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Dad's Army(TV show/series, 1968-1977)

30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 9 seasons with 77 episodes

Dad's ArmyRating: 3.6/5 (with 31 votes)
Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and originally broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977. It ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total; a feature film released in 1971, a stage show and a radio version based on the television scripts were also produced. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still shown internationally. The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either because of age (hence the title Dad's Army), medical reasons or by being in professions exempt from conscription. Most of the platoon members in Dad's Army are over military age and the series stars several older British actors, including Arnold Ridley, John Laurie, Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier. Younger members of the cast included ()
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About Dad's Army

Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.

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Dad's Army Seasons and Episodes

10/07/1977Season 9 - 6 episodes
#1 | 10/07/1977Wake-Up Walmington
The people of Walmington-On-Sea are becoming apathetic about the war effort. When practicing on a firing range, Mainwaring is told to keep the noise down and Hodges is verbally assaulted for his efforts as chief warden. Mainwaring decides to scare his townfolk by getting the platoon to dress up as fifth columnists and marching through the countryside 'asking ze questions!' Will their plan work? Or will Mainwaring just end up looking rather silly infront of Captain Square and the Eastgate platoon?
#2 | 10/14/1977The Making of Private Pike
Capt Mainwaring is to be an umpire in a war game exercise so he gets the use of a car Pike meets a girl and uses the car to take her out but they stay out all night and the whole town is shocked
#3 | 10/21/1977Knights of Madness
During a ' Wings For Victory ' fundraising event the platoon decide to stage a reenactment of the battle between St George and the Dragon but friction starts when Hodges and the wardens plan the same thing
#4 | 10/28/1977The Miser's Hoard
Frazer is busy counting up his earnings when his doctor visits and accidentally knocks over a money box revealing that Frazer is far from poor. Concerned, the doctor alerts Mainwaring, who alerts Jones and very soon Frazer's fortune is the subject of town gossip. Eventually the platoon, Hodges, the Vicar and the Verger are spying on Frazer to see what he does with his money. Will they get their hands on it, or does Frazer have a sneaky trick up his sleeve?
#5 | 11/04/1977Number Engaged
The platoon take over from the regular army in guarding some vital telephone wires During an air raid a bomb lands in the wires and a way has to be found to get it down before it explodes
#6 | 11/13/1977Never Too Old
Lance Corporal Jones wants to marry Mrs Fox but has to get Capt Mainwarings permission. During the reception an invasion alert is called and Jones spends his wedding night on the beach doing guard duty
09/05/1975Season 8 - 6 episodes
11/15/1974Season 7 - 6 episodes
10/31/1973Season 6 - 7 episodes
10/06/1972Season 5 - 13 episodes
09/25/1970Season 4 - 13 episodes
09/11/1969Season 3 - 14 episodes
03/01/1969Season 2 - 6 episodes
07/31/1968Season 1 - 6 episodes
12/27/1971Specials - 34 episodes

Additional Information

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 13 languages: Bosnian (BS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 07/31/1968
Last episode released on: 11/13/1977

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:1059, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 04/06/2024