DAD'S ARMY Walmington Goes to War Complete Scripts Series 1-4

JIMMY PERRY & DAVID CROFT (edited By Richard Webber)

ISBN 10: 075284153X / ISBN 13: 9780752841533

Published by Orion Books, 2001

About this Item

Heavyset book with brown boards,photo covered unclipped jacket; Overall book is very clean & unmarked though a little weak, so book has a slight 'warp'' Jacket has some light edgwear but otherwise fine; A look back at the famous BBC TV comedy about a unit of Britain's WW2 Home Guard; Illust. by some b/w photos as well as the whole scripts; Extra postage may be required due to weight. 455 pages. Seller Inventory # PARA4774

Bibliographic Details

Title: DAD'S ARMY Walmington Goes to War Complete ...

Publisher: Orion Books

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

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 Authors:

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

Richard Webber is one of Britain's foremost show business journalists. He contributes regularly to a whole host of newspapers and magazines from the Independent to the Daily Mirror, Hello! to Radio Times and Bella. He is the author of numerous books, including the Dad's Army Scripts and The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and Horses.