The first of ten programmes by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn
featuring John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender
with Janet Davies, Caroline Dowdeswell, John Ringham, Bill Pertwee, Neville Hughes
The voices of Bud Flanagan and E.V.H. Emmett
Signature tune by Jimmy Perry and Derek Taverner, played by the Band of the Coldstream Guards, Conducted by their Director of Music, Capt. Trevor L. Sharpe M.B.E., L.R.A.M., A.B.C.M.

This is the first, black-and-white episode of Dad's Army, originally shown on 31 July 1968. In it our heroes band together to form a platoon of Local Defence Volunteers to defend our island home.