The Complete A-Z of "Dads Army" by Richard Webber

The Complete A-Z of "Dads Army" by Richard Webber

'The success of Dad's Army can be summed up in a line from the first episode when the bumptious Captain Mainwaring says: ''The machine-guns could have a clear field of fire from here to Timothy White's ... if it wasn't for that woman in the telephone box.''' The Independent 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 4.6m 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. This book will be the last word on the series. There have been other books, but this is first to present the whole story from how the series got made - scripts, locations, filming, the real history of the Home Guard, the background to the actors who played in the series, every episode catalogued and much more. The creators have volunteered to open their archives which include the original programme research, annotated scripts and location photographs. Now recognised as one of the great shows of this and any TV era, Perry and Croft have decided the programme requires a monument and this book will be it.

David Croft and Jimmy Perry are one of the great TV comedy writing partnerships. In addition to Dad's Army, they have written It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-De-Hi, You Rang M'Lord and Oh Doctor Beeching. 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 Mirror, Hello to Radio Times, My Weekly and Bella. ? Seven million plus viewers ? Croft and Perry will promote: Radio, TV, signings and buyer's lunch ? Dedicated fan club of 12,000 members

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ISBN 13	9780752818382
ISBN 10	0752818384
Titel	The Complete A-Z of "Dads Army"
Autor	Richard Webber
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Orion Publishing Co
Erscheinungsjahr	2000-10-12
Seitenanzahl	288
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