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''If you think old England's done. '' }}
'''''Dad's Army''''' was an ensemble sitcom on [[The BBC]] about the Walmington-on-Sea [[Home Guard]] platoon in World War II, a band of mostly elderly volunteers who would have been their (fictional) town's first line of defence, had the Germans invaded (Walmington-on-Sea and Eastgate (their rival town) are mirrored in the real Northern Kent seaside towns of Birchington-on-Sea and Westgate). The show aired for nine years (1968-77), though the war had only lasted six.
While waiting for the invasion, the platoon did its best to prepare, resulting in many [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarious mishaps]]. They occasionally did some military work, such as guarding downed German pilots, and took part in training exercises with the regular army, where they were often surprisingly successful. They also had a vigorous rivalry with the neighbouring platoon and with the Chief Air Raid Warden, who sometimes tried to sabotage the platoon. Almost every character involved had a catchphrase that most British people can still repeat with very little memory-searching.
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* [[The So-Called Coward]]: Private Godfrey, as detailed above.
** Also Corporal Jones in "The Two and A Half Feathers". A veteran of the Sudan War claims that he was saved by a native tribeman after Jones left him out in the desert to die. {{spoiler|The tribesman was Jones dressed in Arab robes; he remained silent about his role in order to cover up a scandalous affair the veteran was involved in.}}
* [[Soldiers
* [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]]: Reversed: there is an original cast radio series based on the TV episodes.
* [[Spin-Off]]: The aforementioned radio series, ''It Sticks Out Half a Mile'', broadcast between 1983-84. It centred around Hodges, Pike and Wilson teaming up to renovate the abandoned pier in a nearby seaside town, and was later turned into an original TV series called ''High and Dry''
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