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Dad's Army (All 9 Series & The Movie)
€20.00EUR
Probably the best comedy ever written. That says everything!
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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.
Source: IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062552/plotsummary
The Movie
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.
Source: IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066963/
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.
See the list of episodes and other details under Additional information.
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Additional information |
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Starring
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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
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Format
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Box set, Colour PAL UK (except for the first 2 series and one episode of series 3, which are in black & white)
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Main soundtrack
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English Mono
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Subtitles
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OFF, English for the Hard of Hearing
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Region
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  (The series)
(The movie)
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Aspect ratio
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4:3 (The series)
1.85:1 (The movie)
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Number of discs
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15 (DVD9x13 & DVD5x2)
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Classification
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BBFC  (Series 4-8 & The Movie)  (all other series)
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Studio
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2 Entertain Video (The series)
Uca (The movie)
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DVD release date
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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)
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Run time
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2432 minutes (40 hours 32 mins)
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EAN
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5014503226022 (Box set series 1-5)
5014503159924 (Series 6)
5014503160029 (Series 7)
5014503160128 (Series 8)
5014503160227 (Series 9)
5014503160326 (Christmas Specials)
5050582267563 (The movie)
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Episodes
Series 1 plus the 'Lost' episodes of Series 2 (2 discs)
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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
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Series 3 (2 discs)
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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
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Series 4 (2 discs)
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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
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Series 5 (2 discs)
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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
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Series 6 (2 discs)
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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
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Series 7
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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
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Series 8
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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
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Series 9
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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
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The Christmas Specials
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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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The Movie
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