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Dad's Army 2 movie sequel could happen

Dad's Army star Daniel Mays has suggested that a movie sequel could be possible if the script is good enough.

Video: Getting nostalgic with Dad's Army cast

The stars of the new Dad's Army film, Toby Jones and Catherine Zeta Jones, have said they grew up watching the show on TV.

The film, directed by Oliver Parker, moves the Dad's Army story to May 1944 as the Allies prepare to invade occupied Europe.

Toby Jones takes on the role plays Captain Mainwaring and Catherine Zeta Jones plays a glamorous journalist who arrives in Walmington-on-Sea to write about the Home Guard.

Cast members Sir Tom Courtenay, Sir Michael Gambon, Bill Paterson, Blake Harrison and Daniel Mays tell entertainment correspondent Tim Masters their memories of filming in Bridlington.

Daniel Mays is going straight... to a camp comedy

After a decade playing rogues, gangsters and reprobates, this son of an Essex sparkie is emerging as 2013's brightest star. Next up is a 'full-on, camp comedy' starring role at the Donmar Warehouse in Trelawny of the Wells. Don't joke...

Sheridan Smith to play Ronnie Biggs's wife

Sheridan Smith will play the wife of Ronnie Biggs opposite Daniel Mays in an ITV drama about the Great Train Robber.

It is always a relief to come across a comedy that is fun to watch. And bearing in mind how much gloom is spread by unfunny comedies, it is doubly sad that this is the last in the series. Rob (Daniel Mays) has decided to release the poison in his soul by ditching his plan to upstage his former girlfriend (Miranda Raison) on her wedding day. Until, that is, he meets a girl who is capable of doing the upstaging with a vengeance. She's a multi-millionairess and a former model with a PhD in biochemistry, whose father invented Toilet Duck. When she says she'd like to sleep with him, he can't believe his luck. His eyes widen. He gulps. "That would be really... kind," he says. But if something seems too good to be true, it often is.

If you're a fan of Duncan from Blue, you'll absolutely love this episode. And if you can't stand the ice-skating b*****d (as this show likes to call him) then you'll probably enjoy it even more. Talk about a win-win situation.

It's the end of the sitcom based on the unlikely premise of a bloke trying to find an impressive enough date to take to the wedding of his ex-girlfriend who's dumped him for Duncan James. It's taken him five disaster-prone weeks, but, against all the odds, tonight it looks like Rob (Daniel Mays) has finally managed to pull it off when he meets Astrid, an honest to goodness blonde goddess.

An absolutely unforgettable wedding also features a great cameo from T4 hunk Steve Jones and an all-too-brief glimpse of the very lovely and very funny Nigel Harman. Even if you've not seen the rest of the series, make a date with this one.

Dark and edgy is so last year, darling. New comedies must be warm, good-natured, a wee bit cuddly. They can still be silly, and surreal is good, but keep it basically nice, OK? Maybe the Government has been slipping something into the water supply or it's some strange collective reaction to the credit crunch, but Plus One is yet another sitcom featuring young people who are amiably daft. This week poor Rob Black (Daniel Mays) is still trying to find an impressive lady to be his 'plus one' at the wedding of his glamorous ex-girlfriend, Linsey (Miranda Raison) to the boy-band hunk Duncan from Blue.

Pros and Cons of Plus One

The ever-impressive Daniel Mays was brilliant in the main role of this unoriginal comedy that feeds on the lifeblood of The Worst Week of My Life, and similar urban catastrophe sitcoms, and because of this and a strong supporting cast, we found it very funny.

Don't worry if you missed the 2007 pilot for this series. There's a brief explanation at the start of the first episode. Basically, Rob (Daniel Mays) was dumped by Laura (Spooks' Miranda Raison), and later gleaned from a celeb mag that she was dating Duncan From Blue (played by the man himself). Not only that, they were going to marry. And Rob's been invited to the wedding.

Hacked off that he's been replaced by 'that skating b*****d', Rob is convinced Duncan From Blue (that's his full name in this, not Duncan James) is out to get him. So he decides to prove he's better than DFB and have revenge on his ex by turning up at her wedding with the sexiest woman he can con into being his girlfriend.

It's a simple yet effective idea - for now anyway - and Rob is an entertaining central character - a younger, less grouchy version of Jack Dee's Rick Spleen.

The comedy isn't perfect, and with coarse language it won't be everybody's cup of tea. But if you still miss Teachers, the young, ballsy characters in this should raise a smile.

And there's always the eye candy to enjoy - as well as Duncan James, the show stars former EastEnders heartthrob Nigel Harman. And for the fellas, for this week only, is guest star Susie Amy, who will fulfil many a redblooded man's fantasy by donning a school uniform.