Dad's Army - Season 1 - Eps 1: The Man and the Hour

1968-07-3130 min⭐ 7.4/10

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.

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About Dad's Army

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

Arthur Lowe

Captain George Mainwaring

John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier

Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Clive Dunn

Clive Dunn

Lance-Corporal Jack Jones

John Laurie

John Laurie

Private James Frazer

Arnold Ridley

Arnold Ridley

Private Charles Godfrey

Ian Lavender

Ian Lavender

Private Frank Pike

Bill Pertwee

Bill Pertwee

ARP Warden Bert Hodges

Edward Sinclair

Edward Sinclair

Maurice Yeatman

Colin Bean

Colin Bean

Private Sponge

Frank Williams

Frank Williams

Reverend Timothy Farthing

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