Dad's Army - Miscellaneous Book Releases

As well as fictional and factual books about the TV series, occasionally, stars from the series have written, edited or contributed to other books. These books do not necessarily feature information about Dad's Army but may be of interest to fans of the show.

	Run Adolf Run - The World War Two Fun Book Compiled by Denis Gifford Foreword by Arthur Lowe Published in Great Britain by Corgi Books, 1975. ISBN 0 552 999717, Paperback, £1.50. Cartoonist Denis Gifford compiled this brilliant Scrapbook of illustrations from World War Two illustrating how humour was an important factor to people living through Wartime. Providing a foreword is Arthur Lowe. Arthur recalls the days of the second World War and also mentions the popularity of Radio Broadcaster, John Snagge, who received standing ovations at the Dad's Army radio broadcasts of 1975!

My Favourite Stories of Scotland Edited edited by John Laurie Published in Great Britain by Lutterworth Press of Guildford & London, 1978 ISBN 0-7188-2362-1, Hardback This book was a collection of Scottish Stories and poems edited by John Laurie. The book was prefaced with a six page foreword from John explaining his choices and his omissions. It highlighted the fact that he took great pleasure in editing the book and wasn't merely just lending his name to it.

	Pertwee's Promenades and Pierrots by Bill Pertwee Published in Great Britain by Westridge Books, 1979 ISBN 0-7153-7794-9, Paperback

By Royal Command by Bill Pertwee Published in Great Britain by David & Charles, 1981 ISBN 0-7153-8200-4, Hardback, £8.95 Bill Pertwee traces the history of the Royal Command Performance and features anecdotes and stories from the people who have had the privilege to perform before Royalty over the years. Of interest to Dad's Army fans are a few recollections from Bill about the Dad's Army Stage Show performance from 1975 given before Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip.

	Stars in Battledress by Bill Pertwee Published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton, 1992 ISBN 0-340-54662-x, Hardback, £14.99 Bill Pertwee recounts the stories of actors, actresses, musicians and variety artistes who played an important part in keeping up the morale of British citizens during World War Two. Among the recruits featured are Dad's Army creator Jimmy Perry, Frankie Howerd, Donald Hewlett and Ian Carmichael.

The Stars War Edited by Hugh Morgan Published in Great Britain by The S.P.A, 1993 ISBN 1 85421 222 2, Hardback, £7.95 "Hilarious", "intriguing", and sometimes poignant, The Stars' War is a unique collection of reminiscences of wartime and national service written by over forty well-known and loved celebrities. Among the contributions to this splendid book is a short but funny anecdote from Clive Dunn who also features on the back covers lively illustration by Chris Redman!

	The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley Published in Great Britain by Samuel French Ltd, 1931 A Drama in Three Acts Arnold Ridley was a prolific stage writer many years before he joined the ranks of Dad's Army. Perhaps his most successful play was "The Ghost Train", which is still performed to this very day. Arnold unfortunately had to sell most of his rights away to "The Ghost Train", henceforth he never really made a lot of money from its success. However, if he had lived, he would probably be pleased to know that it is still very popular into the 21st Century!

Bellamy by Anthony Armstrong and Arnold Ridley Published in Great Britain by Samuel French Ltd, 1960 A Comedy-Farce in Three Acts

	The Guinness Book Of Sitcoms by Rod Taylor (Foreword by Jimmy Perry) Published in Great Britain by Guinness Publishing, 1994 ISBN 0-85112-638-3, Paperback, £12.99 The 1990's saw a big boom in TV Nostalgia, the emergence of videos and CD's of programmes of yesteryear gave us time to re-evaluate those long forgotten TV and Radio Classics. Guinness turned their attention to British Situation Comedy in this neat volume by Rod Taylor, not only listing most British TV Sitcoms, Taylor also lists Radio Sitcoms too, with accompanying (but brief) dates of broadcast. Dad's Army Creator, Jimmy Perry wrote a foreword to this book.

Radio Times Guide To Comedy by Mark Lewisohn (foreword by Ronnie Barker) Published in Great Britain by BBC Worldwide, 1998 ISBN 0563 36977 9, Paperback, £19.99 No self respecting fan of any TV comedy should be without this wonderfully researched book by Mark Lewisohn. Over 800 pages of facts covering every comedy show broadcast on British Television from its inception in 1936 through till 1998. There is also a useful index listing each programme and one for all the actors and participants. Dad's Army, of course, is listed, but it is also great for all television comedy buffs.

	The Real Dad's Army - The Story of the Home Guard by Norman Longmate Published in Great Britain by Arrow books, 1974 ISBN 0 0990 9830 X Norman Longmate, an authority on wartime Britain, has collected together a wealth of hilarious anecdotes as well as all the unlikely facts to produce the first popular history of the real Dad's Army.

Dad's Army - The Home Guard 1940-1944 by David Carroll, Foreword by Bill Pertwee Published In Great Britain by Sutton Publishing, 2002 ISBN 0-7509-2610-4, £10.99 THE HOME GUARD was formed during May 1940, when the dark clouds of war rolled over Britain and the nation stood alone, threatened with a Nazi invasion. Read The Review

	The Strange Case Of The End Of Civilisation As We Know It by John Cleese , Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath Published in Great Britain by Star Books, 1977 ISBN 0-351-30109-0 , Paperback OK!, I'll make no apologies in including this book in this section. The book is a direct transcript of the TV special starring Monty Python's John Cleese as A. Sherlock Holmes and Dad's Army's Arthur Lowe as Dr. Watson. Arthur had yet to film his final series of Dad's Army when this film was made, but obviously was well regarded by John Cleese to share billing with him on the front of this book.. The book is lavishly illustrated with photograph.