Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender)

Dad's Army

TV sitcom
BBC One
1968 - 1977
80 episodes (9 series)

Beloved sitcom about the struggles of a Home Guard platoon during World War II who are fighting incompetence, age and pomposity more than Nazis. Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and more.

Series 1, Episode 3 repeated at 1:30pm on Gold

Series 4, Episode 9 - Mum's Army

Mainwaring decides to invite more women to help the Home Guard. One of these women, Mrs Gray, catches his eye. Could this be the path to love?

Broadcast details

Date

Friday 20^th November 1970

Time

8pm

Channel

Length

30 minutes

Recorded

Friday 13th November 1970 at BBC Television Centre

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date	Time	Channel
Saturday 22nd January 2011	6:45pm	BBC2
Saturday 26th July 2014	7:55pm	BBC2
Saturday 9th January 2016	8:30pm	BBC2
Sunday 1st January 2017	7:25pm	BBC2
Saturday 30th September 2017	8:30pm	BBC2
Tuesday 17th April 2018	8:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 18th April 2018	6:20pm	Gold
Saturday 28th July 2018	8:30pm	BBC2
Thursday 2nd August 2018	8:00pm	Gold
Friday 3rd August 2018	7:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 13th November 2018	9:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 14th November 2018	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 12th February 2019	7:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 13th February 2019	6:40pm	Gold
Saturday 17th August 2019	8:30pm	BBC2
Monday 26th August 2019	9:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 27th August 2019	7:20pm	Gold
Monday 10th February 2020	8:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 11th February 2020	3:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 11th February 2020	7:40pm	Gold
Friday 17th April 2020	1:00pm	Gold
Friday 17th April 2020	8:20pm	Gold
Sunday 27th September 2020	8:20pm	Gold
Monday 28th September 2020	4:00pm	Gold
Monday 28th September 2020	6:40pm	Gold
Thursday 26th November 2020	8:00pm	BBC4
Friday 19th February 2021	12:20pm	Gold
Friday 19th February 2021	8:20pm	Gold
Friday 4th June 2021	3:20pm	Gold
Friday 4th June 2021	8:40pm	Gold
Wednesday 3rd November 2021	12:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 3rd November 2021	7:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 2nd February 2022	7:20pm	Gold
Thursday 3rd February 2022	11:30am	Gold
Thursday 3rd February 2022	6:40pm	Gold
Tuesday 12th April 2022	8:00pm	BBC4
Friday 6th May 2022	8:20pm	Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Arthur Lowe	Captain Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier	Sergeant Wilson
Clive Dunn	Lance Corporal Jones
John Laurie	Private Frazer
Arnold Ridley	Private Godfrey
Ian Lavender	Private Pike
James Beck	Private Walker
Janet Davies	Mrs. Pike

Guest cast
Pamela Cundell	Mrs. Fox
Eleanor Smale	Mrs. Prosser
Wendy Richard	Edith Parish
Carmen Silvera	Mrs. Gray
Julian Burbury	Miss Ironside
Rosemary Faith	Ivy Samways (Waitress)
Deirdre Costello	Buffet Attendant
David Gilchrist	Serviceman
Jack Le White	Porter
Melita Manger	Waitress

Writing team
Jimmy Perry	Writer
David Croft	Writer

Production team
David Croft	Director
David Croft	Producer
Paul Joel	Production Designer
Bud Flanagan	Theme Tune Vocals