We’ve not heard much from Corporal Jones so far in this series, although he is the source of a lot of the comedy in Dad’s Army. That frequently comes from his confusion and never more is that the case then […]
The Auld Empty Barn One of the joys of Dad’s Army is Frazer’s long, rambling and often doom-laden monologues. There will be a number of these in the moments still to come, before we reach the anniversary of The Man […]
Lighthouse Occasionally the walmington-on-sea Platoon get themselves so deeply into trouble it’s hard to see how they’ll dig themselves out. That’s certainly the case in this episode, Put That Light Out, first screened on 6 November 1970. I’ve blogged about this episode […]
Reporting House Cleared The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones has a special place in the Dad’s Army catalogue for me and it’s because of this moment. Somehow I managed to miss seeing this episode for many years and I think it was […]
Interrogation We’re counting down towards the 50th anniversary of Dads Army but before we get there, there are a few more anniversaries along the way, and today is one of them! It was exactly 45 years ago today that We Know Our […]
Hand to Hand Combat Despite Dad’s Army’s wartime setting, very little actual fighting takes place throughout the series. However in the pastoral episode All is Safely Gathered In, first broadcast on 24 November 1972 all that changes. Following a heart-warming collaborative effort between the Home […]
Mainwaring’s Hat Although Dad’s Army is often said to be an ensemble comedy the truth is it is really Captain Mainwaring’s show – the whole thing pivots around the redoubtable captain and his (often difficult) relationships with the other characters. […]
Roll Call Where it all begins – the very first episode of Dad’s Army, The Man and the Hour. I’m going to admit that the first series of Dad’s Army is a long way from being my favourite. At this […]
It was 50 years ago, in 1968, that Dad’s Army was first seen – a new sitcom taking its first tentative steps. Nobody then knew what a huge success it would become and few could have believed that, half a […]
I have a great soft-spot for the episode A Soldier’s Farewell which came near the middle of the fifth series of Dad’s Army and was first broadcast on 20th October 1972. The fifth series was a little less consistently good […]