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This original, informative and entertaining book focuses on ten specially chosen episodes from the eighty Dad's Army shows that were produced during the programme's long run from 1968 to 1977. Amongst the episodes featured are ones that have been favoured by the writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft and by some of its stars - John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Frank Williams. There are anecdotes and quotes from those involved and quizzes on each of the episodes, which are: The Man and the Hour (first episode), The Showing Up of Corporal Jones, The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones, Something Nasty in the Vault, Branded, Mum's Army, The Deadly Attachment (the "Don't tell him, Pike" episode), The Royal Train, Ring Dem Bells and Never Too Old (final episode). Dad's Army The Man and The Hour is an absolute must-have for fans of this classic sitcom.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	07 décembre 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781785383465
Langue	English

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Dad’s Army
The Man and The Hour
Mark McCaighey

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Published in 2015 by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
The right of Mark McCaighey to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998
Copyright © 2015 Mark McCaighey
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Any person who does so may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
Cover design by John and Mark McCaighey
Cover photo by ANL/REX Shutterstock

Introduction
Dad’s Army , the BBC sitcom about the wartime antics of a Home Guard unit located on the south coast of England, first marched onto our TV screens on July 31 st , 1968 with the episode The Man and the Hour . Devised by Jimmy Perry and co-written with David Croft, the show, just like the Walmington-on-Sea platoon, soon went from strength to strength. So much so that by the time Dad’s Army was demobbed in 1977, it had ran for an epic 80 episodes (67 of which were adapted for radio) across nine series. There had also been four mini episodes that featured as part of Christmas Night with the Stars from 1968 to 1972, a movie and a stage show.
Leading the men from the front was Arthur Lowe as the pompous Captain George Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as the vague Sergeant Arthur Wilson and Clive Dunn as the over-excited Corporal Jack Jones. Also featured were John Laurie as the pessimistic Private James Frazer, James Beck (series 1 to 6) as the sprightly spiv Private Joe Walker, Arnold Ridley as the genteel Private Charles Godfrey and Ian Lavender as mummy’s boy Private Frank Pike. Outside of the ranks was Mainwaring’s nemesis Chief Warden Hodges (Bill Pertwee), the tetchy Reverend Timothy Farthing (Frank Williams) and his sidekick the Verger (Edward Sinclair).
In Dad’s Army–The Man and The Hour , you’ll find quizzes and trivia on ten episodes that have been specially selected. As you read on you will learn why these ones have been chosen. They are in chronological order, so we begin at the beginning with episode one, chosen simply because it is where it all began.

The Episodes
The Man and The Hour
Episode 1,Series 1
Original BBC 1 Transmission Wednesday 31 st July 1968 at 8.20-8.50pm.
Original viewing figures: 7.2 million.
It was in 1967 that actor and writer Jimmy Perry began creating what was to become Dad’s Army . His first draft, entitled The Fighting Tigers , was completed shortly before he was cast in an episode of the popular sitcom Beggar My Neighbour . Jimmy seized this opportunity of working with the show’s director David Croft by asking him to read his script. David liked what he read and within six weeks the BBC had commissioned six episodes.
Jimmy had always wanted Arthur Lowe to play Captain Mainwaring, but David Croft who was responsible for casting decisions favoured Jon Pertwee (later to play the third Dr Who on TV and Worzel Gummidge ). He had worked with him previously on the sitcom Hugh and I . Unfortunately, he was unavailable due to work commitments in America. David then asked comic actor Thorley Walters, but he didn’t fancy himself in the role. Eventually, David relented to Jimmy’s suggestion and approached Arthur and the rest is military history.
Before transmission of this first episode it was decided by BBC bosses to run test screenings over three nights in a room at Broadcasting House. Unfortunately the audience reaction was not favourable, many felt that they had seen enough about the war. Jimmy recalls ‘ I was in the depths of despair. Fortunately, the BBC didn’t take any notice - but that was because David hid the reports in the bottom of his in-tray. A very clever man.’
The Showing Up of Corporal Jones
Episode 5, Series 1
Original BBC 1 Transmission Wednesday 4 th September 1968 at 8.20-8.50pm.
Original viewing figures: 8.8 million.
Out of the twelve black and white episodes produced, this one is the most popular by Dad’s Army fans.
Making his debut performance in The Showing up of Corporal Jones is Edward Sinclair. Jimmy Perry recalls ‘ We were just getting our characters together - it was the very early stages. He’s there as the caretaker of the church hall. Later, we made him a Verger to give the Vicar and the Warden someone to play off. Teddy made the part his own - he was very clever.’
He first worked with David Croft on the sixties sitcom Beggar My Neighbour where he played an extremely short-sighted funeral assistant. When the role of the Verger was cast, the writers weren’t thinking beyond this initial appearance. In total Edward went onto appear in 49 episodes as the meddling Maurice Yeatman, as well as appearing in the Dad’s Army movie and stage show.
Edward and Frank Williams, who played the Vicar were a great on-screen partnership and off-screen became firm friends. Sadly, Edward died of a heart attack aged 63 on August 29 th , 1977 just a month after completing the final episode of the series.

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