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Dad's Army

  • 1968–1977
  • 9 seasons
  • Comedy, War & Politics
  • 7.4

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.

Episodes

6 episodes
  1. 1Ring Dem Bells

    29 minSep 5, 1975

    The Colonel orders the platoon to make a training film with a couple of well-known actors, but unknown to Mainwaring, they're to play the Germans. Although Mainwaring refuses to participate, the rest of the platoon is still ordered to do so. When filming is cancelled, Mainwaring and the men, still dressed as German soldiers, are spotted in the local pub and the alarm is raised.

  2. 2When You've Got to Go

    29 minSep 12, 1975

    Pike finally gets his call-up papers for the RAF, but when his blood donation to the Red Cross is checked, it is found to be from a rare group and he is designated exempt. But now he has to find a way to break the news to the platoon.

  3. 3Is There Honey Still for Tea?

    29 minSep 19, 1975

    At the bank, Mainwaring's office door is replaced with one made of paper. Adding insult to injury of not having a proper entryway, Mainwaring is more annoyed at Pike, the Colonel, and Jones destroying it within minutes of installation. Meanwhile, Godfrey's cottage is due for demolishment to make way for a new airfield but no one can bring themselves to break the news until Jones finds out that he already knows.

  4. 4Come In, Your Time Is Up

    30 minSep 26, 1975

    Mainwaring gives a lecture on field craft in the vicar's garden, covering what to eat and how to erect a tent. Later, apart from having to put up with the vicar, verger, Hodges, and a gang of boy scouts, their field manoeuvres are interrupted by three downed German airmen trapped in their dinghy in the middle of the lake. 'Hӓnde hoch! Hӓnde hoch!'

  5. 5High Finance

    30 minOct 3, 1975

    When Mainwaring tries to help Jones with his fiduciary issues, the trail is discovered to lead through the platoon, on to Mavis Pike, and ends with Hodges.

  6. 6The Face on the Poster

    30 minOct 10, 1975

    Mainwaring has visions of promotion for himself and Wilson, and of expanding the platoon into a company, so he embarks on a recruitment drive. A poster is drawn up and Jones is voted to be on it. Unfortunately, a mix-up at the printer's results in Jones being branded an escaped POW instead.

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Series cast

Arthur LoweCaptain George Mainwaring77 episodes
John Le MesurierSergeant Arthur Wilson77 episodes
Clive DunnLance-Corporal Jack Jones77 episodes
John LauriePrivate James Frazer77 episodes
Arnold RidleyPrivate Charles Godfrey77 episodes
Ian LavenderPrivate Frank Pike77 episodes
James BeckPrivate Joe Walker59 episodes
Bill PertweeChief ARP Warden William Hodges56 episodes
Edward SinclairVerger Maurice Yeatman46 episodes
Colin BeanPrivate Sponge45 episodes
Frank WilliamsReverend Timothy Farthing37 episodes
Janet DaviesMavis Pike29 episodes
Robert RaglanHome Guard Sergeant16 episodes
Harold BennettMr Bluett13 episodes
Pamela CundellMrs Fox12 episodes
Olive MercerMrs Yeatman8 episodes
Eric LongworthTown Clerk7 episodes
Geoffrey LumsdenColonel Square7 episodes

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