Season
Season 9 Episode
- Season 0 Battle of the Giants!
- Season 0 My Brother and I
- Season 0 The Love of Three Oranges
- Season 0 Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army
- Season 0 Comedy Connections - Dad's Army
- Season 0 A Life on the Box - Arthur Lowe
- Season 0 Dad's Army In Colour – Room At The Bottom
- Season 0 The Movie
- Season 0 Don't Panic! The 'Dad's Army' Story
- Season 0 Missing Presumed Wiped
- Season 0 We are the Boys: Arnold Ridley
- Season 0 The Unforgettable Arthur Lowe
- Season 0 We are the Boys: James Beck
- Season 0 We are the Boys: John Laurie
- Season 0 We are the Boys: John Le Mesurier
- Season 0 We are the Boys: Arthur Lowe
- Season 0 We are the Boys: Clive Dunn
- Season 0 We are the Boys: Ian Lavender
- Season 0 Selection Box
- Season 0 Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages
- Season 0 Broadcast to Empire
- Season 0 The Passing Years
- Season 0 The Cornish Floral Dance
- Season 0 The Coward Revue
- Season 0 The Pelican Crossing
- Season 0 The Stage Show
- Season 0 On Tour With The Cast
- Season 0 Blue Peter Art Competition
- Season 0 Blue Peter Item On Jones' Van
- Season 0 Christmas Night With The Stars (1970)
- Season 0 John Le Mesurier - It's All Been Rather Lovely
- Season 0 Battle Of The Giants - Tower View
- Season 0 Nationwide preview of Dad's Army - The Stage Show
- Season 0 The Pelican Crossing (Road Safety Film)
Dad's Army - Season 0 Episode 5 Comedy Connections - Dad's Army
7.45 30 minutes Shown as part of the BBC Comedy Connections series. This episode looks at Dad's Army, the gentle wartime sitcom that became one of the most popular and best-loved series of all time.
Set in wartime Britain, the cast of Dad's Army featured many veterans of stage and screen including Arthur Lowe, John Laurie and Arnold Ridley. As well as creating a template for future ensemble sitcoms, the series established one of British TV's most successful writing partnership - that of Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
But Comedy Connections reveals that neither writer gave Dad's Army its name. Originally called Fighting Tigers, the new title was imposed on the show by the BBC's then Head of Comedy, Michael Mills. Other surprises include John Laurie expressing his disappointment that, at the age of 73 and after a glittering theatre career, he should become most famous for 'this crap', what happened when Ian Lavender asked the show's writers whether his character, Pike, was in fact Wilson's son, and what producer David Croft did with the audience feedback report after the screening of the show's pilot.
With contributions from writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft, plus actors Clive Dunn, Ian Lavender, Frank Williams, Bill Pertwee, Pamela Cundell and Wendy
