Dad's Army - Season 1 - Eps 1: The Man and the Hour

Name: Eps 1: The Man and the Hour
Released: 1968-07-31
Rating: 3.7

1968-07-31 • 31 min • ⭐ 7.4/10

After listening to a radio broadcast asking for men to form what has been named Local Defence Volunteers (later to be renamed the Home Guard), George Mainwaring, a local bank manager, decides to act and form the platoon of his own accord. He appoints himself as Captain and recruits his chief bank clerk Arthur Wilson as the platoon sergeant as well as enlisting the bank's 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 businessman Joe Walker - also volunteer their service for 'King and Country.' And so, The Walmington-on-Sea LDV is born.

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About Dad's Army

Title: Dad's Army

First Air Date: 1968-07-31

Last Air Date: 1977-11-13

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.4/10 (from 73 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 10

Total Episodes: 77

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy

Production Companies: BBC

Synopsis

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.