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Captain George Mainwaring (/ ˈ m æ n ər ɪ ŋ /) is a fictional Home Guard captain, first portrayed by Arthur Lowe in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.In the 2016 film he is played by Toby Jones and in the 2019 remake of three missing episodes he is played by Kevin McNally.
Lance Corporal Jack Jones is a fictional Home Guard platoon lance corporal and veteran of the British Empire, [1] first portrayed by Clive Dunn in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.
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.
Pass the Pigs is a commercial version of the dice game Pig, but using custom asymmetrical throwing dice, similar to shagai. It was created by David Moffat and published by Recycled Paper Products as Pig Mania! in 1977. The publishing license was later sold to Milton Bradley and the game renamed Pass the Pigs. In 1992, publishing rights for ...
Don't Panic (All Time Low album), 2012; Don't Panic (Section Boyz album), a 2015 mixtape and song by Section Boyz "Don't Panic" (Coldplay song), a 2001 song "Don't Panic" (French Montana song), a 2014 song "Don't Panic", a song by Ellie Goulding from her 2015 album Delirium "Don't Panic", a song by Lena from her 2012 album Stardust
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster in space with the entertainment system displaying "DON'T PANIC" In the series, Don't Panic is a phrase on the cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [4] The novel explains that this was partly because the device "looked insanely complicated" to operate, and partly to keep interstellar travellers from panicking ...
Lowe was born on 22 September 1915 in Hayfield, Derbyshire, the only child of Arthur Lowe and his wife, Nan (née Mary Annie Ford). Lowe's father, a tall man known as "Big Arthur", worked for the Great Central Railway, which was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. [4]
Greased pig contest, Houston A boy holding a greased pig Pig wrestling (also known as pig scramble [1] and with the variants hog wrestling and greased pig catching) is a game sometimes played at agricultural shows such as state and county fairs, in which contestants, try to hold onto a pig.