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Mr Sidney Bluett ( Harold Bennett), an elderly local man who is occasionally involved with the antics of both the platoon and Hodges. He and Mrs Yeatman are implied to be having an affair. Colin Bean: Actor best known for playing Private Sponge in". Independent.co.uk. 29 June 2009 . Retrieved 15 October 2017.

In 2000, the show was voted 13th in a British Film Institute poll of industry professionals of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. In 2004, championed by Phill Jupitus, it came fourth in the BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom with 174,138 votes. [44] Legacy [ edit ] Statue of Captain Mainwaring, erected in Thetford in June 2010 Bernard Cribbins, the new Private Godfrey". The Oldie. 12 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019 . Retrieved 3 March 2019. After Jones mistakenly shoots a turkey on patrol and its owner cannot be found, the platoon decides to hold a turkey dinner and treat the town's senior citizens. When an episode was shown to members of the public to gauge audience reaction prior to broadcast of the first series, the majority of the audience thought it was very poor. The production team put the report containing the negative comments at the bottom of David Croft's in-tray. He only saw it several months later, [12] after the series had been broadcast and received a positive response. [13] [14] Situation [ edit ]Captain Square ( Geoffrey Lumsden), the pompous commanding officer of the rival Eastgate Platoon, and a former soldier who served with Lawrence of Arabia during the First World War. He is frequently at loggerheads with Mainwaring (whose name he persists in mispronouncing as spelt, "Main-wearing", instead of the correct "Mannering") and has the catchphrase "You blithering idiot!". In June 2018 the Royal Mail issued a set of 8 stamps, featuring the main characters and their catchphrases, to mark the comedy's 50th anniversary. [48] The platoon is to guard a barn near another that is the target for artillery practice and after a mix-up over map coordinates end up in the wrong one. Jones can't phone a correction from HQ due to Godfrey cutting the wire by mistake. With the van broken, Jones and Godfrey must drive two cars there; as Godfrey can't drive, Jones tows his car along.

Wilson inherits a title and consequently receives an invitation to become a member of the golf club that Mainwaring has been trying to join for years. General headquarters determines that Mainwaring has never held a commission, and he is demoted to private. Wilson temporarily leads the platoon while Mainwaring attempts to regain his command.

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Juergen Kamm; Birgit Neumann; Ken McGregor; Frank Klepner (2016). British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies. Springer. p.40. ISBN 978-1137552952. Perry wrote the first script and gave it to David Croft while working as a minor actor in the Croft-produced sitcom Hugh and I, originally intending the role of the spiv, later called Walker, to be his own. [8] Croft was impressed and sent the script to Michael Mills, the BBC's Head of Comedy and the series was commissioned. [11] The platoon have been chosen to take part in a BBC Radio programme to be broadcast just prior to the King's Christmas message. Broadcast as part of Christmas Night with the Stars. Walker is called up into the army. The platoon, anxious at how they will obtain off-the-ration supplies without him, fight to keep him.

Cast revealed for Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes". comedy.co.uk. 16 January 2019 . Retrieved 1 March 2019. Hidden in the Ranks – Walmington-on-Line". Walmington-on-Line. 21 November 2012 . Retrieved 20 August 2017.The platoon mans a local lighthouse as defence against a seaborne assault. During an air raid, the light is switched on and the town is illuminated.