Ĭo-writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry during a Dad's Army event at Bressingham Steam Museum, May 2011. The Radio Times magazine listed Captain Mainwaring's "You stupid boy!" among the 25 greatest put-downs on TV. It is also credited with having highlighted a hitherto forgotten aspect of defence during the Second World War. The series has had a profound influence on popular culture in the United Kingdom, with the series' catchphrases and characters well known. Previously, in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, it was placed thirteenth. In 2004, Dad's Army was voted into fourth place in a BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. Relative youngsters in the regular cast were Ian Lavender, Clive Dunn (who was made-up to play the elderly Jones), Frank Williams, James Beck (who died suddenly during production of the programme's sixth series, despite being one of the youngest cast members) and Colin Bean. The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either owing to age or by being in professions that were exempt from conscription (Dad's Army deals almost exclusively with the former), and as such the series starred a number of older of British stars of film, television and stage, including Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Arnold Ridley and John Laurie. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still repeated world wide. The series ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio series, a feature film and a stage show. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 19. " Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler?"ĭad's Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard during the Second World War.
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