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Graham McCann. Dad’s Army: The Story of a Very British Comedy
Dad’s Army. The Story of a Very British Comedy. Graham McCann
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
PROLOGUE
THE SITUATION
CHAPTER I A Peculiar Race
CHAPTER II A Cunning Plan
CHAPTER III You Will Be Watching …
THE COMEDY
CHAPTER IV The Pilot
CHAPTER V Series One
CHAPTER VI Success
THE CHARACTERS
CHAPTER VII An Officer and a Gentleman
CHAPTER VIII A Scot, a Spiv and a Stupid Boy
CHAPTER IX The Old Fools
THE COMPANY
CHAPTER X Thetford
CHAPTER XI Shepperton
CHAPTER XII Shaftesbury Avenue
THE CLASSIC
CHAPTER XIII The Nation’s Favourite
CHAPTER XIV Never Too Old?
CHAPTER XV Revival
EPILOGUE
Episode Guide
1. THE MAN AND THE HOUR
2. MUSEUM PIECE
3. COMMAND DECISION
4. THE ENEMY WITHIN THE GATES
5. THE SHOWING UP OF CORPORAL JONES
6. SHOOTING PAINS
7. OPERATION KILT
8. THE BATTLE OF GODFREY’S COTTAGE
9. THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE WALKER*
10. SGT WILSON’S LITTLE SECRET
11. A STRIPE FOR FRAZER*
12. UNDER FIRE*
13. THE ARMOURED MIGHT OF LANCE CORPORAL JONES
14. BATTLE SCHOOL
15. THE LION HAS PHONES
16. THE BULLET IS NOT FOR FIRING
17. SOMETHING NASTY IN THE VAULT
18. ROOM AT THE BOTTOM
19. BIG GUNS
20. THE DAY THE BALLOON WENT UP
21. WAR DANCE
22. MENACE FROM THE DEEP
23. BRANDED
24. MAN HUNT
25. NO SPRING FOR FRAZER
26. SONS OF THE SEA
27. THE BIG PARADE
28. DON’T FORGET THE DIVER
29. BOOTS, BOOTS, BOOTS
30. SERGEANT – SAVE MY BOY!
31. DON’T FENCE ME IN
32. ABSENT FRIENDS
33. PUT THAT LIGHT OUT
34. THE TWO AND A HALF FEATHERS
35. MUM’S ARMY
36. THE TEST
37. A. WILSON (MANAGER)?
38. UNINVITED GUESTS
39. FALLEN IDOL
40. BATTLE OF THE GIANTS
41. ASLEEP IN THE DEEP
42. KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL
43. A SOLDIER’S FAREWELL
44. GETTING THE BIRD
45. THE DESPERATE DRIVE OF CORPORAL JONES
46. IF THE CAP FITS …
47. THE KING WAS IN HIS COUNTING HOUSE
48. ALL IS SAFELY GATHERED IN
49. WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR MONEY?
50. BRAIN VERSUS BRAWN
51. A BRUSH WITH THE LAW
52. ROUND AND ROUND WENT THE GREAT BIG WHEEL
53. TIME ON MY HANDS
54. THE DEADLY ATTACHMENT
55. MY BRITISH BUDDY
56. THE ROYAL TRAIN
57. WE KNOW OUR ONIONS
58. THE HONOURABLE MAN
59. THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
60. THE RECRUIT
61. EVERYBODY’S TRUCKING
62. A MAN OF ACTION
63. GORILLA WARFARE
64. THE GODIVA AFFAIR
65. THE CAPTAIN’S CAR
66. TURKEY DINNER
67. RING DEM BELLS
68. WHEN YOU’VE GOT TO GO
69. IS THERE HONEY STILL FOR TEA?
70. COME IN, YOUR TIME IS UP
71. HIGH FINANCE
72. THE FACE ON THE POSTER
73. MY BROTHER AND I
74. THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
75. WAKE UP WALMINGTON
76. THE MAKING OF PRIVATE PIKE
77. KNIGHTS OF MADNESS
78. THE MISER’S HOARD
79. NUMBER ENGAGED
80. NEVER TOO OLD
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Notes
PROLOGUE
THE SITUATION
THE COMEDY
THE CHARACTERS
THE COMPANY
THE CLASSIC
EPILOGUE
About the Author
By the Same Author
About the Publisher
