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  • Actors: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, James Beck
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Nov 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000VA3JCU
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,280 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
Treasure your favourite Dad's Army Christmas specials on one DVD:
Episodes:
1. A happy wartime Christmas often meant pooling coupons, even for simple festive fare such as shortbread biscuits and shelter cake.
2. Captain Mainwaring arranges for a sherry party for local dignitaries, but during the festivities an unwelcome guest arrives.
3. As Christmas is coming, the Vicar decides to hold a bazaar to raise money for comforts for troops on active duty, and he asks for contributions from the troop.

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Generous final helping plus Extras, 26 Nov 2007
By David Benson "david@thinknoevil.com" (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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After much speculation and wringing of hands by Dad's Army completists, here is the final installment of the Complete D.A.: three Christmas specials plus an assortment of rare and very welcome extras.

The specials are:

1. Battle of the Giants (1971) 1 hour
2. My Brother and I (1975) 40 minutes
3. The Love of Three Oranges (1976) 30 minutes

The second of these is the famous though little-seen episode where Mainwaring's drunken brother bowls into town: an acting tour-de-force from Arthur Lowe playing both parts.

The extras, for once, do not disappoint. It is as if the BBC has been saving them all up for this last volume and they will be of great interest to fans of the programme:

1. Christmas Night With The Stars: broadcast annually on Christmas night, this was a variety show in which BBC stars performed special mini-versions of their shows, between 10 and 15 minutes long. Featured here are three such appearances (though one has only a soundtrack)

2. Dad's Army - The Passing Years Documentary (1 hour) featuring copious clips and the usual talking heads in the Heroes of Comedy style. Very good.

3. The Coward Revue - early 1970s? (4 minutes) Lowe, le Mesurier and Dunn perform the Coward song from the 1940s Could You Please Oblige us With Bren Gun? - a satire on the Home Guard that anticipated Dad's Army by 20-odd years.

4. Blue Peter - two priceless, in-character appearances by Arthur Lowe (plus John le Mesurier in the first) with John Noakes, Peter Purvis and Leslie Judd

5. Dad's Army On Stage - two items about this highly successful 1975 stage incarnation of the show. First we see filmed segments (4 minutes), shot for Nationwide, live on stage, though with a very badly-dubbed laughter track - includes a brief clip of John le Mes singing A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square; and 15 minutes of home movie footage filmed and amusingly narrated by Frank Williams (the Vicar) during the tour and featuring brief glimpses backstage and from the wings during a performance.

6. Two public information films featuring the cast learning how to use pelican crossings

Plus a photo gallery and Radio Times article on pdf, which I couldn't access on my computer.

Splendid collection!
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the masters, 16 Nov 2007
By S. Marrable "Crazy Diamond" (Highlands) - See all my reviews
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Dads Army is a true great, but like all greats something is missing from the collection. No, not the lost episodes, but the short play performed on the night of a thousand stars, titled Broadcast To The Nation.
If you find it, buy it, a true gem...

An update - 22/11/07,
I purchased this and was very surprised to see not just the special I refer to but the others. To me this Dads Army Special is the true gem of the collection. If you're pondering over it - don't, just buy it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Comedic heights, 29 Nov 2008
By S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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Along with Fawlty Towers, Dads Army is the finest TV comedy of any type made in the 1970's. But not even Fawlty Towers could not match Dads Army in the way it ridiculed the British class system, with the unsurpassed performances of Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier.

These two are the key to the series greatness. Watching the first of the christmas specials again last night it was the scenes with these two that held my attention and made me laugh a lot the most. Mainwaring is pompous and a deserate social climber, whereas Wilson is laid-back and as is shown in one episode (not on this DVD) has upper-class links. However lets not get carried away. The show is one of the best comedies ever made because of the entire main cast, all of whom add something special to the series.

I recently watched a couple of classic Laurel & Hardy shorts. The comparison with Laurel & Hardy is interesting. Most of the time in both shows you know exactly whats going to happen, because the characters are brilliant creations: Hardy will get hit over the head; Pike will get soaked. Laurel will cry; Mainwaring will look exasperated at one of Jones long stories. You could say everything is very predictable and perhaps that is what makes great film or TV comedy. We seem to love a joke even more when we know its coming!

These three Christmas specials maintain the very high standards the main series set. The extras (as detailed in other reviews) are very good and if you look around you can get this very cheap.
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4.0 out of 5 stars CHRISTMAS FROM WARMINGTON
The trouble with the BBC is its insistance of ripping its fans of by seperating the christmas episodes from each series and creating another DVD. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Christopher Bishop

5.0 out of 5 stars great comedy classic of all time
i have just watched the Dad's Army Christmas Specials and i have to say that it was one of classic comedy shows in which i enjoyed so much and even i never know to laugh out so... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. J. P. Irtelli

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it.
I remember watching these as a youth. They made me laugh then, they make me laugh now. Humour that transcends the passage of time. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dodster

4.0 out of 5 stars Completing the Set, At a Price
As with many others I'm sure, I've got all the Dad's Army Series, this concludes my collection (excluding the lost episodes). Read more
Published 18 months ago by DB Dom

5.0 out of 5 stars Broadcast to the Nation
Following on from the reviews already posted I was lucky enough to record Broadcast to the Nation many many years ago and have now put it on DVD. Read more
Published 18 months ago by H. Bennett

5.0 out of 5 stars Not before the Time
As Andrew Kerr I preorderd it as well. Next to Carry On Up The Khyber. Dads Army, sends up the stiff upper lip to a T. And Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Ian W. Bruce

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