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Dad's Army is a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and broadcast on the BBC from 1968 to 1977. The sitcom ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total; there was also a radio version based on the television scripts, a feature film and a stage show. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers, and is still repeated worldwide.

Original Release

07/31/1968 on BBC

Links

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Cast

Name	Character

Colin Bean	Private Sponge
Bud Flanagan	The Voice of
Frank Williams	Reverend Timothy Farthing
Clive Dunn	LCpl. Jack Jones / Lance-Corporal Jack Jones
Arnold Ridley	Pte. Charles Godfrey / Private Charles Godfrey
John Laurie	Pte. James Frazer / Private James Frazer
John Le Mesurier	Sgt. Arthur Wilson / Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Ian Lavender	Pte. Frank Pike / Private Frank Pike
Arthur Lowe	Capt. George Mainwaring / Captain George Mainwaring
James Beck	Pte. Joe Walker / Private Joe Walker

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Cast

Name	Character

Colin Bean	Private Sponge
Bud Flanagan	The Voice of
Frank Williams	Reverend Timothy Farthing
Clive Dunn	LCpl. Jack Jones / Lance-Corporal Jack Jones
Arnold Ridley	Pte. Charles Godfrey / Private Charles Godfrey
John Laurie	Pte. James Frazer / Private James Frazer
John Le Mesurier	Sgt. Arthur Wilson / Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Ian Lavender	Pte. Frank Pike / Private Frank Pike
Arthur Lowe	Capt. George Mainwaring / Captain George Mainwaring
James Beck	Pte. Joe Walker / Private Joe Walker
Bill Pertwee	Chief Warden Hodges / ARP Warden Bert Hodges
Janet Davies	Mavis Pike
Edward Sinclair	Verger Maurice Yeatman / Maurice Yeatman
Edward Sinclair	Maurice Yeatman
Janet Davies	Mrs. Mavis Pike / Mavis Pike
Bill Pertwee	ARP Warden Bert Hodges
Robert Raglan	the Colonel
Pamela Cundell	Mrs. Fox
Talfryn Thomas	Private Cheeseman
Ian Lavender	Pte. Frank Pike