Probably the best comedy ever written. That says everything!
Product description
DAD'S ARMY - Complete Series 1-9 and The Movie
The Series
Popular BBC comedy series set in the fictional south coast seaside town of Walmington-On-Sea during World War 2. Alternating moments of gentle character comedy with broad slapstick, it recounts the misadventures of the local voluntary defence force (or 'Home Guard') consisting of men too old or 'unfit' for military service. They are led by the pompous Mainwaring, manager of the local bank, and consist of the suave, mild-mannered Sergeant Wilson, Lance-Corporal Jones, the town's butcher and an old soldier prone to hysteria, cockney spiv Walker, dour Scots undertaker Frazer, gentle, elderly and incontinent Godfrey and dim-witted mummy's boy, Pike, whose mother is 'friendly' with Wilson. They are based in the Church hall where there is much friction between Mainwaring, the effeminate Vicar, his creeping Verger and ARP Warden Hodges (the grocer) who calls Mainwaring 'Napoleon' and strongly dislikes him. The 80 episodes (the last 68 made in colour) have been frequently repeated, many are available on video and there was a 1971 Cinema version. A British institution, familiar to most people throughout the country.
TV shows from the 1970's which were turned into films were usually terrible. Dad's Army is the big exception. The formula from the TV show worked just as well on the big screen and with the bigger budget it's lovely to see people walking around Walmington-on-Sea. The plot is similar to parts of some of the TV episodes, but that doesn't matter because they're still as funny. Other parts like when Mainwaring, Wilson and Frazer are stranded on the raft are classic.
Note from BBC:The black-and-white second series was affected by wiping. Three episodes are still missing, with no known film or videotape copies in existence. Two other episodes were missing for some years until copies were recovered in 2001. An off-air copy of the soundtrack of one of the other missing episodes, and the 1968 Christmas sketch, were recovered in 2008. The episodes were erased (or "junked") by the BBC during the 1960s and 1970s for a variety of economic and storage reasons.
This movie comes from our personal collection and only one piece is available
DVD Rating
Like New: a DVD in perfect condition. The box or jewel case is clean and vivid, with no signs of wear.
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See the list of episodes and other details under Additional information.
Additional information
Starring
Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender, James Beck, Bill Pertwee, Bud Flanagan, Edward Sinclair, Colin Bean, Frank Williams, Liz Fraser, Bernard Archard, Derek Newark, Anthony Sagar, Pat Coombs
Format
Box set, Colour PAL UK (except for the first 2 series and one episode of series 3, which are in black & white)
Main soundtrack
English Mono
Subtitles
OFF, English for the Hard of Hearing
Region
(The series) (The movie)
Aspect ratio
4:3 (The series) 1.85:1 (The movie)
Number of discs
15 (DVD9x13 & DVD5x2)
Classification
BBFC (Series 4-8 & The Movie) (all other series)
Studio
2 Entertain Video (The series) Uca (The movie)
DVD release date
23 Oct 2006 (Box set series 1-5) 08 May 2006 (Series 6) 03 Jul 2006 (Series 7) 05 Mar 2007 (Series 8) 21 May 2007 (Series 9) 12 Nov 2007 (Christmas Specials) 16 Aug 2004 (The movie)
Run time
2432 minutes (40 hours 32 mins)
EAN
5014503226022 (Box set series 1-5) 5014503159924 (Series 6) 5014503160029 (Series 7) 5014503160128 (Series 8) 5014503160227 (Series 9) 5014503160326 (Christmas Specials) 5050582267563 (The movie)
Episodes
Series 1 plus the 'Lost' episodes of Series 2 (2 discs)
01 The Man and the Hour 02 Museum Piece 03 Command Decision 04 Enemy Within the Gates 05 The Showing Up of Corporal Jones 06 Shooting Pains 07 Operation Kilt 08 The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage 09 Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret
Special features: Documentary: Missing Presumed Wiped & BBC audio recordings of the three missing Series Two episodes
Series 3 (2 discs)
10 The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones 11 Battle School 12 The Lion Has Phones 13 The Bullet Is Not for Firing 14 Something Nasty in the Vault 15 Room at the Bottom 16 Big Guns 17 The Day the Balloon Went Up 18 War Dance 19 Menace from the Deep 20 Branded 21 Man Hunt 22 No Spring for Frazer 23 Sons of the Sea
Special Features: We Are The Boys... Arnold Ridley & Photo Gallery
Series 4 (2 discs)
24 The Big Parade 25 Don't Forget the Diver 26 Boots, Boots, Boots 27 Sergeant - Save My Boy! 28 Don't Fence Me In 29 Absent Friends 30 Put That Light Out! 31 The Two and a Half Feathers 32 Mum's Army 33 The Test 34 A. Wilson (Manager)? 35 Uninvited Guests 36 Fallen Idol
Special Features: We Are The Boys... James Beck & Photo Gallery
Series 5 (2 discs)
37 Asleep in the Deep 38 Keep Young and Beautiful 39 Getting the Bird 40 A Soldier's Farewell 41 The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones 42 If the Cap Fits... 43 The King Was in His Counting House 44 All Is Safely Gathered In 45 When Did You Last See Your Money? 46 Brain Versus Brawn 47 A Brush with the Law 48 Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel 49 Time on My Hands
Special Features: We Are The Boys... John Laurie & Photo Gallery
Series 6 (2 discs)
50 The Deadly Attachment 51 My British Buddy 52 The Royal Train 53 We Know Our Onions 54 The Honourable Man 55 Things That Go Bump in the Night 56 The Recruit
Special Features: We Are The Boys... John Le Mesurier & Photo Gallery
Series 7
57 Everybody's Trucking 58 A Man of Action 59 Gorilla Warfare 60 The Godiva Affair 61 The Captain's Car 62 Turkey Dinner
Special Features: We Are The Boys... Arthur Lowe & Photo Gallery
Series 8
63 Ring Dem Bells 64 When You've Got to Go 65 Is There Honey Still for Tea? 66 Come In, Your Time Is Up 67 High Finance 68 The Face on the Poster
Special Features: We Are The Boys... Clive Dunn & Photo Gallery
Series 9
69 Wake-Up Walmington 70 The Making of Private Pike 71 Knights of Madness 72 The Miser's Hoard 73 Number Engaged 74 Never Too Old
Special Features: We Are The Boys... Ian Lavender & Photo Gallery
The Christmas Specials
75 Battle of the Giants! 76 My Brother and I 77 The Love of Three Oranges
Special Features: Dad's Army: The Passing Years documentary, Audio Commentary on Battle of the Giants!, 2 Stage Show Featurettes, 3 Excerpts From Christmas Night With The Stars, 2 Blue Peter Excerpts, The Coward Revue Excerpt, Dad's Army Road Safety Film, Photo Gallery
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