooper | Dolly Godfrey |
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Peter Butterworth | Mr. Bugden |
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Arnold Diamond | The Major-General |
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Hilda Fenemore | Queenie Beal |
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Ronnie Brody | Mr. Swann |
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Pamela Cundell | Mrs. Fox |
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Penny Irving | The Chambermaid |
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John Bardon | Harold Forster |
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Gordon Peters | The man with the door |
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Jack Haig | the Landlord |
| Director | David Croft |
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| Writer | Jimmy Perry, David Croft | |
| Producer | David Croft, Charles Garland | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Location | 24,09 |
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| Index | 1295 |
| Added Date | 17 Mar 2022 06:20:33 |
| Modified Date | 26 Nov 2025 11:25:45 |
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