Dad's Army

Dad's Army

1968
Dad's Army
Dad's Army

Dad's Army

8.1 | TV-PG | en | Comedy

Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.

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EP6  Never Too Old
Nov. 13,1977
Never Too Old

Lance Corporal Jones wants to marry Mrs Fox but has to get Capt Mainwarings permission. During the reception an invasion alert is called and Jones spends his wedding night on the beach doing guard duty

EP5  Number Engaged
Nov. 04,1977
Number Engaged

The platoon take over from the regular army in guarding some vital telephone wires During an air raid a bomb lands in the wires and a way has to be found to get it down before it explodes

EP4  The Miser's Hoard
Oct. 28,1977
The Miser's Hoard

Frazer is busy counting up his earnings when his doctor visits and accidentally knocks over a money box revealing that Frazer is far from poor. Concerned, the doctor alerts Mainwaring, who alerts Jones and very soon Frazer's fortune is the subject of town gossip. Eventually the platoon, Hodges, the Vicar and the Verger are spying on Frazer to see what he does with his money. Will they get their hands on it, or does Frazer have a sneaky trick up his sleeve?

EP3  Knights of Madness
Oct. 21,1977
Knights of Madness

During a ' Wings For Victory ' fundraising event the platoon decide to stage a reenactment of the battle between St George and the Dragon but friction starts when Hodges and the wardens plan the same thing

EP2  The Making of Private Pike
Oct. 14,1977
The Making of Private Pike

Capt Mainwaring is to be an umpire in a war game exercise so he gets the use of a car Pike meets a girl and uses the car to take her out but they stay out all night and the whole town is shocked

EP1  Wake-Up Walmington
Oct. 07,1977
Wake-Up Walmington

The people of Walmington-On-Sea are becoming apathetic about the war effort. When practicing on a firing range, Mainwaring is told to keep the noise down and Hodges is verbally assaulted for his efforts as chief warden. Mainwaring decides to scare his townfolk by getting the platoon to dress up as fifth columnists and marching through the countryside 'asking ze questions!' Will their plan work? Or will Mainwaring just end up looking rather silly infront of Captain Square and the Eastgate platoon?

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8.1 | TV-PG | en | Comedy | More Info
Released: 1968-07-31 | Released Producted By: BBC , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tlxv
Synopsis

Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.

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Cast

Arthur Lowe , John Le Mesurier , Clive Dunn

Director

David Croft

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Michiel1965 Some years ago "Dad's army" was voted the best British comedy and rightly so. Great Britain faced imminent invasion by Germany in 1940. The British army was destroyed on the beaches of Dunkirk. To counter an invasion the government decided to raise local militias consisting of individuals unfit or too old for military service called the Home Guard. Dad's Army is the story about such a local militia in the (fictious) little town of Walmington-on-Sea. Dad's Army is British comedy at his very best. Some good points are* The Brits are masters of ridiculing other nations but are grandmasters in ridiculing themselves. They do it with gusto in Dad's Army. * The ensemble cast has no weak links. Arthur Lowe (as capt. Mainwaring) is a giant, and John Le Mesurier (as sgt Wilson) plays himself, the quintessential English gentleman. *The writing is superb, the humour as British as British humour can get *There is so much to discover, the relationships between the characters, living in Britain during the war, the class-struggle, so many actors from other series make an appearance.It is all wonderful to be honest.
Seb This is great comedy, from an era when writing mattered and the main demographic was 'the whole family'. The jokes are natural and evolve from the situation the hapless home guard find themselves in. You couldn't ask for a better cast, try thinking of a replacement actor for any of the parts - I bet you can't come up with anyone more suited to the characters.One thing I really like about this show is the way that the characters have a little bit of depth. Take Captain Mainwaring for example, in many ways he's flawed but he's also shown to be a good person doing his best. For example he mucks in with the work and has a sympathetic ear for his men. This kind of writing just wouldn't fly these days, it would be considered too complicated for viewers for him not to be either a good guy or a bad guy. That says a lot about modern telly and the view producers and writers have of their audiences.In short this is a charming show that hasn't dated at all and made me laugh out loud, something that very few modern comedies manage. Glad to see it gets such a high rating, it fully deserves it.
ShadeGrenade I won't bother describing 'Dad's Army' in detail as its been covered extensively elsewhere. Quite simply, its one of the best comedy series ever made. Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier headed a stellar cast of comedy actors which included Clive Dunn, James Beck, Ian Lavender, John Laurie ( my favourite ), Arnold Ridley, Janet Davies, Edward Sinclair and Pamela Cundell. Not forgetting the marvellous Bill Pertwee as 'A.R.P. Hodges', Back in the '60's/'70's, 'Dad's Army' was watched by two different audiences for two different reasons - older viewers found it unbearably nostalgic, with its slightly rose-tinted ( though not inaccurate ) view of wartime England, whilst younger viewers ( of whom I was one ) simply loved it for its occasional forays into slapstick comedy.The show was created and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Perry had served in The Home Guard ( he was the role model for 'Pike' ) so he was able to bring much authenticity to the scripts. He later cited the classic Will Hay film 'Oh Mr.Porter' ( pompous man, old man, stupid boy ) as a major source of inspiration, and its easy to see what he meant.The fine cast were ably served by the hilariously funny scripts. Probably the best remembered episode is 'The Deadly Attachment' in which Philip Madoc played the captain of a captured U-Boat crew, if only for the legendary 'Don't Tell Him, Pike!' scene. My personal favourite, however, was 'Battle Of The Giants'.After James Beck tragically died mid-way through the series, they brought in Talfryn Thomas as reporter 'Mr.Cheeseman'. Personally, I liked him, but it was felt he added nothing to the show and so he was dropped.Its testament to the quality of 'Dad's Army' that its still being repeated forty years later. Contrary to myth, the show's fans are not all old age pensioners. I wasn't alive when the Second World War happened, but I love the show because I know great comedy when I see it.
Bea Dad's Army has got to be the greatest British sitcom ever. The cast were (and those who are still alive still are) Britans best and the scripts are comic geneous. I have loved it ever since I saw my very first episiode (which I can still remember was "Boots, Boots, Boots") and as Jimmy Perry (the writer), David Croft (the producer) and most of the cast were around to play their own roles during the real World War Two it adds an extra appeal to know that they each brought there own war time experiances into the series and their characters (John Le Mesurier for example initially had trouble in knowing how to play Sgt Wilson eventually decideing to play him how he himself had conducted himself as a Captain in India in WW2). Overall I simply love "Dad's Army" and hope that as years go by and generation after generation brings new life into the world "Dad's Army" will never be forgotten!