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List of Characters
This is a list of primary and significant recurring characters who were featured in Dad's Army. Mainwaring (pronounced Man-er-ing) was played by Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915-15 April 1982). In real -
List of Episodes
There are a total of eighty Dad's Army episodes spread over nine series and three Christmas specials, first broadcast between 1968 and 1977. There were also four Christmas Night with the Stars inserts, and -
Dad's Army
Dad's Army is a British sitcom focusing on the exploits of a platoon of Home Guard in the fictional town of Walmington-on-Sea, set in the 2nd World War. It was written by -
Lance-Corporal Jack Jones
Jack Jones was the local Butcher of Walmington-on-Sea, and had served in four military campaigns—Mahdist War in the Sudan (1884–1885), The British Reconquest of Sudan (1896–1899), The Boer War (1899 -
Captain George Mainwaring
George Mainwaring (pronounced "Man-er-ing", though Captain Square pronounces it as spelt: "Main-waring") was the bank manager of the Walmington-on-Sea branch of Swallow Bank. He later became the Captain of the -
Mrs. Elizabeth Mainwaring
Elizabeth Mainwaring was the highly-strung and reclusive wife of George Mainwaring, of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard. She did not actually appear'properly' in a single episode of Dad's Army, but a -
Private Frank Pike
Frank Pike was a junior bank clerk at Swallow Bank in Walmington-on-Sea, where he lived with his mother. He later became the youngest member of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon. Born -
Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe (22nd September 1915 – 15th April 1982) was a BAFTA Award winning English actor. He was best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 until -
William Hodges
William Hodges, nearly always referred to as "Hodges", was a greengrocer of Walmington-on-Sea and later became Chief Air Raid (ARP) Warden. Hodges fought in the Great War, where he learned to speak German -
Private Charles Godfrey
"Do you think I might be excused?" - Charles Godfrey. Charles Godfrey (pronounced God-free) was a retired shop assistant (Civil Service Stores) from Walmington-on-Sea. He later became a private in, and the -
Sergeant Arthur Wilson
"The Honourable" Arthur Wilson was the head clerk of Swallow Bank in Walmington-On-Sea. He later became the Sergeant of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Platoon. He was portrayed in the BBC -
Private Joe Walker
"Sir, I've got an idea!" - Joe Walker Joe Walker was a black market spiv (or "Wholesales Supplier", as he politely puts it) who lived in Walmington-on-Sea. He was the second youngest -
Walmington-on-Sea
Walmington-on-Sea (often shortened to Walmington) was a seaside town. Located on the channel coast of England, it was part of the national "front line" following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from -
Private James Frazer
James Frazer also known as "Taffy" was born in 1882 and was a sailor, then shop-keeper (possibly of a shop that sold coffins although in the first episode of the series he describes his -
Arnold Ridley
William Arnold Ridley, OBE (7th January 1896 – 12th March 1984) was an English playwright and actor. He was best known for portraying Private Charles Godfrey in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 -
Captain Square
Captain Square, CBE, DSO, was a colonel in the British army and, later, the captain of the Eastgate Home Guard. Square was commander of the Home Guard platoon in Eastgate (quite near Walmington-on-Sea -
James Beck
Stanley James Carroll Beck (21st February 1929 – 6th August 1973), sometimes known as Jimmy Beck, was an English actor best remembered for his role as Joe Walker in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army -
Janet Davies
Janet Davies (14th September 1927 – 22nd September 1986) was best known for playing Mrs. Pike in the television series of Dad's Army from 1968 until 1977. Janet Davies was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire -
Main Page
The Dad's Army Wikia is a collaborative database of information about the BBC's classic comedy series Dad's Army, which ran on the BBC from 31st July 1968 – 13th November 1977 for 9 -
Timothy Farthing
The Reverend Timothy Farthing MA (Oxon), usually referred to simply as The Vicar or His Reverence, was the vicar of Walmington-on-Sea before, during and possibly after the Second World War. Farthing was the -
The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage is the second episode of the second series of Dad's Army, which was originally transmitted on Saturday 8th March 1969. After the church bells ring to signal an -
Clive Dunn
Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn, OBE (9th January 1920 - 6th November 2012) was a English actor, comedian and author who is best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the British sitcom Dad -
John Ringham
John Ringham (10th February 1928 – 20th October 2008) played various characters in the Dad's Army franchise. John Ringham was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was educated at the Cheltenham Grammar School. 1946-8 saw -
Harold Bennett
Harold Bennett (17th November 1899 – 15th September 1981) played Mr. Blewitt in Dad's Army. Harold Bennett was born in Hastings, East Sussex. He left school at the early age of 12 and starting a -
Swallow Bank
Swallow Bank Ltd. was a bank located in Walmington-on-Sea. It was one of a chain of banks co-ordinated by the company's Head Office; other banks under the same jurisdiction included the
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