THEY may have been caught up in capers like interrogating captured Germans in Dad's Army and in reality some units of the home guard spent much of their time playing cards. The south east of England, ...

Such was my teenage fascination with the Second World War, that at the age of 13 – when I assume most of my friends were playing Sonic the Hedgehog or watching Baywatch – I was slowly ploughing my way ...

Dad's Army attracted more than 18 million viewers at the height of its popularity, making it one of the most-watched sitcoms on BBC One. The show followed the exploits of the Home Guard of a fictional ...

Dad’s Army is one of Britain’s most-loved comedies and focuses on the hilarious antics of Captain Mainwaring’s (played by Arthur Lowe) fictional Home Guard. The storylines were brilliantly written but ...

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COMICAL, bespectacled Arthur Lowe fitted his Captain Mainwaring persona so snugly that you imagine he never shrugged it off, even in the privacy of his own home. COMICAL, bespectacled Arthur Lowe ...

A statue of one of the leading characters in the classic wartime sitcom Dad's Army has been left damaged by vandals. Thetford's life-like Captain Mainwaring bronze cast has had its glasses bent ...

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