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Index
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‘A. Wilson (Manager)?’ episode (Series Four) 115–18, 239
‘Absent Friends’ episode (Series Four) 238
ACTT (Association of Cinematography, Television and Allied Technicians Union) 83, 91, 96
A.J. Wentworth, B.A. 217
‘All is Safely Gathered In’ episode (Series Five) 120, 161, 241
Allen, Chesney 72, 182
Ammonds, John 38, 41
Anchor Hotel (Thetford) 157
Anderson, Lindsay 216
Archard, Bernard 173, 174
Are You Being Served? 102, 204
‘Armoured Might of Lance Corporal
Jones, The’ episode (Series Three) 234
Army Game, The 46, 58
‘Asleep in the Deep’ episode (Series Five) 119, 240
Association of Cinematography, Television and Allied Technicians Union see ACTT audience figures ‘Battle of the Giants’ special 118
pilot episode 86
Series One 91, 95–6, 97, 98
Series Two 111
Series Three 112
Series Five 120
Series Six 192–3, 194
Series Seven 195, 196
Series Eight 199
Series Nine 210
final episode 213
repeats 222, 223
Audience Research Department 82, 89
awards 100, 112
BAFTA awards 100, 112
Bailey, Bush 61
Banks-Smith, Nancy 87
Bardon, John 179, 180
‘Battle of the Giants’ (Christmas episode) 118, 239
‘Battle of Godfrey’s Cottage, The’ episode (Series Two) 232–3
‘Battle School’ episode (Series Three) 234
Baverstock, Donald 43 BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) 38–9, 40, 46, 91
attitude to Croft 40–1
attitude towards Croft-Perry partnership 102
Audience Research Department 82, 89
failure to arrange farewell celebration for Dad’s Army cast 214
Light Entertainment department 44–5
situation-comedies with military themes 46
top producers at 38
wiping over programmes for videotape reuse 110
Bean, Colin 64, 170–1, 184
Beck, James 52, 69, 102, 189–90, 192
absence of felt by cast 194–5
acting career 61–2, 190
casting for Walker 612
death 120, 189, 191–2, 193, 227
and drinking 190
in Thetford for filming 158
and Walker character 75, 104
Beck, Kay 190
Beggar My Neighbour 38, 39, 52, 55, 64
Bell Hotel (Thetford) 157
Bennett, Arnold 8
Bennett, Harold 52
Bernard, Jeffrey 128
‘Big Guns’ episode (Series Three) 235
‘Big Parade, The’ episode (Series Four) 237
Billington, Michael 87
Black, Peter 87, 193, 200
Bless Me, Father 216
Blimp, Colonel 24
‘Boots, Boots, Boots’ episode (Series Four) 237
Born Every Minute 102
Bowness, Felix 52 Boyle, Ron 88
Bracewell character 49, 63, 75
‘Brain Versus Brawn’ episode (Series Five) 120, 241
‘Branded’ episode (Series Three) 113, 236
Bressingham Steam Museum 223
British Film Institute 223
‘Brush With the Law, A’ episode (Series Five) 120, 242
‘Bullet Is Not for Firing, The’ episode (Series Three) 234
Bunclarke With an ‘E’ 190
Burke, Edmund 33, 139
Burton, Sir Montague 19
Callender, Ann 38, 62, 63
Campbell, Peter 217
‘Captain’s Car, The’ episode (Series Seven) 245
casting 51–65
Frazer character 60–1
Godfrey character 59–60
Hodges character 64–5
Jones character 57–9
Mainwaring character 54–6
Pike character 62–3
supporting players 63–4
Walker character 61–2
Wilson character 56–7
Cecil, Hugh 64
Chalfont St Giles 168
Chamberlain, Neville 21, 185
characters 5–6, 47, 123–53 casting of see casting
providing with plausible past 71
response to by general public 92
see also individual names
Cheeseman character 194, 195–7
Christie, Ian 176
Christmas Night with the Stars 101
Churchill, Winston 14–15, 21, 22–3, 27, 28, 31–3
Clarke, Roy 216
class consciousness 7–8, 84–5
Classic Television magazine top three funniest moments 249
Cleasby-Thompson, Colonel 162
Clive, Connie 58
Cohen, Norman 167–8, 169, 170, 171, 173–4, 175
Coleman, Ed 179
Columbia Pictures 168, 176
‘Come In, Your Time Is Up’ episode (Series Eight) 198, 246
‘Command Decision’ episode (Series One) 92–4, 231–2
Coombs, Pat 39
Cooper, Duff 22
Cooper, Hal 203
Cooper, Joan 128, 179, 212, 214, 216, 220
Coronation Street 130
Cotton, Bill 40–1, 42, 59, 78, 79, 82, 91, 111, 189, 204
Croft, Ann 48
Croft, David 46, 92, 118, 158, 160
on art of direction 108–9
BAFTA award 100
awarded OBE 216
background and career 38, 48
BBC’s attitude towards 40–1
and casting of Dad’s Army 51, 55, 56, 58–9, 60, 61, 62–3, 64–5
casting in other situation – comedies 51–2
on Cheeseman character 196–7
and choice of studio 108
dropping of Bracewell character 75
at farewell dinner 214
and film version of Dad’s Army 105, 167, 169, 173, 177
Croft, David – contd.
