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      Dad’s Army

      The Story of a Very British Comedy

      Graham McCann

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      Fourth Estate

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      This edition first published in 2002

      First published in Great Britain in 2001

      Copyright © Graham McCann 2001

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      Source ISBN: 9781841153094

      Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2012 ISBN 9780007389421

      Version: 2015-12-16

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      For my mother, and in memory of Dick Geary

      Love and celebrationare matchless foundationsfor programme-making,given there is skill as well.

      HUW WHELDON

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       V Series One

       VI Success

       PART THREE: THE CHARACTERS

       VII An Officer and a Gentleman

       VIII A Scot, a Spiv and a Stupid Boy

       IX The Old Fools

       PART FOUR: THE COMPANY

       X Thetford

       XI Shepperton

       XII Shaftesbury Avenue

       PART FIVE: THE CLASSIC

       XIII The Nation’s Favourite

       XIV Never Too Old?

       XV Revival

       EPILOGUE

       Episode Guide

       Bibliography

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       Notes

       About the Author

       By the Same Author

       About the Publisher

       PROLOGUE

       This is my country

       These are my people

      

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