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Dad's Army

Series 1

Episode 4: The Enemy within the Gates

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic sitcom about the Home Guard unit of Walmington-on-Sea. The platoon triumphs over problems of security, fifth columnists and parachuting airmen.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Lance-Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
ARP Warden:
Bill Pertwee
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Second German Pilot:
Nigel Rideout
First German Pilot:
Denys Peek
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Military Police Sergeant:
David Davenport
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Captain Winogrodski:
Carl Jaffe
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 3: Gorilla Warfare

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Classic sitcom. During an exercise, Captain Mainwaring takes the role of a highly important secret agent. The regular army try to prevent him completing his mission.

Contributors

Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Man in white coat:
Michael Sharvell-Martin
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Private Cheeseman:
Talfryn Thomas
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Lieutenant Wood:
Robin Parkinson
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 9

Episode 5: Number Engaged

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Mainwaring's motley crew is put in charge of a vital telephone line. They awake to find a bomb enmeshed in the wires.

Contributors

Capt Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sgt Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Cpl Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Producer:
David Croft
Director:
Bob Spiers

Dad's Army

Series 9

Episode 2: The Making of Private Pike

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Captain Mainwaring is given a staff car, which breaks down when Pike and his girlfriend borrow it to go to the pictures.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sgt Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Pte Frazer:
John Laurie
Pte Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Pte Pike:
Ian Lavender
Pte Sponge:
Colin Bean
Chief ARP Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
The Verger:
Edward Sinclair
Pte Walker:
James Beck
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 2: My British Buddy

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Classic wartime sitcom. As the first contingent of American soldiers arrives in Walmington-on-Sea, Captain Mainwaring and his troops prepare to welcome them.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Walker:
James Beck
Ivy Bandways:
Suzanne Kerchiss
Landlord:
Verne Morgan
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
US Sergeant:
Blain Fairman
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Mr Cheeseman:
Talfryn Thomas
Colonel Shultz:
Alan Tilvern
GHQ Colonel:
Robert Raglan
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 5: The Honourable Man

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Captain Mainwaring is annoyed when a death elevates Sergeant Wilson to the fringes of the aristocracy.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
ARP Warden:
Bill Pertwee
The Vicar:
Frank Williams
The Verger:
Edward Sinclair
Town Clerk:
Eric Longworth
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Russian:
Gabor Vernon
Interpreter:
Hana-Maria Pravda
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 6: Things That Go Bump in the Night

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Classic wartime sitcom. The platoon's van breaks down outside what looks like a deserted house where Mainwaring decides they should spend the night.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lieutenant Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Captain Cadbury:
Jonathan Cecil
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 1: Everybody's Trucking

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Wartime sitcom. A big exercise is jeopardised when the platoon find an abandoned steam engine blocking the road.

Contributors

Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 2

Episode 1: Operation Kilt

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Classic sitcom featuring the men of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard unit. Mainwaring's squad takes part in an exercise for a Highland platoon.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Captain Ogilvie:
James Copeland
Small Boy:
Colin Daniels
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 2

Episode 2: The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage

Duration: 32 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Classic sitcom. Mainwaring and his outfit, convinced that a German invasion has already begun, mount a gun placement at Private Godfrey's cottage. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Dolly:
Amy Dalby
ARP Warden:
Bill Pertwee
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Member of the Platoon:
Richard Jacques
Member of the Platoon:
Frank Godfrey
Producer:
David Croft
Director:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 2: A Man of Action

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Captain Mainwaring declares martial law when a bomb drops on the outskirts of Walmington-on-Sea.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Mr Cheeseman:
Talfryn Thomas
Inspector Baker:
Jay Denyer
Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Mr Gordon:
Eric Longworth
Captain Swan:
Robert Mill
Fire Officer Dale:
Arnold Peters
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Mr Bluett:
Harold Bennett
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 4: The Godiva Affair

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Classic wartime sitcom. Captain Mainwaring's platoon decide to perform a morris dance to raise funds for the Walmington-on-Sea Spitfire fund.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Day:
Peter Honri
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Private Hancock:
George Hancock
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Town Clerk:
Eric Longworth
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Cheesman:
Talfryn Thomas
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 8: The Two and a Half Feathers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic wartime sitcom. An old comrade-in-arms dredges up the past and brings the glorious history of Corporal Jones into question.

Contributors

Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
ARP Warden:
Bill Pertwee
Private Clarke:
John Cater
Raymond:
John Ash
Elizabeth:
Parnell McGarry
Director:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 11: A Wilson (Manager?)

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic sitcom. Sergeant Wilson is to be appointed manager of the Eastgate branch of the bank and made a lieutenant in the Eastgate Home Guard to fill a vacancy. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Private James Frazer:
John Laurie
Captain George Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Charles Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Joe Walker:
James Beck
The Vicar:
Frank Williams
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 12: Uninvited Guests

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Classic wartime comedy. When HQ is bombed, the wardens have to share the church hall with the Home Guard, despite Captain Mainwaring's disapproval. Show more

Contributors

Captain George Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Charles Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Joe Walker:
James Beck
The Vicar:
Frank Williams
Producer:
David Croft

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Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 1: Ring Dem Bells

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Classic wartime sitcom. When the platoon members are ordered to play Nazi soldiers in a training film, Captain Mainwaring is far from happy. Show more

Contributors

Captain Wainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Harold Forster:
John Bardon
Landlord:
Jack Haig
Doris, the Barmaid:
Janet Mahoney
ARP Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Queenie Beal:
Hilda Fenemore
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 2: When You've Got to Go

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Private Pike receives his call-up papers and, to the great alarm of his mother, he is passed A1.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Town Clerk:
Eric Longworth
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Italian Sergeant:
Freddie Earlle
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Fishfryer:
Frankie Holmes
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 3: Is There Honey Still for Tea?

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Private Godfrey's humble abode, Cherry Tree Cottage, is threatened with demolition to make way for a new aerodrome. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Sir Charles McAllister:
Campbell Singer
Man with door:
Gordon Peters
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Producer:
David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 4: Come In, Your Time Is Up

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard attempt to bring ashore a German Luftwaffe aircraft crew who have bailed out into a nearby lake. Show more

Contributors

Captain George Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer:
John Laurie
Mr Bluett:
Harold Bennett
Private Charles Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:
Ian Lavender
The Reverend Timothy Farthing:
Frank Williams
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
ARP Warden William Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Producer:
David Croft