Dad's Army

Captain Mainwaring, Sergeant Wilson, Lance-Corporal Jones and Privates Frazer, Walker, Godfrey and Pike – characters who are as familiar to us as members of our own families, and who, along with the actors who played them, have a special place in the hearts of generations of TV viewers.

Almost fifty years after Dad’s Army was first broadcast, millions of us are still laughing whenever and wherever it is repeated. With contributions from the people who planned, produced and performed the programme, and material drawn from the BBC archives, this is the definitive story of a very British comedy.