tangerine.com
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RIP. Last of Dads army actors.
Ian lavender
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Towerpower99
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Don’t tell him Pike…. RIP
BFCPaul
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I’d like to think Captain Mainwaring is at the Pearly Gates and when they ask his name he comes out with that line .. RIP!
Jaffa_The_Hut
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77 wow thought he was a lot younger.
Just shows you how long ago dads army was screened.
Just shows you how long ago dads army was screened.
Seasideforever
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Those were the days,sat with me dad watching Dads Army loved it ,RIP to all the actors ,thanks for the laughs 
TwelveAngryMen
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Early evening Sat night as I recall
Loved it
Loved it
Alfie Conn
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RIP
Mexboroseasider
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First episode in 1968 I heard on the radio tonight. I was surprised as I remember watching it.
My dad thought it was very funny and true to life. He’d been in the Homeguard (Local Defence Volunteers was the original name) before he joined the RN.
The Merry Stripes
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If you're Dad thought it was true to life, how the hell did we win the war
"You stupid boy." "Don't panic!" "They don't like it up 'em!" "We're doomed, we're all doomed."
Mexboroseasider
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Well my dad had two stories of his time with the Home Guard. The first was when he was either cleaning or just holding his rifle and managed to fire a round through the village hall roof bringing part of the ceiling down on his head. The officer in charge (just like Captain Mainwaring according to dad) came racing out of his office thinking the Germans had arrived.If you're Dad thought it was true to life, how the hell did we win the war
"You stupid boy." "Don't panic!" "They don't like it up 'em!" "We're doomed, we're all doomed."
The second story was less funny. They got drafted in to help clear up Sheffield after a bombing raid. The Luftwaffe had made a hell of a mess apparently.
Then he joined the Royal Navy and served on the Atlantic and Russian convoys (including PQ17), on a commando raid into Norway (Operation Archery I think) and then in the Med, when he nearly had his throat cut by pro German Egyptians in Alexandria. He was saved by a tiny policeman in a fez. And he didn’t like Malta as it was too hot and when he had a new hip installed decades later the surgeon found old shrapnel from god knows when.
He’d have only been in his mid 20s by the time he returned to civilian life. Many youngsters didn’t of course.
Mark_GT
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"You also vil go on ze list" - brilliant stuff! What a show that was.
1966_and_all_that
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When me and wife write our shopping list on Wednesdays we'll think of something (say, eggs) and one of us will say, "Zay vill also go on zee list. Timeless comedy. RIP.