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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Dad's Army]]'' is a [w:[British sitcoms|British sitcom]] about the [[w:Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]], produced by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and written by David Croft and [[Jimmy Perry]].<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|title=Missing Dad's Army episodes unearthed by BBC archives treasure hunt|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609162542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|archive-date=9 June 2001|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-22/dads-army-is-comedy-gold--but-the-bbc-wasnt-always-so-sure|title=Dad's Army is comedy gold – but the BBC wasn't always so sure|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=22 December 2015|magazine=[[w:Radio Times|Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> Set in the fictional seaside town of [[w:Walmington-on-Sea|Walmington-on-Sea]], located near [[w:Eastbourne|Eastbourne]], it follows a platoon of well-meaning men ineligible for active service as they serve as Britain's "last line of defence".<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|title=Dad's Army|publisher=[[w:BBC|BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820051422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|archive-date=20 August 2007|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> The series was broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977, a total of 80 episodes spread over 9 series, including 3 Christmas specials and 3 missing episodes.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /> 4 short Christmas sketches were also broadcast as part of ''[[w:Christmas Night with the Stars|Christmas Night with the Stars]]''.{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=262}}<ref name="Sketches"/> </onlyinclude>The first two series were broadcast in black and white, from 31 July 1968 to 5 April 1969 and the next seven series (Series 3 to Series 9) were broadcast in colour, from 11 September 1969 to 13 November 1977. Episodes ran for 30 minutes each, with some exceptions: the 1971 Christmas special "[[Battle of the Giants!]]" aired on 27 December 1971 ran for 60 minutes, the 1975 Christmas special "[[My Brother and I]]" aired on 26 December 1975 ran for 40 minutes and the final ever episode of Series 9 in 1977 "[[Never Too Old]]" aired on 13 November 1977 ran for 35 minutes.<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Dad's Army'' episodes}}[[Dad's Army]]'' is a [w:[British sitcoms|British sitcom]] about the [[w:Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[w:Second World War|Second World War]], produced by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and written by David Croft and [[Jimmy Perry]].<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|title=Missing Dad's Army episodes unearthed by BBC archives treasure hunt|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609162542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|archive-date=9 June 2001|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-22/dads-army-is-comedy-gold--but-the-bbc-wasnt-always-so-sure|title=Dad's Army is comedy gold – but the BBC wasn't always so sure|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=22 December 2015|magazine=[[w:Radio Times|Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> Set in the fictional seaside town of [[w:Walmington-on-Sea|Walmington-on-Sea]], located near [[w:Eastbourne|Eastbourne]], it follows a platoon of well-meaning men ineligible for active service as they serve as Britain's "last line of defence".<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|title=Dad's Army|publisher=[[w:BBC|BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820051422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|archive-date=20 August 2007|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> The series was broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977, a total of 80 episodes spread over 9 series, including 3 Christmas specials and 3 missing episodes.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /> 4 short Christmas sketches were also broadcast as part of ''[[w:Christmas Night with the Stars|Christmas Night with the Stars]]''.{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=262}}<ref name="Sketches"/> </onlyinclude>The first two series were broadcast in black and white, from 31 July 1968 to 5 April 1969 and the next seven series (Series 3 to Series 9) were broadcast in colour, from 11 September 1969 to 13 November 1977. Episodes ran for 30 minutes each, with some exceptions: the 1971 Christmas special "[[Battle of the Giants!]]" aired on 27 December 1971 ran for 60 minutes, the 1975 Christmas special "[[My Brother and I]]" aired on 26 December 1975 ran for 40 minutes and the final ever episode of Series 9 in 1977 "[[Never Too Old]]" aired on 13 November 1977 ran for 35 minutes.<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Dad's Army'' episodes}}<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><onlyinclude><!-- See [[Wikipedia talk:Featured lists/Archive 1#Proposed change to all featured lists]] for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->''</del>[[Dad's Army]]''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Dad's Army'' episodes}}[[Dad's Army]]'' is a [<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:</ins>[British sitcoms|British sitcom]] about the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:</ins>Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:Second World War|</ins>Second World War]], produced by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and written by David Croft and [[Jimmy Perry]].