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Eighty episodes were made and are constantly repeated. It has become one of the best known episodes of the series due to the rare encounter between the platoon and the germans and the muchremembered dont tell him, pike. Dads army is an adaptation of the comedy series of the same name from the 1960s and 1970s, following a ragtag group of home guard local defense volunteers as they prepare for an imminent german. The dads army star called for diversity of ethnic, age and sex differences with more interesting roles for women in a mumsnet webchat published. Everyones favourite blueeyed baddie fled hitler everyone remembers that famous phrase broadsword calling danny boy.
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