- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Orion (27 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 075284153X
- ISBN-13: 978-0752841533
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 19.3 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 570,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dad's Army is quite simply the most successful British TV sitcom of all time. Eighty episodes were made and are constantly repeated. The first black-and-white series, re-shown for the first time in 1999, attracted 4.6 million viewers, outperforming Have I got News for You and almost outstripping Channel Four's most popular programme, Friends. When the second series was shown on Saturday nights in 1998 it took 7 million viewers and 40% of the audience. Almost every comedy writer from Ben Elton and Richard Curtis to John Sullivan and David Renwick pay homage to this 'the perfect sitcom'. When BBC centre was blacked out on Tuesday 20 June for the first time in 40 years by a power cut Dad's Army was drafted in to save us from blank screens. Dad's Army is simply an icon in TV comedy. For the first time the complete illustrated scripts with introductions to each episode by the authors.
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? Seven million plus viewers ? Croft and Perry will promote: Radio, TV, signings and buyer's lunch ? Dedicated fan club of 12,000 members Richard Webber is one of Britain's foremost show business journalists. He contributes regularly to a whole host of newspapers and magazines from the Independent to the Daily Mirror, Hello! to Radio Times and Bella. He is the author of numerous books, including the Dad's Army Scripts and The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and Horses.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
This Volume contains the radio episodes "Something Nasty in the Vault", "The Showing Up of Lance Corporal Jones", "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker" and "Sorry, Wrong Number". They were adapted by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, from the television scripts by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
This release is a must for any fan of Dad's Army, because it includes the only surviving version of one of the lost television episodes. A number of the tv stories were made in black-and-white, only to be thrown away by the BBC when television changed to colour in 1969. One of these was "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker". Only the 1974 radio version, which is presented here, remains as a glimpse of that lost television show.
In it, Private Walker receives his call-up papers - to the consternation of the platoon, who depend on him for "essential supplies". How are they going to get their black market whisky, razor blades and knicker-elastic without him? Sadly though, James Beck passed away before this radio show was recorded, so we're denied the pleasure of him recreating his lost television performance as Walker.
Then in "Something Nasty in the Vault", an unexploded bomb is found in the vaults of Capt Mainwaring's bank after an air-raid. It's not exactly news to him - he and Sgt Wilson are in the bank vault with it, holding it to prevent it tilting and exploding. The platoon has to improvise a rescue, without setting the bomb off. Corporal Jones takes command - so things quickly become hair-raising. This was a very visual episode on television, and Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles have done an excellent job of adapting it for radio, without losing any of the comedy in the situation.
Clive Dunn is again centre stage in the episode "The Showing Up of Lance Corporal Jones", when a new Area Commander decides to purge the Home Guard of older soldiers who are not fit for active duty (how on earth did he miss Private Godfrey?) To remain in the platoon, Jones must complete the commando assault course in less than fifteen minutes - something he's never before managed in less than two and a quarter hours!
"Sorry, Wrong Number" is based on the tv episode "The Lion Has Phones." Captain Mainwaring decides to teach older members of the platoon, including Jones and Godfrey, how to use a new-fangled public telephone box. This being the 1940s, it's not so straightforward as it might seem, and comic confusion mounts over the mystery of when to press Button A instead of Button B (apparantly you only press Button A to get your money back, if no one answers). When an enemy plane crashes in the reservoir while Jones is on duty there, he has another chance to get to grips with the troublesome 'phone box. If only he hadn't run out of money...
These are four gems from the Dad's Army radio series of the 1970's, cleverly adapted from the earlier tv stories. With the inclusion of one of the shows lost from the television archive, this is a must-have item from the BBC Radio Collection.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
Here is another great collection of the classice comedy program DAD'S ARMY. These episode's, especially recorded for radio in the 1970's, and this tape includes Sgt-save my boy, Fallen idal, Uninvited guests, and the title episode Put that Light out. This is one of the best cassettes in the sceris of eleven. So hear Pike get caught in a minefield, and the platoon flood Warmington on sea with light from the light house during an air raid, plus two other charming tales.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
As with all of the Dad`s Army tapes the physical comedy in them is slightly lost. However, the story itself does not suffer in the least. The
title story of this tape is particularly funny. As always Authur Lowe`s acting of the pompous Mainwaring is spot on, and the other supporting actors especially John Lemesurier are immensely comical and help hold it all togther.A very enjoyable spoof of wartime england.
title story of this tape is particularly funny. As always Authur Lowe`s acting of the pompous Mainwaring is spot on, and the other supporting actors especially John Lemesurier are immensely comical and help hold it all togther.A very enjoyable spoof of wartime england.
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No music = less atmosphere
There is no signature tune at the beginning or end of the programmes, and none of the incidental music between scenes that gives the series its character - the scenes just fade in... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Anita
Vintage - fab listening
Bought as a cd to replace old cassette tapes, it's so much better in this format. Just choose any D/A episode to listen to and you won't be disappointed - just fab/great/smashing
Published 8 months ago by arfa mo
Nicky
Hi - I purchased this for my niece, Nicky, who has cerebral palsy and is blind. She loves these comedies - she's now 37 - and is always asking for more of them! Thanks!
Published 12 months ago by Puddy
More Dad's Army
Although second hand these tapes played as new the whole series was a joy and It was a privilege to hear all the old characters again and follow their exploits, It's not always... Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2010 by Miffy
Great comedy, shame it's on cassette
The radio versions of Dad's Army are as charming and funny as the TV versions, despite some clumsy adaptation, but the shame of it is that these are on cassette. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by Changed Daily
Super service!
Cassette tape arrived quickly and in plenty of time for my 85 year old dad's Christmas present.
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by E. Hume
Terrific
Not available new from Amazon, but received in perfect condition from another seller. Wonderful stuff, pity it doesn't appear to be available on CD.
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by Robert Carey
That which survives
This is a very important audiotape release from the popular wartime comedy Dad's Army, and contains the radio episodes "A Stripe for Frazer", "The Battle of... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2002
Never in the field of human conflict...
Notwithstanding that the BBC has chosen to number this box of tapes as Volume 2, these four shows are in fact the radio adaptations of the very first four episodes of the... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2002
one for the shelf
These are interesting scripts,but it's more fun to watch the shows themselves themselves.Dad's Army was so good because of the acting as well as the writing. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2001 by bob@yahoo.com
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