• My Brother and I
  "'''My Brother and I'''" is the second Christmas episode of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Friday 2 ...er, and asks Wilson to read it. It says that the [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] will only spot any parachutists if they land in a [[public house]], and t
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• Ring Dem Bells
  "'''Ring Dem Bells'''" is the first episode of the eighth series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 5 Septem ...fficer's uniform to fit him. Instead, Wilson and Pike are chosen to be the officers. Mainwaring is excused from appearing in the film by the Colonel.
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• The Boys in Blue
  '''''The Boys in Blue''''' is a 1982 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[Tommy Cannon]], [[ ...arrives at the police station, and reports seeing a UFO. Having taken her home, Ball and Cannon see mysterious blue and red flashing lights and think they
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• A. Wilson (Manager)?
  ...Wilson (Manager)?'''" is the eleventh episode of the fourth series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 4 Decemb ...eading for promotion both at the bank and in the [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]].
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• Fallen Idol (Dad's Army)
  ...thirteenth and final episode of the fourth series of the [[United Kingdom|British]] comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Friday ...es]]) frightened by the enthusiasm and lack of awareness shown by the Home Guard. He is particularly unsettled by the [[Walmington-on-Sea]] platoon, especia
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• Dad's Army (1971 film)
  ...levision series. The film tells the story of the [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] [[platoon]]'s formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exe ...he [[Union Flag]]. The colonel fumes contemptuously, ''"How can the stupid British ever hope to win?!"''
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• Private Frazer
  |data21=[[w:Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] '''Private James Frazer''' is a fictional [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] platoon member and undertaker, first portrayed by [[John Laurie]] in the
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• David Croft (TV producer)
  |honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] |awards = [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]]<br>2003 Lifetime Achievement Award<br>[[Writers' Guild of G
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• Arnold Ridley
  | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | nationality = British
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• Michael Bates (actor)
  ...was an Anglo-Indian actor. He was best known for playing the chief prison guard who processes (and strip-searches) Alex ([[Malcolm McDowell]]) in ''[[A Clo ...n in [[Jhansi]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|India]].<ref name=BFI /> His parents were of [[Cheshire]] families; his
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• Captain Mainwaring
  |data21=[[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] (captain) ...PAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|ər|ɪ|ŋ}}) is a fictional [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] captain, first portrayed by [[Arthur Lowe]] in the [[BBC]] television [[s
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• The Honourable Man
  "'''The Honourable Man'''" is the fifth episode of the sixth series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 28 Novem ...yrsites atun|snoek]] [[w:fishcake|fishcake]] at the [[w:British Restaurant|British Restaurant]]". During this discussion Pike has telephoned his mother, who b
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• Don Henderson
  ...wn. Prior to becoming an actor, Henderson was a dental technician in the [[British Army|Army]], a detective sergeant with the [[Essex Constabulary|Essex Const | First Black Maria Guard
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• Jimmy Perry
  ...ek Taverner, for which Perry received an [[Ivor Novello Award]] from the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] in 1971.<ref>[http://theivo ...whose shop was in [[South Kensington]], London. He was a founder of the [[British Antique Dealers' Association]].<ref name="Telegraphobituary">{{cite news|ti
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• Clive Dunn
  | nationality = British ...= [[w:Royal Armoured Corps|Royal Armoured Corps]], [[w:British Army|British Army]]
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• Brenda Bruce
  | honorific_suffix = [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''Brenda Bruce''' [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 July 1919<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/unite
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• Get Some In!
  | director = [[Michael Mills (British producer)|Michael Mills]] '''''Get Some In!''''' is a [[British television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] about [[National Service in the United Kingdom|National Ser
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• List of Dad's Army episodes
  ...sh sitcoms|British sitcom]] about the [[w:Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]], produced by [[David C .... After hearing of the formation of the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]], [[Captain Mainwaring|George Mainwaring]], a bank manager, takes it upon
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• Early Doors
  ...ated in comments about football. The phrase originates in the practice of British theatres from around 1870 of allowing customers who paid a little extra to ...inishes his drink and prepares to leave, it is revealed he is a [[Crossing guard|lollipop man]]. In the same episode he is shown to be generous when it matt
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• List of Ripping Yarns episodes
  ...mother ([[Gwen Watford]]) visits him in hospital, he begs her to take him home, but she refuses and tells him that his father, a polar explorer, has retur ...es and gives him a stimulant. Tomkinson wins the hop and he hops on to his home, where he finds his mother entangled with a half-naked man. He again tries
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