Dad's Army - Season 1 Episode 1 The Man and the Hour
7.43/10 by 68 users
After listening to a radio broadcast asking for men to form what was to become known as the home guard, George Mainwaring, a local bank manager, decides to act and form the platoon on his own. He appoints himself as Captain and recuruits his chief bank clerk Arthur Wilson as the platoon sergeant as well as enlisting the banks office boy Frank Pike. Several of the local tradesmen, including James Frazer; a philatelist shopkeeper, retired shop worker Charles Godfrey, Jack Jones the butcher and black market business man; Joe Walker also volunteer their service for 'King and Country'.. And so, The Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard was born.
- Title: Dad's Army
- Year: 1977
- Genre: Comedy
- Country: United Kingdom
- Studio: BBC One
- Director: Jimmy Perry, David Croft
- Cast: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender
- Crew: David Croft (Writer), David Croft (Producer), Jimmy Perry (Writer)
- Keyword: world war ii, soldier, seaside town, sitcom, 1940s, period sitcom, home guard
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- IMDb: 7.43 / 10 by 68 users
- Popularity: 32.546
- First Air Date: Jul 31, 1968
- Last Air date: Nov 13, 1977
- Season: 9 Season
- Episode: 77 Episode
- Language: English
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