Programme Index

Duration: 14 minutes

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First broadcast: Mon 12^th Sep 2011, 18:30 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 5^th Jun 2021, 16:15 on BBC Two Wales

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Melvyn Bragg reveals archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. At Osterley Park, Melvyn visits the site of the first Home Guard training school. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Melvyn Bragg
Participant:: Jimmy Perry
Series Producer:: Dympna Jackson
Executive Producer:: Ruth Pitt

Genres

FactualHistory

Series

Reel History of Britain

Dad's Army

Series 3

Episode 11: Branded

Duration: 33 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 20^th Nov 1969, 19:30 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 17^th Feb 2024, 22:45 on BBC Two Wales HD

Wartime sitcom. There's trouble in the ranks of the Home Guard when the bravery of the gentle and well-mannered Pte Godfrey is called into question.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sgt Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
L/Cpl Jones:: Clive Dunn
Pte Frazer:: John Laurie
Pte Pike:: Ian Lavender
Pte Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Pte Walker:: James Beck
Chief AP Warden:: Bill Pertwee
Miss Godfrey:: Nan Braunton
2nd ARP Warden:: Stuart Sherwin
Doctor:: Roger Avon
Producer:: David Croft
Director:: Harold Snoad
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 3: Boots, Boots, Boots

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Oct 1970, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 23^rd Mar 2024, 20:45 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic sitcom about the Home Guard unit of Walmington-on-Sea. Captain Mainwaring starts a foot-hardening programme which includes lengthy route marches. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer:: John Laurie
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Walker:: James Beck
ARP Warden:: Bill Pertwee
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Mr Sedgewick:: Erik Chitty
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry

Genres

ComedySitcoms

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Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 6: The Face on the Poster

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Oct 1975, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sun 31^st Mar 2024, 17:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Classic wartime sitcom. Mainwaring starts an advertising campaign to increase recruiting, but Wilson mixes up the photographs for the poster.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Private Walker:: James Beck
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Polish Officer:: Gabor Vernon
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Chief ARP Warden Hodge:: Bill Pertwee
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
Mr Bluett:: Harold Bennett
Mr Bugden:: Peter Butterworth
Fred:: Bill Tasker
Police Sergeant:: Michael Bevis
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

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Series

Dad's Army: Series 8

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

Duration: 58 minutes

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First broadcast: Fri 27^th Apr 2012, 21:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Wed 22^nd May 2024, 21:00 on BBC Four HD

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Candid portrait of actor John Le Mesurier, from his turbulent marriage to Hattie Jacques to his life-changing role as Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Participant:: Ian Lavender
Participant:: Joan Le Mesurier
Participant:: Jimmy Perry
Participant:: Michael Palin
Participant:: Clive Dunn
Director:: Lucy Kenwright
Executive Producer:: Caroline Wright
Producer:: Lucy Kenwright

Genres

FactualLife Stories

Formats

Documentaries

Dad's Army

Series 9

Episode 2: The Making of Private Pike

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Oct 1977, 20:10 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 18^th Aug 2018, 19:30 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
Vicar:: Frank Williams
The Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Pte Walker:: James Beck
Sylvia:: Jean Gilpin
Nora:: Melita Manger
Mrs Fox:: Pamela Cundell
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

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Series

Dad's Army: Series 9

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 2: My British Buddy

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Nov 1973, 18:50 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 22^nd Feb 2020, 17:15 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
Mrs Fox:: Pamela Cundell
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
US Sergeant:: Blain Fairman
Shirley:: Wendy Richard
Chief Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Mr Cheeseman:: Talfryn Thomas
Colonel Shultz:: Alan Tilvern
GHQ Colonel:: Robert Raglan
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 6

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 5: The Honourable Man

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 28^th Nov 1973, 18:50 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 15^th Feb 2020, 19:30 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
Colonel:: Robert Raglan
Mrs Fox:: Pamela Cundell
Major:: Fred McNaughton
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 6

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 6: Things That Go Bump in the Night

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 5^th Dec 1973, 18:50 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 14^th Mar 2020, 19:30 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
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 6

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 1: Everybody's Trucking

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 15^th Nov 1974, 19:45 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 21^st Mar 2020, 18:30 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
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 7

Dad's Army

Series 2

Episode 1: Operation Kilt

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 1^st Mar 1969, 19:00 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Thu 22^nd Nov 2018, 19:00 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
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 2

Dad's Army

Series 2

Episode 2: The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage

Duration: 32 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 8^th Mar 1969, 19:00 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 8^th May 2021, 19:30 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
Cissy:: Nan Braunton
ARP Warden:: Bill Pertwee
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
Member of the Platoon:: Richard Jacques
Member of the Platoon:: Frank Godfrey
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Director:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 2

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 2: A Man of Action

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 22^nd Nov 1974, 19:45 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 28^th Mar 2020, 18:30 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
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Mr Gordon:: Eric Longworth
Captain Swan:: Robert Mill
Fire Officer Dale:: Arnold Peters
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
Mr Bluett:: Harold Bennett
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 7

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 4: The Godiva Affair

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 6^th Dec 1974, 19:45 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 2^nd May 2020, 19:00 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
Waitress:: Rosemary Faith
Private Hancock:: George Hancock
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Town Clerk:: Eric Longworth
Private Walker:: James Beck
Mrs Fox:: Pamela Cundell
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Cheesman:: Talfryn Thomas
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry

Genres

ComedySitcoms

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Series

Dad's Army: Series 7

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 8: The Two and a Half Feathers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 13^th Nov 1970, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 7^th Sep 2019, 16:30 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
Edna:: Queenie Watts
Doreen:: Gilda Perry
Raymond:: John Ash
Elizabeth:: Parnell McGarry
Edith:: Wendy Richard
Director:: David Croft
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 11: A Wilson (Manager?)

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 4^th Dec 1970, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 31^st Aug 2019, 19:30 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
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 12: Uninvited Guests

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 11^th Dec 1970, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 7^th Sep 2019, 20:30 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
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

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Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 1: Ring Dem Bells