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 8, Episode 6 repeated tomorrow at 7:45pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 704
Press clippings Page 19
Dad's Army veteran dies aged 82
Actor Colin Bean, who played Private Sponge in Dad's Army for many years, has died aged 82 in Wigan Infirmary.
BBC, 22nd June 2009Jimmy Perry and David Croft interview
The creative forces behind Dad's Army and You Rang M'Lord are octogenarians Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Manchester Evening News, 10th December 2007Talking of television, I'm delighted to find that I'm not alone in having a sneaking liking of the BBC's Dad's Army series... The treatment is affectionate and, no doubt, that's why the series has been such a success that it's to be brought back in the new year.
West Lancashire Evening Gazette, 31st August 1968As the Walmington volunteers assembled, Messers Perry and Croft showed a real gift for satire. Two things defeated them. One was the inexcusable use of a modern studio audience: every time it reacted 1940 was lost and we were back in 1968. The other was a tendency to go for laughs at all costs, even if the punctured the atmosphere.
Sean Day-Lewis, The Telegraph, 31st August 1968Well worth watching for a half-hour's respite from the day's cares.
Stewart Lane, The Morning Star, 24th August 1968A gentle vein of satire is admirably played off against a good honest background of slapstick which warms us to the men (perhaps unwisely) to tackle Hitler's invaders with broomsticks and relics from the armament museums.
A G S, Bath and Wilts Evening Chronicle, 15th August 1968This is the first time I've seen the series and though it doesn't revive any memories for me, I can only say that I'll be watching it regularly from now on. With a good cast, witty script, and the ability to make fun out of a serious business without being unkind, I'm sure Dad's Army will go marching into the top charts.
Fergus Wood, Glasgow Evening Times, 15th August 1968Arthur Lowe, the captain of Dad's Army, is its kingpin. And what holds it together. It's no effort to reel back to the days of Dunkirk. You could put Mr Lowe into any era. He is the man for any hour.
The Mirror, 15th August 1968Why has Dad's Army... become a 'must' for a vast viewing public? The answer, once more, is that this brilliant production portrays an authentic picture of the behaviour of people during the Second World War.
The Yorkshire Post, 15th August 1968Humour must be dead in those who cannot get a few laughs out of Dad's Army.
Granville Wilkinson, Telegraph and Argus, 14th August 1968