12 Facts About Dad's Army

Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the UK's Home Guard during the Second World War.

In 2004, Dad's Army came fourth in a BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom.

In 2019, UKTV recreated three missing episodes for broadcast in August that year on its Gold channel under the title Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes, starring Kevin McNally and Robert Bathurst as Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson.

Originally intended to be called The Fighting Tigers, Dad's Army was based partly on co-writer and creator Jimmy Perry's experiences in the Local Defence Volunteers and highlighted a somewhat forgotten aspect of defence during the Second World War.

Dad's Army's mother did not like him being out at night, and feared he might catch cold; he partly resembled the character of Private Pike.

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Dad's Army did not like Brightsea-on-Sea, so the location was changed to Walmington-on-Sea.

Dad's Army was happy with the names for the characters Mainwaring, Godfrey and Pike, but not with other names, and he made suggestions: Private Jim Duck became Frazer, Joe Fish became Joe Walker and Jim Jones became Jack Jones.

Dad's Army only saw it several months later, after the series had been broadcast and received a positive response.

In common with many British sitcoms of that era, Dad's Army was spun-off as a feature film which was released in 1971.

In 1975, Dad's Army transferred to the stage as a revue, with songs, familiar scenes from the show and individual "turns" for cast members.

In 2019, the production changed its name to Dad's Army Radio Show and continued to tour nationally throughout the UK until the end of 2021.

Brief visual tribute to Dad's Army is made at the start of the episode "Rag Week" from Ben Elton's 1990s sitcom The Thin Blue Line.