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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.
Dad's Army is a 1971 British war comedy film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender and James Beck. [2] It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and was the first film adaptation of the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977). It was filmed between ...
"Broadcast to the Empire" is the fourth (and final) Christmas Night with the Stars sketch of the British television comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Monday 25 December 1972. [1] A full-length radio version was also made, entitled Ten Seconds From Now, which was the last radio episode to be made.
Dad's Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. It is directed by Oliver Parker and set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. Catherine Zeta-Jones plays an elegant German spy, posing as a journalist, reporting on the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon.
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 ...
This is the only episode of the series to have a pre-opening credits scene, and the series never returned to the modern day. The scene is not recreated in the radio adaptation. [2] This was the only Dad's Army episode to feature an audience laughter track during the opening titles. [2]
The opening scene with the platoon having a firing practice was filmed at ... Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2003). Dad's Army: The Complete ...
Dad's Army episode: Episode no. Series 3 Episode 4: Directed by: David Croft: Story by: Jimmy Perry and David Croft: Original air date: ... In opening the Inquiry ...