TenFlix Logo TenFlix
 Background

Dad's Army

Season 1, Episode Number 1 (The Man and the Hour)

 Poster

Released: 1968-07-31

Runtime: 30 minutes

Episode Overview

After listening to a radio broadcast asking for men to form what was to become known as the home guard, George Mainwaring, a local bank manager, decides to act and form the platoon on his own. He appoints himself as Captain and recuruits his chief bank clerk Arthur Wilson as the platoon sergeant as well as enlisting the banks office boy Frank Pike. Several of the local tradesmen, including James Frazer; a philatelist shopkeeper, retired shop worker Charles Godfrey, Jack Jones the butcher and black market business man; Joe Walker also volunteer their service for 'King and Country'.. And so, The Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard was born.

Series Overview

Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.

Genres

  • Comedy

Production Companies

  • BBC (GB)

Additional Information

Popularity: 26.2618

Vote Average: 7.432 (73 votes)

Status: Ended

Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007tlxv