Dad's Army : The Complete Scripts

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• ISBN13: 9780752860244
• ISBN10: 0752860240
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Orion Publishing

Summary

Published for the first time in one volume, these are the complete scripts of the greatest British sitcom of all time,Dad's Army.In all, nine series were made and are constantly repeated.Dad's Army: The Complete Scriptsbrings together all eighty of these episodes as well as exclusive contributions by the actors, writers, and producers of the series. This is undoubtedly TV situation comedy's finest hour.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	8	(3)
Why Has Dad's Army Become So Successful?	11	(2)
The Writing Process	13	(2)
Catchphrases	15	(2)
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?	17	(1)
Lieutenant Colonel Trevor L. Sharpe, LVO, OBE, LRAM, ARCM, PSM	18	(1)
The Platoon	19	(1)
The Actors	20	(6)
Regular Faces	26	(4)
Designing the Sets	30	(9)
Rehearsals	39	(9)
Out on Location	48	(1)
The Contributors	49	(8)
Production Team	57	(3)
THE SCRIPTS	60	(810)
Series One
The Man and the Hour	62	(11)
Museum Piece	73	(11)
Command Decision	84	(10)
The Enemy Within the Gates	94	(10)
The Showing Up of Corporal Jones	104	(11)
Shooting Pains	115	(10)
Series Two
Operation Kilt	125	(9)
The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage	134	(12)
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker	146	(10)
Sgt Wilson's Little Secret	156	(9)
A Stripe for Frazer	165	(9)
Under Fire	174	(11)
Series Three
The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones	185	(11)
Battle School	196	(10)
The Lion has 'Phones	206	(11)
The Bullet is Not for Firing	217	(10)
Something Nasty in the Vault	227	(12)
Room at the Bottom	239	(9)
Big Guns	248	(9)
The Day the Balloon Went Up	257	(11)
War Dance	268	(10)
Menace from the Deep	278	(9)
Branded	287	(9)
Man Hunt	296	(9)
No Spring for Frazer	305	(10)
Sons of the Sea	315	(9)
Series Four
The Big Parade	324	(9)
Don't Forget the Diver	333	(10)
Boots, Boots, Boots	343	(12)
Sgt -- Save My Boy!	355	(11)
Don't Fence Me In	366	(9)
Absent Friends	375	(12)
Put That Light Out!	387	(11)
The Two and a Half Feathers	398	(12)
Mum's Army	410	(10)
The Test	420	(9)
A Wilson (Manager)?	429	(10)
Uninvited Guests	439	(11)
Fallen Idol	450	(12)
Christmas Special
Battle of the Giants!	462	(22)
Series Five
Asleep in the Deep	484	(10)
Keep Young and Beautiful	494	(9)
A Soldier's Farewell	503	(9)
Getting the Bird	512	(10)
The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones	522	(11)
If the Cap Fits	533	(10)
The King was in his Counting House	543	(9)
All is Safely Gathered In	552	(9)
When Did You Last See Your Money?	561	(9)
Brain versus Brawn	570	(9)
A Brush with the Law	579	(10)
Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel	589	(9)
Time On My Hands	598	(11)
Series Six
The Deadly Attachment	609	(11)
My British Buddy	620	(11)
The Royal Train	631	(11)
We Know Our Onions	642	(11)
The Honourable Man	653	(8)
Things That Go Bump in the Night	661	(11)
The Recruit	672	(9)
Series Seven
Everybody's Trucking	681	(9)
A Man of Action	690	(10)
Gorilla Warfare	700	(11)
The Godiva Affair	711	(11)
The Captain's Car	722	(10)
Turkey Dinner	732	(10)
Series Eight
Ring Dem Bells	742	(9)
When You've Got to Go	751	(8)
Is There Honey Still For Tea?	759	(9)
Come In, Your Time is Up	768	(11)
High Finance	779	(10)
The Face on the Poster	789	(9)
Christmas Specials
My Brother and I	798	(13)
The Love of Three Oranges	811	(10)
Series Nine
Wake-Up Walmington	821	(10)
The Making of Private Pike	831	(10)
Knights of Madness	841	(9)
The Miser's Hoard	850	(10)
Number Engaged	860	(10)
Never Too Old	870