Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Private Charles Godfrey MM is a fictional Home Guard soldier, first portrayed by Arnold Ridley in the British television sitcom Dad's Army. [1] He is retired and was previously a tailor for the Civil Service Stores or the Army & Navy Stores.
William Arnold Ridley (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) [3] was an English playwright and actor, known early in his career for writing the 1925 play The Ghost Train and later in life for the British television sitcom Dad's Army (1968–77), in which he played the elderly, bumbling Private Godfrey. He also appeared in such Dad's Army spin-offs ...
Co-writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry during a Dad's Army event at Bressingham Steam Museum, May 2011. Originally intended to be called The Fighting Tigers, Dad's Army was based partly on co-writer and creator Jimmy Perry's experiences in the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV, later known as the Home Guard) [7] [8] and highlighted a somewhat forgotten aspect of defence during the Second World War.
"Branded" is the eleventh episode of the third series of the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Thursday 20 November 1969. In the episode's plot, Private Godfrey (played by Arnold Ridley) admits that he was a conscientious objector during the Great War.
Nan Braunton as Cissy Godfrey in Dad's Army. Minnie Malinda "Nan" Braunton (4 April 1895 – 27 March 1978) was a British actress who had a prolific stage career during the 1930s and 1940s but who is best remembered for playing Cissy Godfrey in the BBC comedy Dad's Army.
Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War, produced by David Croft, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Set in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea , located near Eastbourne , it follows a well-meaning platoon of men ineligible for active service as ...
"All Is Safely Gathered In" is the eighth episode of the fifth series of the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on 24 November 1972. The episode was a favourite episode of writer David Croft, which he described in an interview with Graham McCann as "a joyous thing". [1]
The church bells are to be removed to provide metal for the war effort, so the vicar has one last ring before they are removed. After the church bells ring (which is the signal indicating the start of a German invasion), Mainwaring, Wilson, Jones, Frazer, Pike and Walker all go to Godfrey's cottage and start fighting the "Germans."