Dolly ( Amy Dalby and Joan Cooper) and Cissy Godfrey ( Nan Braunton and Kathleen Saintsbury), Private Godfrey's spinster sisters, who reside with him at their cottage. Mr Sidney Bluett ( Harold Bennett), an elderly local man who is occasionally involved with the antics of both the platoon and Hodges. He and Mrs Yeatman are implied to be having an affair.

a b "Kevin McNally and Robert Bathurst to star in new Dad's Army". comedy.co.uk. 9 November 2018 . Retrieved 9 November 2018.Hidden in the Ranks – Walmington-on-Line". Walmington-on-Line. 21 November 2012 . Retrieved 20 August 2017. Arthur Lowe twice appeared on the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. The first time was with John Le Mesurier, in which the two appeared in costume and in character as Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson when walking around looking at and discussing a mural which schoolchildren had painted featuring the characters from the show at a Christmas party, among whom was Mainwaring's unseen wife Elizabeth – or rather, what the children thought she looked like (Mainwaring remarks "Good grief. What a remarkable likeness!"). Arthur Lowe made a second appearance as Captain Mainwaring on Blue Peter with the Dad's Army van which would appear in the forthcoming London-Brighton run and showed presenter John Noakes the vehicle's hidden anti-Nazi defences.

Other influences included the work of comedians such as Will Hay, whose film Oh, Mr Porter! featured a pompous ass, an old man and a young man; together, this gave Perry the ideas for Mainwaring, Godfrey and Pike. Film historian Jeffrey Richards has cited Lancastrian comedian Robb Wilton as a key influence; [9] he portrayed a work-shy husband who joined the Home Guard in numerous comic sketches during WW2. [10] Bradshaw, Peter (26 January 2016). "Dad's Army review: who don't you think you are kidding?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 January 2016. Dad's Army, BBC Records, 1975. Contained the radio series episodes " Something Nasty in the Vault" and " Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret". The closing credits feature an instrumental march version of the song played by the Band of the Coldstream Guards conducted by Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel) Trevor L. Sharpe, ending with the air-raid warning siren sounding all-clear. It is accompanied by a style of credits that became a trademark of David Croft: the caption "You have been watching", followed by vignettes of the main cast. The cast appeared in a 1974 public information film, in character but set in the modern day, showing how to cross the road safely at Pelican crossings.Reverend Timothy Farthing ( Frank Williams), the effete, petulant vicar of St Aldhelm's Church. He reluctantly shares his church hall and office with the platoon. In several episodes of the series, it was implied that the character was a non-active closet gay. Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and originally broadcast on BBC1 from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977. It ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total; a feature film released in 1971, a stage show and a radio version based on the television scripts were also produced. The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still shown internationally. The episodes missing from the BBC vaults then were Operation Kilt, The Battle Of Godfrey’s Cottage, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Walker, Sgt Wilson’s Little Secret, A Stripe For Frazer and Under Fire all from Series Two, and Room At The Bottom from Series Three. The lost “Christmas Night With The Stars” mini-episodes were the 1968 and the 1970 shows, thus bringing the total number of lost episodes to nine at that time.. Mills, Michael (23 May 1968). "Argument about Opening Titles of 'Dad's Army' ". BBC . Retrieved 14 December 2016.