Dad S Army The Story Of A Very British Comedy Text Only

The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal.

The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic. ‘They don't like it up 'em!’

The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic.They don't like it up 'em!'

When we laugh at Dad's Army we laugh at ourselves, and more than 30 years after it was first broadcast, millions of us are still laughing - whenever and wherever it is repeated. With contributions from the people who planned, produced and performed the programme, and material drawn from the BBC archives, acclaimed author Graham McCann has written was should prove to be the definitive story of a very British comedy. This is the story of a classic British sit-com and its enduring appeal.

Published for the first time in one volume, these are the complete scripts of the greatest British sitcom of all time, Dad's Army. In all, nine series were made and are constantly repeated. Dad's Army: The Complete Scripts brings together all eighty of these episodes as well as exclusive contributions by the actors, writers, and producers of the series. This is undoubtedly TV situation comedy's finest hour.

The essential guide to one of the most successful British comedies ever "Dad's Army" has been an enduring highlight of the small screen since its debut in 1968. The show, which follows the exploits of the Home Guard in a fictional seaside town on the south coast of England, regularly attracted viewing figures of over 18 million at the height of its popularity and recently placing fourth in a BBC poll of Britain's Best Sitcoms Ever. Here is a unique behind-the-scenes look at the creators, cast, and making of "Dad's Army," along with a full episode guide and original stills of the series' greatest moments.

'The success of Dad's Army can be summed up in a line from the first episode when the bumptious Captain Mainwaring says: "The machine-guns could have a clear field of fire from here to Timothy White's ... if it wasn't for that woman in the telephone box."' The IndependentDad's army is quite simply the most successful British TV sitcom of all time. Eighty episodes were made and are constantly repeated. The first black-and-white series, re-shown for the first time in 1999, attracted 4.6m viewers outperforming Have I got News for You and almost outstripping Channel Four's most popular programme Friends. When the second series was shown on Saturday nights in 1998 it took 7 million viewers and 40% of the audience. This book will be the last word on the series. There have been other books, but this is first to present the whole story from how the series got made - scripts, locations, filming, the real history of the Home Guard, the background to the actors who played in the series, every episode catalogued and much more. The creators have volunteered to open their archives which include the original programme research, annotated scripts and location photographs. Now recognised as one of the great shows of this and any TV era, Perry and Croft have decided the programme requires a monument and this book will be it.