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Dad's Army


Dad's Army is a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBCtelevision from 1968 to 1977. The sitcom ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio version based on the television scripts, a feature film and a stage show. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still repeated worldwide.
The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either because of age or by being in professions exempt from conscription. Dad's Army deals almost exclusively with over age men, and featured older British actors, including Arthur LoweJohn Le MesurierArnold Ridley and John Laurie. Younger members in the cast included Ian LavenderClive Dunn (who played the oldest guardsmen, Lance Corporal Jones), Frank WilliamsJames Beck (who died suddenly during production of the programme's sixth series in 1973), and air raid warden Bill Pertwee.
In 2004, Dad's Army was voted fourth in a BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It had been placed 13th in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 and voted for by industry professionals.[1] The series has influenced popular culture in the United Kingdom, with the series' catchphrases and characters being well known. It highlighted a forgotten aspect of defence during the Second World War. The Radio Times magazine listed Captain Mainwaring's "You stupid boy!" among the 25 greatest put-downs on TV.[2] In 2014 it was announced that Bill NighySir Michael GambonToby Jones and Sir Tom Courtenay are among the stars who will appear in a big-screen remake, set to be released in 2016.[3]

Written by
Directed by
David Croft
Harold Snoad
Bob Spiers
Starring
Listed in closing credits:
Opening theme
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of series
9
No. of episodes
80 (3 missing) + shorter sketches.
Production
Producer(s)
David Croft
Running time
30 minutes
Release
Original channel
Original release
31 July 1968 – 13 November 1977

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