Dad’s Army: The Complete Radio Series One: 1

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a b Clark, Neil (20 September 2013). "Jimmy Perry turns 90: a tribute to the genius behind Dad's Army". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 18 May 2015. In April 2007, a new stage show was announced with cast members including Leslie Grantham as Private Walker and Emmerdale actor Peter Martin as Captain Mainwaring. [37] The production contained the episodes " A Stripe for Frazer", " The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker", " Room at the Bottom" and " The Deadly Attachment".

Edith Parish ( Wendy Richard), also called Shirley, a cinema usherette and girlfriend of Private Walker. The mostly elderly inhabitants of Walmington-on-Sea join the Home Guard to help protect Britain from the Nazi menace. Show full synopsis The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea, on the south coast of England. The exterior scenes were mostly filmed in and around the Stanford Training Area [STANTA], near Thetford, Norfolk. [15] Walmington, and its Home Guard platoon, would be on the front line in the event of a German invasion across the English Channel. The first series has a loose narrative thread, with Captain Mainwaring's platoon being formed and equipped, initially with wooden guns and LDV armbands, later on with full army uniforms; the platoon is part of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. 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!".Greatest TV Characters". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009 . Retrieved 26 May 2019. Maurice Yeatman ( Edward Sinclair), the verger at St Aldhelm's Church and Scoutmaster of the local Sea Scout troop. He is often hostile to the platoon while frequently sycophantic towards the vicar, who often struggles to tolerate him and frequently employs the catchphrase "Oh do be quiet, Mr Yeatman". He often sides with Hodges to undermine the platoon's activities. In the end, we did the best we could to get Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Walker and Under Fire as close as possible to the original TV scripts. However, with all of the lead actors dead, there are limits to what is practical. We can reinstate the original music and re-record some sections that don't survive in the radio edit. However, if the radio episode missed out a large chunk when they recorded the adaptation, it's hard to recreate that from nothing.

Dolly ( Amy Dalby and Joan Cooper) and Cissy Godfrey ( Nan Braunton and Kathleen Saintsbury), Private Godfrey's spinster sisters, who reside with him at their cottage. Private Joe Walker is called up to join the regular Army, but is reluctant to join and the platoon rallies around him in an attempt to persuade authorities not to take him. He is far too important to the platoon - not just because he's about the only fit and able-bodied man in the unit, but he also supplies their essential supplies like whisky, cigarettes and sugar under the table.Bernard Cribbins, the new Private Godfrey". The Oldie. 12 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019 . Retrieved 3 March 2019. Much more information on the lost episodes can be found about the Series Two episodes in the book Dad’s Army – The Lost Episodes by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.