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Interviews, documentaries and special broadcasts
This section comprises a list of known TV interviews or documentaries featuring the creators and cast of Dad’s Army.
In some cases these take the form of special programmes, while in other cases they would be inserts into a regular programme, i.e. an interview that might last for 5 minutes on a Breakfast. The list will probably be a constant work in progress, and if you have a clip or interview that isn't featured here that could be included please contact me.
Late Night Line-Up |
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Talkback Jimmy Perry and David Croft discuss Dad’s Army with Cliff Michelmore and a studio audience. |
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Nationwide Marking the 30th Anniversary of the formation of the Home Guard, John Laurie was interviewed by Michael Barratt about Dad’s Army and the Home Guard. |
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24 Hours A section on the British film industry includes footage of the Dad’s Army cast filming the Dad’s Army feature film at Shepperton studios. |
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This Is Your Life Clive Dunn is the subject of this special programme introduced by Eamonn Andrews. |
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An Hour with Clive Dunn Clive Dunn talks about his life and career in a half hour interview which is followed by a repeat showing of the Dad’s Army episode, The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones. |
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Ask Aspel Michael Aspel's special guest is Arthur Lowe. |
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On Camera: The Sergeant From Sandhurst This regional programme featured John Le Mesurier revisiting his birth town of Bury St Edmunds |
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Seaside Special |
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Nationwide A feature on the Dad's Army stage show |
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This is Your Life Arnold Ridley is the subject of this special programme introduced by Eamonn Andrews. |
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Tonight Arnold Ridley discusses The Ghost Train, his career and Dad's Army . |
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Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Ian Lavender is a special guest in this edition hosted by Noel Edmonds. |
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Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Broadcast: BBC1, 15 October 1977 John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn appeared as guests in this edition hosted by Noel Edmonds. |
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The Old Boy Network |
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Night of 100 Stars John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender, Arnold Ridley, Bill Pertwee and Frank Williams all make a brief appearance in this Television spectacular.
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BAFTA Awards Arthur Lowe makes a speech and presents David Croft OBE with the Desmond Davis award. |
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Pebble Mill at One Arthur Lowe makes his last recorded television interview in which he discusses his career and his current play “Home at Seven”. He dies later that day. |
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Wogan |
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Daytime Live Bill Pertwee, Clive Dunn, Ian Lavender and Frank Williams appear on this edition to promote Bill Pertwee's forthcoming book, ‘Dad’s Army – The Making of a Television Legend’. |
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Open Air Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee and Jimmy Perry are the special guests on this edition. |
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This Morning Ian Lavender visits the Barmy Army film club in Kent for a segment of this programme. |
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Omnibus: Perry & Croft – The Sitcoms Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s writing partnership comes under the spotlight in this special edition of Omnibus. Included are clips from Dad’s Army, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum! and Hi-De-Hi. There are also interviews with, amongst others, Clive Dunn and Bill Pertwee. |
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This Is Your Life David Croft is the subject of this edition presented by Michael Aspel. |
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Smillies People Clive Dunn in conversation with Carol Smillie, discusses his life, career, Dad's Army and his new book Permission To Laugh. |
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Dad’s Army Selection Box Favourite clips from Dad’s Army are chosen by TV personalities. |
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This Morning Jimmy Perry, Bill Pertwee, Frank Williams, Ian Lavender and Clive Dunn all feature in this edition. Bill promotes the revised version of his book Dad’s Army - The Making of a Television Legend and Jimmy Perry and David Croft's The Lost Episodes is also mentioned. |
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Breakfast |
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Sky News |
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Dad's Army: Where Are You? Broadcast: BBC2, August 1998 Following the black & white broadcast of "Room At The Bottom" , David Croft makes a plea for the return of 5 missing second series episodes of Dad's Army from 1969. |
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First Light In this Religious affairs programme, Frank Williams discusses the items he would take with him in a spiritual survival pack, including an important scripture verse, a photo of a close friend and episodes of Dad's Army! |
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GMTV Clive Dunn and Frank Windsor are interviewed by John Stapleton with regards missing episodes of Dad's Army and Z Cars. |
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This Is Your Life Bill Pertwee is the subject of this edition presented by Michael Aspel. |
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Arthur Lowe: A Life on the Box Terry Wogan hosts an overview of Arthur Lowe’s career featuring clips from his television work from Coronation Street to Dad’s Army |
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Laughter in the House A documentary series looking at the development of British comedy, Dad's Army is featured. |
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Don’t Panic! The Dad’s Army Story The story of the creation and production of Dad’s Army, presented by Victoria Wood. |
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The Unforgettable Arthur Lowe |
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The Unforgettable John Le Mesurier Documentary on the life and career of John Le Mesurier. |
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Top Ten Losers Featuring a segment on Captain Mainwaring. |
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Breakfast Broadcast: BBC1, 28 December 2001 Bill Pertwee discusses the forthcoming broadcast of the newly recovered episodes "Operation Kilt" and "The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage". |
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Missing Presumed Wiped A look at how two missing Dad’s Army episodes were recovered and returned to the BBC archive and ultimately restored. Narrated by Terry Wogan. |
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This is Your Life Ian Lavender is the subject of this edition presented by Michael Aspel. |
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The Real Dad's Army |
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Reputations : Arthur Lowe A documentary focusing on the life and career of Arthur Lowe, based on Graham Lord's biography. |
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Open House with Gloria Hunniford Jimmy Perry gives an extensive interview on his life and career as well as discussing Dad's Army and promoting his autobiography, A Stupid Boy. |
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After They Were Famous A segment on Bill Pertwee. Narrated by Matthew Kelly. |
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The Sitcom Story The history of the British Sitcom. In this third episode, there is a segment dedicated to Dad's Army, with clips and filmed contributions from Bill Pertwee, Clive Dunn and Ian Lavender . Presented by Dawn French. |
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ITV British Comedy Awards Jimmy Perry and David Croft receive an award. |
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Britain’s Best Sitcom Series analysing the top ten best British sitcoms. Here, Phil Jupitus presents the case for Dad’s Army. |
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The Real Dad’s Army The history of the Home Guard is examined in this three part series narrated by John Bird. Jimmy Perry is a contributor to the first programme and several clips from “The Man and The Hour” are included.
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Richard and Judy Jimmy Perry and Leslie Grantham were guests promoting the Dad's Army stage version of the missing episodes. |
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Comedy Map Of Britain Ian Lavender and Harold Snoad revisit Thetford where Dad's Army was filmed in a segment of this edition narrated by Alan Whicker. |
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The One Show |
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Dad's Army At 40 |
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Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army |
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Comedy Connections |
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Newsnight A look at the recolourisation process used on the Dad's Army episode Room At The Bottom. |
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Midlands Today An interview with BBC radio presenter Ed Doolan who discovered some rare Dad's Army recordings in his collection, including the soundtrack to the 1968 Christmas Night With the Stars sketch. |
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Breakfast Charlie Stayt and Susanna Reid discuss the recolourisation of the episode "Room At The Bottom" with preservation specialist, James Insell. |
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Dad's Army in Colour A special broadcast of the colourised version of "Room At The Bottom", introduced by Ian Lavender. |
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The Man Who Made Eric and Ernie A documentary on the life and career of BBC controller Bill Cotton,featuring contributions from Jimmy Perry, David Croft and Michael Palin who discuss Cotton's association with Dad's Army. |
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