Dad's Army ( Dad's Army ) - BBC television series about the militia after the Second World War . The scripts for the episodes were written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and shown on the BBC from 1968 to 1977. It has only 9 seasons and 80 episodes, plus radio versions based on television scripts, a film and a stage show .
| Daddy army | |
|---|---|
| Dad's army | |
 Logo of the series. | |
| Genre | sitcom |
| Creator | Jimmy perry |
| Screenwriter | Jimmy perry David Croft |
| Producer | David Croft Harold Snow Bob spiers |
| Cast | Arthur Lowe John Le Magererer Clive Dunn John Laurie James beck Arnold Ridley Ian Lavender Bill of the Dead Frank Williams Edward Sinclair Janet Davis Colin bean |
| Intro screen saver | Bad Flanagan " Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler? " |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Original language | English |
| Number of seasons | 9 |
| Number of episodes | 80 ( 3 lost ) ( episode list ) |
| Production | |
| Producer | David Croft |
| Timing | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Tv channel | Bbc one |
| On the screens | July 31, 1968 - November 13, 1977 |
| References | |
| bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00... | |
| IMDb | ID 0062552 |
Appearance
Originally intended to name the television series Fighting the Tigers, Daddy’s Army was partly coined by co-author and creator Jimmy Perry based on experience with the militia. Perry was only 17 years old when he joined the tenth battalion of Hertfordshire . Mother did not like that he went out at night and was afraid that he might catch a cold; he partially resembled the character of Private Pike [1] .
Characters
- Captain Mannering ( Eng. Captain Mainwaring , [ ˈ m æ n ə r ɪ ŋ ]) (Arthur Low) - a brave and undoubtedly patriotic local manager of the bank, during the war appointed himself the leader of the militia contingent of his city.
- Sergeant Wilson (John Sergeant Wilson ) (John Le Majerer).
- Corporal Jones ( English Lance Corporal Jones ) ( Clive Dunn ).
- Private Frazer ( John Lori ).
- Private Walker (James Beck).
- Private Godfrey ( Eng. Private Godfrey ) (Arnold Ridley).
- Private Pike (Ian Lavender).
- Head of ARP Warden Hodges (Bill of the Dead).
Episodes
In total, the television series contains 9 seasons and 80 episodes, including Christmas special issues.
Lost episodes
The first two seasons were recorded and shown in black and white, the third through ninth seasons were recorded and shown in color. Despite this, one episode of the third season, the Number below remained only black and white, and on the official DVD was released in this form. This episode was recovered in color using a latent color signal (dot color signal) and was shown on December 13, 2008 on BBC Two [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Clark, Neil . Jimmy Perry turns 90: a tribute to the genius behind Dad's Army (September 20, 2013).
- ↑ Norton, Charles . Recapturing color from black and white film , London: The Guardian (December 11, 2008). Date of treatment December 11, 2008.
Links
- Daddy's Army (English) on TV.com