Dad’s Army: The Complete Radio Series One: 1

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Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-1838-4 In 2000, the show was voted 13th in a British Film Institute poll of industry professionals of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. In 2004, championed by Phill Jupitus, it came fourth in the BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom with 174,138 votes. [44] Legacy [ edit ] Statue of Captain Mainwaring, erected in Thetford in June 2010

The cast appeared in a 1974 public information film, in character but set in the modern day, showing how to cross the road safely at Pelican crossings.

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The Society, in conjunction with The Bressingham Steam Museum, near Diss in Norfolk, set up the Dad's Army Collection which was officially opened on 14 May 2000 by the shows creators Jimmy Perry & David Croft. Thetford have created their own Dad's Army Museum to commemorate the towns association with the programme. It was here that the cast and crew stayed and used many parts of the town for location filming. See below for another article on The Cornish Floral Dance, from an old issue of "Platoon Attention!"

The stage show, billed as Dad's Army—The Musical, was staged in Australia and toured New Zealand in 2004–2005, starring Jon English. Several sections of this stage show were filmed and have subsequently been included as extras on the final Dad's Army DVD. a b "Kevin McNally and Robert Bathurst to star in new Dad's Army". comedy.co.uk. 9 November 2018 . Retrieved 9 November 2018. This is an excellent episode, well written and very well performed. It is then not too surprising that the script was later to be reprised several times by the cast. The first remake was for the Radio episode “The Godiva Affair”, where the choir practise sketch was substituted in place of the Morris Dance of the original TV version, which would be impossible to do on radio due to the visual nature. The major change was Larry Martyn played Walker. Then it was adapted for the Stage Show, with John Bardon as Walker and Hamish Roughead as Frazer along with the regulars. Also in the stage version was the Vicar, the Verger, Mrs Pike and Mrs Fox. The final variation of this script was an abridged version for the Royal Variety Performance in 1975. This is the only version still existent on video, but the radio version still exists, as does a performance of the Stage version on the record from the show. But none seem quite as good as the original 1970 version which now only exists in audio form. Perry wrote the first script and gave it to David Croft while working as a minor actor in the Croft-produced sitcom Hugh and I, originally intending the role of the spiv, later called Walker, to be his own. [8] Croft was impressed and sent the script to Michael Mills, the BBC's Head of Comedy and the series was commissioned. [11] Captain Square ( Geoffrey Lumsden), the pompous commanding officer of the rival Eastgate Platoon, and a former soldier who served with Lawrence of Arabia during the First World War. He is frequently at loggerheads with Mainwaring (whose name he persists in mispronouncing as spelt, "Main-wearing", instead of the correct "Mannering") and has the catchphrase "You blithering idiot!".

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In April 2007, a new stage show was announced with cast members including Leslie Grantham as Private Walker and Emmerdale actor Peter Martin as Captain Mainwaring. [37] The production contained the episodes " A Stripe for Frazer", " The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker", " Room at the Bottom" and " The Deadly Attachment". In 2020, Niles Schilder for the Dad's Army Appreciation Society wrote four short scripts which followed how the characters from the series would have, in the author's opinion, dealt with the events of that year. Titles of the scripts included Dad’s Army Negotiates Brexit and An Unauthorised Gathering. [49] Cultural influence [ edit ] A pub in Shoeburyness named (albeit incorrectly) after Arthur Lowe's character Other sections of Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Walker were easier to reinstate. So, everything at the army camp was re-recorded from scratch using the original 1969 scripts. This enabled us to include more of the original script than the 1973 radio recording had used. And we were able to integrate it quite well, as the section didn't include any regular characters other than Walker. Well, it's a completely different medium. The strengths and weaknesses are entirely different. There are so many things that are very easy to do in live action that are very hard to do in animation. And likewise, there's lots of things that are relatively straightforward to do in animation, that would be almost impossible on most live action shoots. And the schedule comes into play too. These animations are often turned around on a very tight production schedule and you have to manage your resources carefully. With animation, there are fewer ways to cheat your way around a tight schedule or limited resources. Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler?, River Records RRCD13/PT, 2001. Music from the TV series performed by various wartime artists, including the series theme performed by Bud Flanagan.