<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|title=Missing Dad's Army episodes unearthed by BBC archives treasure hunt|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609162542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|archive-date=9 June 2001|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-22/dads-army-is-comedy-gold--but-the-bbc-wasnt-always-so-sure|title=Dad's Army is comedy gold – but the BBC wasn't always so sure|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=22 December 2015|magazine=[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:Radio Times|</ins>Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> Set in the fictional seaside town of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:Walmington-on-Sea|</ins>Walmington-on-Sea]], located near [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:Eastbourne|</ins>Eastbourne]], it follows a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">platoon of </ins>well-meaning men ineligible for active service as they serve as Britain's "last line of defence".<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|title=Dad's Army|publisher=[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:BBC|</ins>BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820051422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|archive-date=20 August 2007|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> The series was broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977, a total of 80 episodes spread over 9 series, including 3 Christmas specials and 3 missing episodes.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /> 4 short Christmas sketches were also broadcast as part of ''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:Christmas Night with the Stars|</ins>Christmas Night with the Stars]]''.{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=262}}<ref name="Sketches"/> </onlyinclude>The first <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two </ins>series were broadcast in black and white, from 31 July 1968 to 5 April 1969 and the next <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seven </ins>series (Series 3 to Series 9) were broadcast in colour, from 11 September 1969 to 13 November 1977. Episodes ran for 30 minutes each, with some exceptions: the 1971 Christmas special "[[Battle of the Giants!]]" aired on 27 December 1971 ran for 60 minutes, the 1975 Christmas special "[[My Brother and I]]" aired on 26 December 1975 ran for 40 minutes and the final ever episode of Series 9 in 1977 "[[Never Too Old]]" aired on 13 November 1977 ran for 35 minutes.<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>is a [[British sitcoms|British sitcom]] about the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[Second World War]], produced by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and written by David Croft and [[Jimmy Perry]].<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|title=Missing Dad's Army episodes unearthed by BBC archives treasure hunt|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609162542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/finds/dadsarmy.shtml|archive-date=9 June 2001|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-22/dads-army-is-comedy-gold--but-the-bbc-wasnt-always-so-sure|title=Dad's Army is comedy gold – but the BBC wasn't always so sure|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=22 December 2015|magazine=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> Set in the fictional seaside town of [[Walmington-on-Sea]], located near [[Eastbourne]], it follows a well-meaning <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">platoon of </del>men ineligible for active service as they serve as Britain's "last line of defence".<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|title=Dad's Army|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820051422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|archive-date=20 August 2007|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> The series was broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977, a total of 80 episodes spread over 9 series, including 3 Christmas specials and 3 missing episodes.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /> 4 short Christmas sketches were also broadcast as part of ''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]''.{{sfn|McCann|2002|p=262}}<ref name="Sketches"/> </onlyinclude>The first <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2 </del>series <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Series 1 to Series 2) </del>were broadcast in black and white, from 31 July 1968 to 5 April 1969 and the next <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">7 </del>series (Series 3 to Series 9) were broadcast in colour, from 11 September 1969 to 13 November 1977. Episodes ran for 30 minutes each, with some exceptions: the 1971 Christmas special "[[Battle of the Giants!]]" aired on 27 December 1971 ran for 60 minutes, the 1975 Christmas special "[[My Brother and I]]" aired on 26 December 1975 ran for 40 minutes and the final ever episode of Series 9 in 1977 "[[Never Too Old]]" aired on 13 November 1977 ran for 35 minutes.<ref name="BBC Comedy Guide" /></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5 </del>episodes of series <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2 </del>were not retained by the [[BBC Archives]], but two of those episodes, "[[Operation Kilt]]" and "[[The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage]]", were located in 2001.