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David Croft
You Have Been Watching... David Croft

You Have Been Watching... David Croft

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 2011
  • 1 episode

Celebration of the life and work of comedy writer, director and producer David Croft, who died earlier this year. Features Ann Croft, Jimmy Perry, Pamela Cundell, Jeffrey Holland, Paul Shane and more.

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Are You Being Served?

Sitcom set in London department store Grace Bros., where the Ladies' Intimate Apparel and Men's Ready To Wear departments are forced to share a floor.

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Are You Being Served?

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The Story Of Are You Being Served? TV

The Story Of Are You Being Served?

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Come Back Mrs. Noah. Mrs Gertrude Noah (Mollie Sugden). Copyright: BBC TV

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Dad's Army

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Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC Radio

Dad's Army

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Don't Panic! The Dad's Army Story TV

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Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army. Jonathan Ross. Copyright: BBC / Hot Sauce TV

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Oh Doctor Beeching!. Image shows from L to R: Jack Skinner (Paul Shane), Ethel Schumann (Su Pollard). Copyright: BBC TV

Oh Doctor Beeching!

Sitcom following the working and personal lives of the staff at Hatley railway station in 1963, under the threat of the Beeching axe.

You Rang, M'Lord?. Image shows from L to R: Ivy Teasdale (Su Pollard), Alfred 'Alf' Stokes (Paul Shane). Copyright: BBC TV

You Rang, M'Lord?

Comedy set in an aristocratic London townhouse in the late 1920s, following the lives of both family and staff.

Dear Arthur, Love John. Copyright: CPL Productions Radio

Dear Arthur, Love John

Comedy drama looking at the making of Dad's Army and the friendship between stars Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier.

Dad's Army. Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier). Copyright: BBC TV

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

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Perry And Croft: Made In Britain. Image shows from L to R: David Croft, Jimmy Perry. Copyright: BBC TV

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Dad's Army: A Stripe For Frazer. Copyright: BBC Online

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An animated version of a lost Dad's Army episode.

Captain Mainwaring. Credit: BBC Studios TV

Dad's Army: The Animations

Five lost episodes of Dad's Army, animated to surviving soundtrack recordings.

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