Meanwhile, in preparation, i decided to revisit the classic series, and pick my top 10 favourite episodes, which wasnt an easy task. Watch dads army s05e01 asleep in the deep arthur twosheds jackson on dailymotion. Dad s army is one of the best comedies ever written. Dads army is a bbc sitcom about the british militia called the home guard during the second world war. The contrast of young and old, and middle class and working class people in perpetual conflict is really great fun to watch. The lost episodes is the new revival of the classic sitcom dads army. Set in the fictional seaside town of walmingtononsea, located near eastbourne, it follows a wellmeaning platoon of men ineligible for active service as they serve as britains last line of defence. Footage of original dads army cast unearthed bbc news. Dad s army is a bbc television sitcom about the british home guard during the second world war. It was written by jimmy perry and david croft and broadcast on the bbc television from 1968 to 1977. A guide to asleep in the deep, episode 1 from series 5 of dads army.
British comedy actor john le mesurier, best known for his role as sergeant wilson in dads army, died on 15 november, 1983, aged 71. I feel like my dads new family are more important to him than i am what can i do. The platoon is to take part in an exercise to supposedly place a bomb in a windmill occupied by the eastgate men. The platoon try to look younger in case they are drafted into the air raid patrol.
Episodes can generally be watched in any order, so if you havent seen dads army, id certainly recommend youd try. Instead of watching the horrible news accounts of the iraq war, watch a video tape of dad s army. Dads army series 5, episode 1 british comedy guide. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. A bomb hits walmingtons pumping station, where walker and godfrey are on watch. After being ignored by an active army column and three equally shiftysuited men, their only comfort is that. On the outbreak of the second world war, a local bank manager, george mainwaring, takes it upon himself to form a unit of local defence volunteers in the town of. Dads army series 5 episode guide british comedy guide. Find out when dads army is on tv, including series 3episode 5. It was written by jimmy perry and david croft, and br.
The platoon are to make a radio broadcast to the nation but just before they are about to go on the air they. Find out when dads army is on tv, including series 5episode 5. More egos are deflated in this series than ever before, and with hilarious results. Dads army s08e03 is there honey still for tea video. Dads army s05e03 a soldiers farewell video dailymotion. A guide to broadcast to empire, episode from series 5 of dads army. Find out when dads army is on tv, including series 6episode 7. A guide to a soldiers farewell, episode 3 from series 5 of dads army. All episodes in order plus some extra material in the beginning of the list. Creatorwriters david croft and jimmy perry made each episode of dads army as funny as the previous one, with an element of humour which has survived decades. Dads army the lost episodes release date, cast, trailer. Dads army round and round went the great big wheel part 2. Perry came up with the idea when it struck him that people had forgotten the role that the home guard played.
It has everything class envy, profiteering, malapropisms. It is decided that, as the mill is by water, frazer, in an ancient diving suit left him by a friend who died of the dreaded bends, will push jones, disguised as a log, up to the mill, where jones will discharge the bomb and, thanks to clever decoy plans used to fool square, jones. Dad s army is a british sitcom about the home guard during the second world war, produced by david croft, and written by david croft and jimmy perry. The sitcom ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total. According to victoria wood this is the most successful british comedy series of all time. The programme ran for nine series between 1968 and 1977. Dads army round and round went the great big wheel part 1 by 1970shumour. Dads army series 8 episode guide british comedy guide.
The colonel at hq reluctantly allows operation wakeup so they all dress up as cutthroats and desperadoes. Dads army s08 ep03 is there honey still for tea hd watch. After a surreal lecture on telling allied parachutists from german ones, the platoon is ordered to pick up a stranded uboots crew. It shows cast members, including arthur lowe, john le mesurier and clive dunn interviewed in character as they. News footage of the original cast of dads army being interviewed has been unearthed. He accepts a suggestion to simulate a fifth column attack together. Heres everything you need to know including release. Dads army s05e01 asleep in the deep video dailymotion. The platoon are going away camping, but their trip is spoiled when the vicar, the verger and the sea scouts set up beside them. Dads army is a bbc television sitcom about the british home guard during the second world war. This is probably and rightly the most popular bbc comedy series from the late 60s and early 70s. The man and the hour is the firstever episode of dads army, and was originally broadcast on wednesday 31st july 1968, on bbc1. It was written by jimmy perry and david croft, and broadcast on the bbc from 1968 to 1977. Intoducing the walmingtononsea home guard, a bunch of hapless old and young men who have kept people all over the world very amused for the past forty years.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Synopsis dads army was created and written by jimmy perry and david croft, the comedy writing duo who were also responsible for allo allo, hidehi. Dads army just gets better with age, and series 5 was the peak of its greatness. Uploaded in nine different parts, dads army the film on youtube. Three out of six episodes from series 2 and two of the four christmas sketches 1968 and 1970 are missing as the bbc routinely reused videotape as a cost saving measure for many years. Under fire is an episode in the british comedy series dads army. Dads army is one of the best comedies ever written. Dads army s06e01 the deadly attachment video dailymotion. Explore the history of dads army in the bbc archive. Dads army season 2 episode 5 a stripe for frazer missing episode capt mainwaring promotes frazer to lance corporal thus causing friction between him and jones when frazer starts getting above himself mainwaring cancels the promotion.
The sitcom ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio version. Dads army is a bbc television sitcom about the british home guard during the second. Dads army the desperate drive of corporel jones subtitles nl. The dads army missing episodes are lost episodes of the british sitcom programme dads army, plus some short sketches. It was originally transmitted on saturday 5 april 1969. Dads army is a british sitcom about the home guard during the second world war. Dads army under fire lost episode radio version youtube. After dunkirk, coastal town walmingtononseas banker, rotarian and alderman george mainwaring, a commissioned veteran without actual war experience, appoints himself commander of the local defense committee, with his bank staff, chief clerk arthur wilson and junior frank pike.
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