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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

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 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 4: The Godiva Affair

BBC Two

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 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 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

Open All Hours

Series 3

Episode 5: The Man from Down Under

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 18^th Apr 1982, 19:15 on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: Thu 24^th Nov 2016, 14:15 on BBC Two HD

Sitcom about miserly shopkeeper Arkwright and his downtrodden nephew and assistant, Granville. Arkwright has a rival for Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's affections.

Contributors

Arkwright:: Ronnie Barker
Granville:: David Jason
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel:: Lynda Baron
Mrs Featherstone:: Stephanie Cole
Milkwoman:: Barbara Flynn
Mavis:: Maggie Ollerenshaw
Mrs Blake:: Janet Davies
Gordon:: Teddy Turner
Man Whose Tyres Were Let Down:: Johnny Leeze
Producer:: Sydney Lotterby
Writer:: Roy Clarke
Director:: Sydney Lotterby

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Open All Hours

Series

Open All Hours: Series 3

Dad's Army

Series 1

Episode 2: Museum Piece

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Aug 1968, 19:00 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 13^th May 2023, 19:35 on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic comedy. The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard go to great lengths to equip themselves as a fighting force powerful enough to repel a ruthless enemy.

Contributors

Captain George Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private James Fraser:: John Laurie
Private Joe Walker:: James Beck
Private Charles Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:: Ian Lavender
Janet King:: Caroline Dowdeswell
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Writer:: David Croft
Writer:: James Perry
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 1

Episode 4: Sgt Wilson's Little Secret

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 22^nd Mar 1969, 18:00 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 17^th Jun 2023, 17:25 on BBC Two Wales

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Wartime sitcom. Sergeant Wilson's commitment to Home Guard activities wavers while he has a little problem of his own to contend with.

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
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 4: Sgt - Save My Boy!

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 16^th Oct 1970, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 3^rd Dec 2022, 20:45 on BBC Two Wales HD

More classic comedy with the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard. Pike loses his way in a minefield during night manoeuvres and has to be rescued by Wilson. Show more

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
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Engineer Officer:: Michael Knowles
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 4

Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 5: High Finance

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 3^rd Oct 1975, 20:00 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Sat 21^st Jul 2018, 19:30 on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Captain Mainwaring, in his capacity as bank manager, calls in Corporal Jones to explain why his account is always in the red. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Sponge:: Colin Bean
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Lance Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Vicar:: Frank Williams
Mr Swann:: Ronnie Brody
Miss Twelvetrees:: Natalie Kent
ARP Warden Hodges:: Bill Pertwee
Mavis Pike:: Janet Davies
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft
Producer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army: Series 8

Dad's Army

Series 1

Episode 5: The Showing Up of Corporal Jones

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 4^th Sep 1968, 20:20 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 3^rd Jun 2023, 20:40 on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Corporal Jones is put to the test and the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard ensure that he is not found wanting.

Contributors

Captain George Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:: Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer:: John Laurie
Private Joe Walker:: James Beck
Private Charles Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:: Ian Lavender
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
The Brigadier:: Patrick Weddington
Major Regan:: Martin Wyldeck
Verger:: Edward Sinclair
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: James Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 1

Episode 6: Shooting Pains

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 11^th Sep 1968, 20:20 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 15^th Jul 2023, 19:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic wartime sitcom. The crew use their rifles and their wits to compete for the honour of guarding a VIP.

Contributors

Private James Frazer:: John Laurie
Private Joe Walker:: James Beck
Sargeant Arthur Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:: Clive Dunn
Janet King:: Caroline Dowdeswell
Private Frank Pike:: Ian Lavender
Major Regan:: Martin Wyldeck
Captain George Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Private Charles Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Laura la Plaz:: Barbara Windsor
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: James Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 1

Episode 1: The Man and the Hour

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 31^st Jul 1968, 20:20 on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Aug 2023, 20:30 on BBC Two HD

Classic comedy about the Home Guard unit of Walmington-on-Sea. Captain Mainwaring assumes command of the newly formed platoon of volunteers. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant Wilson:: John Le Mesurier
Captain Mainwaring:: Arthur Lowe
Private Godfrey:: Arnold Ridley
Mrs Pike:: Janet Davies
Private Frazer:: John Laurie
Janet King:: Caroline Dowdeswell
Lance Corporal Jones:: Clive Dunn
Bracewell:: John Ringham
Private Walker:: James Beck
Private Pike:: Ian Lavender
Producer:: David Croft
Writer:: Jimmy Perry
Writer:: David Croft

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Brand

Series

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 9: Mum's Army