Dad's Army - Season 1 - Eps 1: The Man and the Hour
After listening to a radio broadcast asking for men to form what was to become known as the home guard, George Mainwaring, a local bank manager, decides to act and form the platoon on his own. He appoints himself as Captain and recuruits his chief bank clerk Arthur Wilson as the platoon sergeant as well as enlisting the banks office boy Frank Pike. Several of the local tradesmen, including James Frazer; a philatelist shopkeeper, retired shop worker Charles Godfrey, Jack Jones the butcher and black market business man; Joe Walker also volunteer their service for 'King and Country'.. And so, The Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard was born.
About Dad's Army

Title: Dad's Army
First Air Date: 1968-07-31
Last Air Date: 1977-11-13
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.4/10 (from 72 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 10
Total Episodes: 77
Network: BBC One
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
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.
Cast

Arthur Lowe
Captain George Mainwaring

John Le Mesurier
Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Clive Dunn
Lance-Corporal Jack Jones

John Laurie
Private James Frazer

Arnold Ridley
Private Charles Godfrey

Ian Lavender
Private Frank Pike

Bill Pertwee
ARP Warden Bert Hodges

Edward Sinclair
Maurice Yeatman

Colin Bean
Private Sponge

Frank Williams
Reverend Timothy Farthing