• My British Buddy
  "'''My British Buddy'''" is the second episode of the sixth series of the British [[television]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted ...ch they promptly do – with the [[Platoon|platoon]]'s girlfriends. When the British are told they do not know the right temperature to serve beer, and the Amer
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• Keep Young and Beautiful (Dad's Army)
  ...p Young and Beautiful'''" is the second episode of the fifth series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 13 Octob The government has called for an injection of youth into the [[Home Guard]], along with a syphoning off of the more elderly of its current members in
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• The Captain's Car
  "'''The Captain's Car'''" is the fifth episode of the seventh series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Friday 1 ...ns and the Home Guard about who should have the most important spot in the Guard of Honour. Frazer just manages to deliver the Mayor's (now black) car in ti
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• Never Too Old
  ...Never Too Old'''" is the last episode of the ninth and final series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Sunday 1 ...as well, because Mainwaring and his platoon would be no good against real soldiers. After Hodges leaves, Mainwaring, Wilson, Jones, Fraser, Pike and Godfrey a
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• Frank Randle
  ...rgely-academic-view-of-British-bawdy.html|title=A largely academic view of British bawdy|newspaper=The Telegra[ph|date=28 June 2010|access-date=12 July 2022}} ...oyal Air Force|RAF]], Randle joined the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] and established a career in film. His iconoclastic portrayal of the under
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• Private Walker
  |data21=[[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] ...n Thomas]]), who had made a previous cameo appearance in the episode "[[My British Buddy]]".
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• Ring Dem Bells
  "'''Ring Dem Bells'''" is the first episode of the eighth series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 5 Septem ...playing the [[Nazi]]s. Chaos ensues when they are mistaken for real German soldiers, triggering an [[invasion]] alert.
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• Percy Herbert (actor)
  ...ognisable faces in [[Cinema of the United Kingdom#Post-war cinema|post-war British cinema]]. ...Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> However, he was equally at home in comedies (''[[Barnacle Bill (1957 film)|Barnacle Bill]]'', ''[[Casino Ro
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• Sergeant Wilson
  | data21 = [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] ...ant [[The Hon.]] Arthur Wilson''' is a fictional [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] platoon sergeant and [[Bank teller|bank chief clerk]], first portrayed by
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• Branded (Dad's Army)
  "'''Branded'''" is the eleventh episode of the third series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Thursday ...], who wants to discuss an upcoming ARP/[[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] drill.
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• A Soldier's Farewell
  "'''A Soldier's Farewell'''" is the third episode of the fifth series of the British television [[sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on The episode opens with the [[Walmington-on-Sea]] [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] unit in Eastgate cinema. They are watching the film [[Conquest (1937 fil
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• Captain Mainwaring
  |data21=[[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] (captain) ...PAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|ər|ɪ|ŋ}}) is a fictional [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] captain, first portrayed by [[Arthur Lowe]] in the [[BBC]] television [[s
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• David Croft (TV producer)
  |honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] |awards = [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]]<br>2003 Lifetime Achievement Award<br>[[Writers' Guild of G
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• John Laurie
  ...) as [[Private Frazer]] a member of the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John Laurie|url=https://www.britannica.com/biograph ...g the [[Second World War]], Laurie served in the [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]], experience that would be useful for later projects.<ref>{{cite web|autho
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• Arnold Ridley
  | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | nationality = British
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• Don Henderson
  ...wn. Prior to becoming an actor, Henderson was a dental technician in the [[British Army|Army]], a detective sergeant with the [[Essex Constabulary|Essex Const | First Black Maria Guard
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• Jimmy Perry
  ...ek Taverner, for which Perry received an [[Ivor Novello Award]] from the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] in 1971.<ref>[http://theivo ...whose shop was in [[South Kensington]], London. He was a founder of the [[British Antique Dealers' Association]].<ref name="Telegraphobituary">{{cite news|ti
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• Don't Lose Your Head
  '''''Don't Lose Your Head''''' is a 1967 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[swashbuckling|swashbuckling]] [[comedy|comedy]] film, the 13th in the [ ...o rescue her. During the ensuing fight between the rescuers and the French soldiers, most of Camembert’s new art collection is destroyed. With the help of De
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• Clive Dunn
  | nationality = British ...= [[w:Royal Armoured Corps|Royal Armoured Corps]], [[w:British Army|British Army]]
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• Brenda Bruce
  | honorific_suffix = [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''Brenda Bruce''' [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 July 1919<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/unite
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