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Dad's Army

TV·1968–1977·BBC One·Comedy·30m·5.8·Created by Jimmy Perry

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A classic sitcom about a collection of elderly, unfit, or eccentric citizens unfit for military service who nonetheless plan, with no budget and incompetent training, to defend the British Isles from a possible German invasion at the height of World War II.

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Arthur LoweArthur LoweCaptain George MainwaringJohn Le MesurierJohn Le MesurierSergeant Arthur WilsonClive DunnClive DunnLance-Corporal Jack JonesJohn LaurieJohn LauriePrivate James FrazerArnold RidleyArnold RidleyPrivate Charles GodfreyIan LavenderIan LavenderPrivate Frank PikeBill PertweeBill PertweeChief ARP Warden William HodgesEdward SinclairEdward SinclairVerger Maurice Yeatman

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