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17h3|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17jj|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, A Stripe for Frazer|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17nm|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, Under Fire|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> An audio recording of "[[A Stripe for Frazer]]", one of the [[Dad's Army missing episodes|three missing episodes]], was discovered in 2008 and an animated version of it was released in February 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-04/lost-dads-army-episode-restored-by-animators-is-an-extraordinary-feat--and-a-priceless-new-addition-for-fans|title=Lost Dad's Army episode restored by animators is an extraordinary feat – and a priceless new addition for fans|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=4 February 2016|magazine=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> An episode of series 3, "Room at the Bottom", was broadcast in colour but only a black and white copy survives in the archives. The episode was restored in 2008 using [[colour recovery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/dec/11/digital-video-restoration-dad-s-army|title=Unscrambling an army of colours|last=Norton|first=Charles|date=10 December 2008|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Five </ins>episodes of series <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two </ins>were not retained by the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:BBC Archives|</ins>BBC Archives]], but two of those episodes, "[[Operation Kilt]]" and "[[The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage]]", were located in 2001.<ref name="BBC Treasure Hunt" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17h3|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17jj|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, A Stripe for Frazer|publisher=[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:BBC|</ins>BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g17nm|title=Dad's Army, Series 2, Under Fire|publisher=[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:BBC|</ins>BBC]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> An audio recording of "[[A Stripe for Frazer]]", one of the [[Dad's Army missing episodes|three missing episodes]], was discovered in 2008 and an animated version of it was released in February 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-04/lost-dads-army-episode-restored-by-animators-is-an-extraordinary-feat--and-a-priceless-new-addition-for-fans|title=Lost Dad's Army episode restored by animators is an extraordinary feat – and a priceless new addition for fans|last=Braxton|first=Mark|date=4 February 2016|magazine=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref> An episode of series 3, "Room at the Bottom", was broadcast in colour but only a black and white copy survives in the archives. The episode was restored in 2008 using [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:colour recovery|</ins>colour recovery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/dec/11/digital-video-restoration-dad-s-army|title=Unscrambling an army of colours|last=Norton|first=Charles|date=10 December 2008|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>All interior studio scenes for the nine series, Christmas specials and the Christmas Night with the Stars specials were recorded in the BBC Television Centre in West London, where the production used many of the eight main television studios there, to record the show.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>All interior studio scenes for the nine series, Christmas specials and the Christmas Night with the Stars specials were recorded in the BBC Television Centre in West London, where the production used many of the eight main television studios there, to record the show.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Many exterior scenes were filmed in a studio, but when location recordings were made, they were done in Norfolk, with the production team basing themselves in the small Norfolk town of [[Thetford]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Many exterior scenes were filmed in a studio, but when location recordings were made, they were done in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[w:Norfolk|</ins>Norfolk<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, with the production team basing themselves in the small Norfolk town of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">w:Thetford|</ins>Thetford]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Every ''Dad’s Army'' episode comprises the following cast members: [[Arthur Lowe]] (Captain George Mainwaring) [[John Le Mesurier]] (Sergeant Arthur Wilson), [[Clive Dunn]] (Lance Corporal Jack Jones), [[John Laurie]] (Private James Frazer), [[Arnold Ridley]] (Private Charles Godfrey) and [[Ian Lavender]] (Private Frank Pike) appeared in all 80 episodes of the wartime sitcom, ranging from "[[The Man and the Hour]]" in 1968 to "[[Never Too Old]]" in 1977, while [[James Beck]] (Private Joe Walker) appeared in 59 episodes leading up to his sudden death in 1973, ranging from "The Man and the Hour" in 1968 to "Things that Go Bump in the Night" in 1973.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Every ''Dad’s Army'' episode comprises the following cast members: [[Arthur Lowe]] (Captain George Mainwaring) [[John Le Mesurier]] (Sergeant Arthur Wilson), [[Clive Dunn]] (Lance Corporal Jack Jones), [[John Laurie]] (Private James Frazer), [[Arnold Ridley]] (Private Charles Godfrey) and [[Ian Lavender]] (Private Frank Pike) appeared in all 80 episodes of the wartime sitcom, ranging from "[[The Man and the Hour]]" in 1968 to "[[Never Too Old]]" in 1977, while [[James Beck]] (Private Joe Walker) appeared in 59 episodes leading up to his sudden death in 1973, ranging from "The Man and the Hour" in 1968 to "Things that Go Bump in the Night" in 1973.</div></td></tr>
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