Triumphrat

Tbirdnz · 12-01-2007

Anyone remember this British comedy series ? Often repeated on TV it was simple fun at its best.

Now they want to put up a statue of Capt Mainwaring in the town where the fictional series was shot. Set in wartime Britain it was also a series in which to spot old Brit iron often used in the sketches.

Don't panic, don't panic !
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...lk/7122992.stm

...and another related link:

Dad's Army:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/comedy/pro...dadsarmy.shtml

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Ride on !

AceT100 · 12-01-2007

Great News...

Don't tell him your name Pike....

Warmington on Sea saw many adventures, I miss seeing it now, living here in the States, luckily its all over YouTube

mkchev · 12-02-2007

Mainwarings son lives not far from me. gets his face/name in the paper often , is a bit of a tree hugger.

BishRat · 12-02-2007

"Blithering Idiot!

... aaah, memories. Strangely enough, I thought it was a load of old codswallop at the time (but we all still watched it)... and now I view it with nostalgia.

I must be getting old.

Wombat · 12-02-2007

I used to love 'Dads Army'

The thing that I miss most about the TV service here is the lack of good British shows.
Some of my other favourites are 'Last of the Summer Wine' and 'Heartbeat'

One saving grace is that my mum often sends me DVDs of the shows.

keef · 12-02-2007

"stupid boy"

just_phil · 12-02-2007

Is it me, or, ( like "Steptoe and Son" ) does it get funnier as I get older ? Such a rich vein of great characters; Fraser the eternal "doomed" pessimist, Walker the spiv, suave and gentlemanly Sgt Wilson, naive young Pike, Private Godfrey with his sister Dolly and first aid satchel, Warden Hodges and Corporal Jones creating even more panic every time he uttered his famous catch-phrase. But Mainwaring was the real star, Arthur Lowe was brilliant; the more serious he took himself the funnier he became !! I only had to look at the Mainwaring photo posted by Keef to start laughing...

Thanks for reminding me Tbirdnz. Might be going on the old Christmas list

AceT100 · 12-02-2007

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Originally Posted by just_phil

suave and gentlemanly Sgt Wilson

You know he did the entire series almost totally drunk? John Le Mesurier was a well known alcoholic...hid it well on the show tho!

Catenaccio · 12-02-2007

Saw it a time or two on late night public TV. Good stuff.

DaveB · 12-03-2007

"They don't like it up 'em, Captain Mainwaring".

We still see episodes on BBC Prime.

What about the Warden, Hodges? He was great fun too, always referring to Capt. M as 'Napoleon'.

Didn't the writers, Perry & Croft, go on to do 'Yes Minister' & 'Yes Prime Minister'?

Dave.