Captain Mainwaring. Credit: BBC Studios
Dad's Army: The Animations
- TV sitcom
- Gold
- 2023
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Five lost episodes of Dad's Army, animated to surviving soundtrack recordings. Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, David Benson and more.
- Episode 4 repeated tomorrow at 7:30pm on Gold
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4 - The Animated Christmas Specials
Captain Mainwaring. Credit: BBC Studios
In these two shorts (from Christmas Day 1968 and Christmas Day 1970), Captain Mainwaring drills his platoon in physical fitness and assembles a choir to entertain the troops.
Notes
The audio of this episode comes from the original television specials.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 27th November 2023
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- Gold
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
- Tuesday 28th November 2023 at 7:30pm on Gold
- Friday 1st December 2023 at 1:55pm on Gold
- Friday 1st December 2023 at 8:00pm on Gold
- Saturday 2nd December 2023 at 12:40am on Gold
- Saturday 2nd December 2023 at 10:05am on Gold
Catch-up
Cast & crew
| Arthur Lowe | Captain Mainwaring (Voice) |
| John Le Mesurier | Sergeant Wilson (Voice) |
| Clive Dunn | Lance Corporal Jones (Voice) |
| John Laurie | Private Frazer (Voice) |
| Arnold Ridley | Private Godfrey (Voice) |
| James Beck | Private Walker (Voice) |
| Ian Lavender | Private Pike (Voice) |
| Bill Pertwee | Chief A.R.P. Warden Hodges (Voice) |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Charles Norton | Director |
| David Croft | Director |
| Charles Norton | Producer |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Rebecca Richmond | Executive Producer |
| Paul Hembury | Executive Producer |
| Pete Thornton | Executive Producer |
| Paul Joel | Production Designer |