and final episode 212
and first series 91
on Le Mesurier’s ill-health 206
and location filming 160, 164
on Lowe’s narcolepsy 207
on Lowe’s problem in learning lines 107
meeting with Perry 39
on Mills 42
not wanting interference 102
other projects 102, 204, 216, 222
and pilot episode 69, 78, 81–2, 86–7
showing of Dad’s Army script idea by Perry and reaction 40
and Snoad 160
and stage version of Dad’s Army 180, 184
talents 41
and time-slot for Dad’s Army 193
and title sequence of pilot episode 78, 79, 80, 81
on working for BBC 38–9
working with Perry on second script 47–9
working with and relationship with Perry 103–4
Crossman, Richard 46
Cullum-Jones, Desmond 64
Cundell, Pamela 211
Dad’s Army
adaptation for American market see Rear Guard, The
appeal and popularity 4–5, 120, 199–200, 228, 249 see also audience figures
broadcasting of in other countries 222
camaraderie between cast 200–1
commissioning of initial series 50
devising basic storyline and script by Perry 37–8
Englishness of 8, 250
final episode 7–8, 211–13, 248
getting off ground 40–7
and nostalgia 5, 250
origin of idea 35, 36–7
pilot script 47–50
post-war sequel project 219–20
repeat screenings 222–3
success 100–1, 183
tales of trapped relationships 118
themes 6–7
time slot 193, 195
tributes to 223
Dad’s Army Appreciation Society 222, 276
‘Dad’s Army Collection, The’ 223
‘Dad’s Army Day’ 223
Dad’s Army: The Movie 167–77
changes made by Columbia 168–9
horse on raft scene 174–5
locations 168, 170
premiere and reviews 175–6
screenplay 171–3
shooting schedules 169–70
treatment of cast and ‘extra – specials’ 170–1
‘Dad’s Army: A Nostalgic Music and Laughter Show of Britain’s Finest Hour’ see Dad’s Army (stage show)
Dad’s Army – Original Cast Recording 183
Dad’s Army (radio version) 189, 194
‘Dad’s Army and the Secret U – boat Base’ 177
Dad’s Army (stage show) 178–85
ending of 185
rehearsals 180
reviews 182–3
team on 179
tour of 184–5
West End opening 181–2
Daily Express 88, 176
Daily Mail 87
Daily Mirror 87, 95, 175–6, 214, 219
Daily Telegraph 87
David Copperfield 130
Davies, Janet 63–4, 221, 228
‘Day the Balloon Went Up’ episode (Series Three) 112, 235
Day Lewis, C. 23
Day-Lewis, Sean 87
‘Deadly Attachment, The’ episode (Series Six) 4, 13, 192, 201, 242
Delfont, Bernard 179, 180–1
Desert Islands Discs 101, 127–8
‘Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones, The’ (Series Five) 119, 240
Diary of a Nobody 130–2
‘Don’t Fence Me In’ episode (Series Four) 237
‘Don’t Forget the Diver’ episode (Series Four) 237
‘Don’t tell him Pike’ scene 3–4, 4–5, 8
Dorning, Robert 56, 258
Dowdeswell, Caroline 64
Drake, Vernon 64 Dunn, Bobby 58
Dunn, Clive 69, 109, 158, 164, 197, 223
acting career 58, 101
awarded OBE 200
career and life after Dad’s Army 218, 222
casting for Jones 57–9
character 104
and death of Beck 191–2
and death of Lowe 219
at farewell function 214, 215
and film version of Dad’s Army 169, 174
and Jones character 104, 148–9 on Lowe 105
memories of being a prisoner of war 148
performance in episode 5 (Series One) 96
and pilot episode 72, 73
and stage version of Dad’s Army 179, 180, 181, 184, 185
