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Captain Mainwaring. Credit: BBC Studios
Dad's Army: The Animations

Dad's Army: The Animations

  • TV sitcom
  • U&Gold
  • 2023
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Five lost episodes of Dad's Army, animated to surviving soundtrack recordings. Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, David Benson and more.

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Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson. Credit: BBC Studios

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2023
Channel
U&Gold
Episodes
4 (1 series)
Stars
Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, David Benson, Arnold Ridley, Jack Lane, Geoffrey Lumsden and more
Writers
Jimmy Perry, David Croft, Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad
Directors
Charles Norton and John Dyas
Producers
Charles Norton, John Dyas, David Croft, Rebecca Richmond, Paul Hembury and Pete Thornton
Company

Gold series of five new animated episodes of Dad's Army, created using archive audio recordings of original (and now lost) early television episodes, and their surviving radio adaptations.

Starring the iconic sitcom cast, these new animated episodes give audiences a chance to enjoy three regular episodes and two short Christmas editions of the much-loved comedy classic for the first time in over fifty years.

Catch-up

Additional details

Production
Animated
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 6th November 2023 at 8pm on U&Gold
Next repeats
  1. Episode 4: Today at 7am on U&Gold
  2. Episode 4: Wednesday 25th December at 10am on U&Gold
  3. Episode 4: Thursday 26th December at 8:25am on U&Gold
Most recent repeats
  • Tuesday 17th December 2024 at 5:25pm on U&Gold - Episode 4
  • Monday 16th December 2024 at 8:30pm on U&Gold - Episode 4
  • Friday 6th December 2024 at 6:30pm on U&Gold - Episode 4

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