Dad's Army - The Complete First Series (DVD)

Dads army ======== I truly have a huge soft spot in my heart for this wonderfully brilliant series. Written by: Jimmy Perry, David Croft Ran from 1968 - 1977 and spanned 9 Series. Location: ======= Walmington-On-Sea on the Sussex coast. (Actually filmed in Thetford, Norfolk although other minor locations around Suffolk and Norfolk where occasionally used). The cast: ======= Arthur Lowe as Captain George Mainwaring A pompous bank manager who self appoints himself as the Capt of the Local Defence Volunteers, LDV who are later renamed, The Home Guard. He takes himself far too seriously and often ...  Read the complete review

Dad's Army is a British comedy series that was broadcast between 1968 and 1977. In a BBC poll in 2004 to find Britain's best sitcom the show was voted number 4 - just ahead of Fawlty Towers and Yes Minister but below The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder and Only Fools and Horse, which topped the list. == What is Dads Army? == The premise for Dad's Army is very simple indeed. The show follows the men of the home guard of Walmington-on-Sea on the south coast of England during World War 2. The series is based around their antics as they try to become a force fit to withstand anything thrown at them by the Nazis, or the Wardens or the Church Verger. The ...  Read the complete review

So this is how one of the greatest British comedy programs of all time started. Going right back to the very beginnings, this DVD features the complete first series and the remaining parts from series two of Dad's Army, a comedy drama based around the time of World War Two. Staring the brilliant Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring), Dad's Army follows the formation and the workings of the Home Guard at Walmington-On-Sea. Naturally I doubt anymore has to be said about what Dad's Army was about, unless you've spend your entire life under a rock, the chances are you'll know. Despite the fact that in the first two seasons, the actors were somewhat inexperienced, the ...  Read the complete review