and stunts 164
Eastwood, Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph 27
Eden, Anthony 13–14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 49
Elsom, John 182 Emmett, E.V.H. 70, 84
‘Enemy Within the Gates, The’ episode (Series One) 95–6, 232
English, Arthur 52
episode guide 231–48
Ernst, Kathryn 81
‘Everybody’s Trucking’ episode (Series Seven) 106, 195, 244
Exelby, Sandra 70
‘Face on the Poster, The’ episode (Series Eight) 199, 246
‘Fallen Idol’ episode (Series Four) 239
Fiddick, Peter 213–14
Fighting Tigers, The (original script) 38, 39, 45–6
Financial Times 183
Flanagan, Bud 72
Fox, Mrs 211–12
Fox, Paul 43, 77–8, 78–9, 80, 113–14
Foy, Jr, Eddie 203
Fraser, Ronald 102
Frazer character 6, 49, 53, 141–3
casting 60–1
and Jones 150
and Mainwaring 141, 142–3
and pilot episode 85
potted biography 139–40
and Series Three 111
see also Laurie, John
Galton, Ray 102–3, 190
Gardiner, Jeffrey 52
George VI, King 27, 31, 33
‘Getting the Bird’ episode (Series Five) 119, 240
Gilbert, James 38, 41
Gillespie, Robert 52
Gnomes of Dulwich, The 102
Godfrey character 6, 49, 53, 149, 151–2
casting 59–60
and Mainwaring 151
and pilot episode 85
potted biography 147–8
and Series Two 110
and Series Three 111
see also Ridley, Arnold
Godfrey, Frank 64
‘Godiva Affair, The’ episode (Series Seven) 181, 244
Goldie, Grace Wyndham 79
‘Gorilla Warfare’ episode (Series Seven) 196, 244
Grade, Michael 59
Greene, Hugh Carleton 38, 46
Grigg, Sir Edward 18–19, 25–6
Guardian 97, 176, 213
Guinness, Alec 126
Haig, Jack 57–8, 184
Hancock, George 64, 170
Hancock, Tony 128
Hancock’s Half Hour 89
Hastings, Hugh 64, 170
Hawks, Howard 169
Hay, Will 38
Hayfield Cricket Club 185
Hi-de-Hi! 216, 218
‘High Finance’ episode (Series Eight) 198–9, 246
Hill, Charles 46
Hoare, Sir Samuel 14
Hobson, Harold 182
Hodges character 6, 74
casting 64–5
greengrocer’s lorry 164–5
more prominence given to in third series 111–12
see also Pertwee, Bill
Hogan’s Heroes 46
Holland, Jeffrey 179–80, 184–5
Home Guard 5, 8, 13–34
administrative structure 18, 252
age range 24
anniversary celebrations 30–2
attempt to improve by Pownall 21
broadcast on by Eden 13–14, 16, 18
bureaucracy of 29–30
change of name from LDV to 21–3
and Churchill 14–15, 21, 22–3, 27, 28, 31–2
and conscription 27
decline and disbanding of 32–3
difference made and value of 30
early problems 20–1
enrolling of volunteers for 16–18
eulogising and romanticising of by writers 23–4
formation 13–14, 16
gallantry 34
given a firmer and more permanent shape 26
grousing 26–7
growth of membership 18
Perry in 36–7, 48
problems 27–30
proposals for 16, 251–2
and retired officers 24–5
role and function 18–19
tightening up of organisation by Eastwood 27
uniform 19–20, 26
and weapons 20, 26, 28–9
and women 28
‘Honourable Man, The’ episode (Series Six) 193, 243
Howerd, Frankie 42
Hugh and I 38, 39, 40, 52, 56, 61, 64
Hunter-Craig, Alan 70
Husband, Mary 179
‘If the Cap Fits …’ episode (Series Five) 119, 241
‘Is There Honey Still for Tea?’ episode (Series Eight) 198, 245–6
It Ain’t Half Hot Mum 204
It Sticks Out Half a Mile 219–20
ITA 46 ITV 46, 83
Ivor Novello award 100