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Dad's Army (UK)
TV Series (1968 - 1977)
Popular BBC comedy series set in the fictional south coast seaside town of Walmington-On-Sea during World War 2. Alternating moments of gentle character comedy with broad slapstick, it recounts the misadventures of the local voluntary defence force (or 'Home Guard') consisting of men too old or 'unfit' for military service.
Last Episode
09x06 Never Too Old Aired: Nov. 13, 1977Jones confesses his undying love for Mrs Fox to Mr Mainwaring and asks for his Captain's blessing on their marriage. The wedding goes according … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Jul. 31, 1968
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
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Series Fun Facts
- Pvte Pike also has a half-sister, the daughter of Sgt Wilson by an earlier relationship. She is only referred to once when she makes a quick visit to see Sgt Wilson. He laments that her…
[show]Pvte Pike also has a half-sister, the daughter of Sgt Wilson by an earlier relationship. She is only referred to once when she makes a quick visit to see Sgt Wilson. He laments that her mother left him many years ago and he has seen very little of his daughter, who is not named and only referred to in the credits as The Wren, being as she is in uniform when seen.
[hide] - When an episode of the show was shown to members of the public to gauge audience reaction prior to broadcast of the first series, the majority thought it was very poor. The production team…
[show]When an episode of the show was shown to members of the public to gauge audience reaction prior to broadcast of the first series, the majority thought it was very poor. The production team put the report containing the negative comments at the bottom of David Croft's in-tray. He only saw it several months later, after the series had been broadcast to great acclaim.
[hide] - Three episodes of this series ("Dad's Army" (1968) {The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker (#2.3)}, "Dad's Army" (1968) {A Stripe for Frazer (#2.5)} and "Dad's Army" (1968) {Under Fire…
[show]Three episodes of this series ("Dad's Army" (1968) {The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker (#2.3)}, "Dad's Army" (1968) {A Stripe for Frazer (#2.5)} and "Dad's Army" (1968) {Under Fire (#2.6)}) are no longer thought to exist (although the off-air soundtrack to one, "Dad's Army" (1968) {A Stripe for Frazer (#2.5)}, was recovered in 2008), after an archive purge at the BBC in the 1970s saw the destruction of the only known copies. Until recently, there were five missing episodes (all from the second season) before an appeal by the BBC called "Treasure Hunt" saw the return of two 16mm film recordings ("Dad's Army" (1968) {Operation Kilt (#2.1)} and "Dad's Army" (1968) {The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage (#2.2)}) taken from the original video tapes. These recordings had been dumped in a skip outside the Elstree Studios when they were found and taken home by one of the studio staff, 30 years before. After seeing the 'Treasure Hunt' appeal on TV in 2001, the prints were returned by a friend of the staff member, to whom the prints had been entrusted.
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