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

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.

Dad's Army: Walmington Goes To War - The Complete Scripts Of Series 1-4

Dad's Army is quite simply the most sucessful British TV sitcom of all time. Eighty episodes were made and are constantly repeated. In this, volume one of two volumes, the first forty episodes are reproduced.

Almost every comedy writer from Ben Elton and Richard Curtis to John Sullivan and David Renwick pays homage to this 'the perfect sitcom'. Dad's Army is simply an icon of TV comedy. Published for the first time, the complete illustrated scripts of series 1-4 also contains introductions to each episode by the actors, writers and producers of the series.

This is undoubtedly some of TV situation comedy's finest hours.

First published: Thursday 27th September 2001

  • Publisher: Orion
  • Catalogue: 075284153X

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