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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

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

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 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

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 7

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

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

Dad's Army: Series 4

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Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 1: Ring Dem Bells

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 5^th Sep 1975, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sun 14^th Jun 2020, 18:00 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
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Doris, the Barmaid:: Janet Mahoney
ARP Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Queenie Beal:: Hilda Fenemore
Colonel:: Robert Raglan
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 8

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 2: When You've Got to Go

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 12^th Sep 1975, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 6^th Jun 2020, 19:45 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

Verger:: Edward Sinclair
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
Doctor:: Tim Barrett
Chief Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Fishfryer:: Frankie Holmes
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 8

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 4: Come In, Your Time Is Up

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 26^th Sep 1975, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 29^th Aug 2020, 19:30 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
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 8

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 7: The Recruit

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 12^th Dec 1973, 18:50 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 7^th Mar 2020, 19:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic sitcom. Captain Mainwaring is temporarily in hospital. During his absence, Sergeant Wilson allows the vicar to join the platoon.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Chief Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Nurse:: Susan Majolier
Actor:: Lindsey Dunn
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 9

Episode 6: Never Too Old

Duration: 36 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 13^th Nov 1977, 20:10 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 30^th Jan 2021, 20:40 on BBC Two Wales HD

In the last episode ever made of the classic wartime sitcom, Corporal Jones falls in love and decides to marry.

Contributors

Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Mrs Fox:: Pamela Cundell
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Dolly:: Joan Cooper
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
ARP Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
The Colonel:: Robert Raglan
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
The Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Lance Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
The Vicar:: Frank Williams
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 9

Dad's Army

Series 6

Episode 3: The Royal Train

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 14^th Nov 1973, 18:30 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 1^st Feb 2020, 19:30 on BBC Two Wales

Wartime sitcom. The king is coming to Walmington-on-Sea. Captain Mainwaring and the platoons prepare to greet him but things don't quite go according to plan. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Station Master:: William Moore
Private Walker:: James Beck
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 9

Episode 3: Knights of Madness

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 16^th Oct 1977, 20:10 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 24^th Oct 2020, 20:30 on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic wartime sitcom. For Wings of Victory week, Mainwaring and his troops stage the story of St George, but end up with one dragon too many.

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
ARP Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
Mrs Yeatman:: Olive Mercer
Town Clerk:: Eric Longworth
Mayor:: Fred McNaughton
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Double for Bill Pertwee:: Jimmy Lodge
Double for Arthur Lowe:: Derek Ware

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 9

Dad's Army

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Apr 1976, 19:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 2^nd Jul 2022, 19:00 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Feature-length version of the classic sitcom. With an invasion looming, the fate of Walmington-on-Sea rests with Britain's least competent Home Guard unit. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
Private Walker:: James Beck
Lance Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Mavis Pike:: Liz Fraser
Major Gen Fullard:: Bernard Archard
Regimental Sergeant-Major:: Derek Newark
ARP Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Reverend Farthing:: Frank Williams
Director:: Norman Cohen
Producer:: John R Sloan
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

Comedy

Formats

Films

Dad's Army

Series 9

Episode 4: The Miser's Hoard

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 23^rd Oct 1977, 20:10 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 7^th Nov 2020, 20:40 on BBC Two Wales

Classic wartime sitcom. Frazer keeps his savings in gold sovereigns. Mainwaring thinks the money should be in a safe place, such as a bank - his bank.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
ARP Warden:: Bill Pertwee
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Private Walker:: James Beck
Dr McCeavedy:: Fulton Mackay
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 9

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 5: High Finance