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    The Dad's Army Movie Dossier: The Making of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Classic Film
    The Dad's Army Movie Dossier: The Making of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Classic Film
    The Dad's Army Movie Dossier: The Making of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Classic Film
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    The Dad's Army Movie Dossier: The Making of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Classic Film

    By Mark McCaighey

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    Atten-shun! We present ready for your inspection The Dad’s Army Movie Dossier. A new and original book that targets Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s classic1971 movie spin-off from their top ranking BBC TV sitcom. Under the cover you’ll discover such information as why the making of the film proved to be at times a frustrating experience for Jimmy Perry, why the sequel movie entitled Dad’s Army and the Secret U-boat Base never emerged and how Clive Dunn (Corporal Jones) nearly submerged in a stunt involving a horse, a raft and a river. As well as behind-the-scenes anecdotes, there are quotes from the writers and stars, character and actor biographies, a bumper quiz and more. There is also a passing salute to the 2015 Dad’s Army movie. So, get yourself kitted out with The Dad’s Army Movie Dossier an entertaining and informative book that is an absolute must-have for Dad’s Army fans of all ages. At ease!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAUK Authors
    Release dateMar 3, 2015
    ISBN9781785381423
    The Dad's Army Movie Dossier: The Making of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Classic Film

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      The Dad's Army Movie Dossier - Mark McCaighey

      1988.

      The Dad’s Army Movie Dossier

      Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s BBC sitcom about the wartime antics of a Home Guard unit located on the south coast of England, first marched onto our TV screens on July 31st, 1968 with the episode The Man and the Hour. The show, just like the Walmington-on-Sea platoon, soon went from strength to strength. So much so that by the time Dad’s Army was demobbed in 1977, it had ran for an epic 80 episodes (67 of which were adapted for radio) across nine series. There had also been four mini TV episodes that featured as part of Christmas Night with the Stars from 1968 to 1972, a stage show and of course a movie.

      Dad’s Army made the transition to the big screen early in the sitcom’s history, with filming starting on August 10th, 1970 after only twenty-six episodes from three series had been broadcasted on the small screen. Film production ran for about six and a half weeks finishing on September 25th.

      It starred Arthur Lowe as the pompous Captain George Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as the vague Sergeant Arthur Wilson and Clive Dunn as the over-excited Corporal Jack Jones. Also featured were John Laurie as the pessimistic Private James Frazer, James Beck as the sprightly spiv Private Joe Walker, Arnold Ridley as the genteel Private Charles Godfrey and Ian Lavender as mummy’s boy Private Frank Pike. Others outside of the platoon reprising their roles from the series were Bill Pertwee as Chief Warden William Hodges, Frank Williams as the Reverend Timothy Farthing and Edward Sinclair as Maurice Yeatman the Verger. The only change from the regular line-up was the recasting of Janet Davies who played Frank’s mum Mrs Pike, her role in the movie went to Liz Fraser.

      Set in Walmington-on-Sea, 1940. The first section of the movie covered familiar territory from the early TV episodes, as it followed the platoon from their humble beginnings into their formation as a ‘formidable’ fighting unit. This included their various weaponry inventions to use in the battle against the enemy.

      Later in the movie the platoon are ordered, along with other local Home Guard units to attend a war games and training weekend. Unfortunately their troop carrier (aka Lance-Corporal Jones’ newly gas-converted butcher’s van) breaks down a good distance from their destination. The men manage to commandeer a steam roller to tow the van to the camp. As a result they arrive late, but that proves to be the least of their concerns when the roller becomes separated from the van and Corporal Jones and Captain Mainwaring are unable to stop the machine from causing chaos. Eventually the two manage to bring the roller to rest, but not before they have flatten a dozen tents and a hundred sets of equipment which have all been laid out ready for the Major’s inspection.

      This less than auspicious start only serves to anger Major General Fullard who is in charge of the weekend exercises. Unfortunately, Mainwaring is already in the Major’s bad books due to a couple of run-ins previously, one being when he refused to cash the Major’s cheque at the bank six months earlier.

      After a rough night sleeping without tents, the platoon awake late (except for Sgt Wilson) to find that they have missed breakfast. They are in time though to learn of their part in the day’s manoeuvres from the Major General - they must guard a pontoon bridge from a detachment of the Royal Marines. Later, when Corporal Jones section reach the bridge, Private Walker notices that a rope has been cut separating the middle section. As the men pull the rope to keep it all

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