Dad's Army: Walmington Goes to War - The Complete Scripts of Series 1-4

David Croft & Jimmy Perry

ISBN 10: 075284153X / ISBN 13: 9780752841533

Published by Orion Books, 2001

About this Item

A fine 1st edition hardback copy of 'Dad's Army: Walmington Goes to War', featuring all the scripts from series 1-4. Brown endpapers and an unclipped DW. A tight, bright and clean copy with no inscriptions. 456pp. (20x25.5cm). Please contact us for any more information.

Seller Inventory # 1730

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dad's Army: Walmington Goes to War - The Complete Scripts of Series 1-4
• Publisher: Orion Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075284153X
• ISBN 13: 9780752841533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film & Television

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Synopsis

Dad's Army is quite simply the most successful British TV sitcom of all time. Eighty episodes were made and are constantly repeated. The first black-and-white series, re-shown for the first time in 1999, attracted 4.6 million viewers, outperforming Have I got News for You and almost outstripping Channel Four's most popular programme, Friends. When the second series was shown on Saturday nights in 1998 it took 7 million viewers and 40% of the audience. Almost every comedy writer from Ben Elton and Richard Curtis to John Sullivan and David Renwick pay homage to this the perfect sitcom . When BBC centre was blacked out on Tuesday 20 June for the first time in 40 years by a power cut Dad s Army was drafted in to save us from blank screens. Dad s Army is simply an icon in TV comedy. For the first time the complete illustrated scripts with introductions to each episode by the authors.

About the Author

? Seven million plus viewers? Croft and Perry will promote: Radio, TV, signings and buyer’s lunch? Dedicated fan club of 12,000 members