The Army Game

A group of National Service conscripts are determined to dodge duty and create some amusement out of a situation they'd rather not be in

Genre: Sitcom
Broadcast: 1957 - 1961
Channel: ITV
Episodes: 155 (4 series), plus 1 short special
Creator: Sid Colin
Starring: Geoffrey Sumner, William Hartnell, Michael Medwin, Alfie Bass, Norman Rossington, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw, Bill Fraser and others
Writers: Sid Colin, Maurice Wiltshire, Larry Stephens, Lew Schwarz, David Cumming and Derek Collyer
Directors: Milo Lewis, Max Morgan-Witts, Gordon Flemyng, Eric Fawcett and Graeme MacDonald
Producers: Milo Lewis, Max Morgan-Witts, Peter Eton and Eric Fawcett

Comedy about a group of National Service army conscripts who are based in Hut 29 at the Surplus Ordnance Depot, Nether Hopping, Staffordshire. The sitcom follows the antics of the privates, who are determined to dodge work and create some amusement out of a situation they'd rather not be in, and the attempts of their superior officers to stop the fun and keep the showers clean.

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