Dad's Army Podcast

Welcome to Podcast number 16. This fortnight, James and Tony update you on all the goings-on in the world of Dad’s Army – along with discussing the new Dad’s Army Blog – don’t forget to take a look at www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.comWe also sift through the mailbag as we’ve received tonnes of feedback this year that we haven’t been able to share with you yet.Don’t forget to nominate you favourite episode of Dad’s Army and be in with a chance of winning Dads Army DVDs, cast autobiographies and a stage play programme – send us an e-mail telling us what your favourite episode is and just one or two lines of explanation.We’ll be back in three weeks time with podcast 17 with the much-overdue discussion of Branded – please keep your comments coming in – our email address is james@dadsarmypodcast.com or you can use the general address – walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.ukThe link to the London Lite’s review of the opening night at Hackney we mention during the podcast is unfortunately now off line. Hope you enjoy the pod

The Dad's Army Podcast are proud to present...........the Frank williams Interview.Frank of course, played the Vicar - the Reverend Timothy Farthing in the show, first appearing the series 3's The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones and going on to star in many episodes througout the series.Frank's story can be read in his autobiography, 'Vicar to Dad's Army' and can be found on Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vicar-Dads-Army-Frank-Williams/dp/1853115436/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203806369&sr=8-1Thanks to Frank for being so generous with his time, and to the Dads Army Appreciation Society for assisting in arranging the interview.Please let us know what you think of the recording by e-mailing us at either james@dadsarmypodcast.com or walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.ukHope you enjoy the interview as much as I enjoyed recording it!

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James and Tony bring you Episode 15 of the Dad’s Army podcast. This fortnight we interview Ralph Montagu who oversaw many elements of the BBC Dads Army DVD range released over the last few years. He was also responsible for the compiling the additional features on the Christmas Specials DVD released in late 2007 and it’s this specific release that we spend most of the interview discussing. We also have the first of a two part feature where Tony and I take an in-depth look at the special features included on this DVD. Part two will be on podcast 16. Please feel free to send in your comments about this disc and we’ll read them out during the show.Don’t forget to vote for your favourite episode and be in with a chance to win the bumper-prize draw by e-mailing us at walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk – or from now onwards, at james@dadsarmypodcast.com. From today onwards, you can also get to our webpage by logging onto www.dadsarmypodcast.com. More on that in podcast 16.Enjoy the show!

Welcome to the first full podcast of 2008! James and Tony bring you all the latest news in the world of Dad’s Army, take a nostalgic look back at the high profile Dads Army enjoyed throughout 2007 and take a sneak preview at what we can expect in 2008 – the show’s 40th anniversary year.We also announce the start of a new poll to establish what our listener’s think is the best episode of Dad’s Army ever! Everyone who votes will have the chance to win a bumper goody bag of Dads Army DVD’s, cast autobiographies, a stage play programme and more! For your chance to win, all you need to do is e-mail us with your favourite episode and one or two lines why you think it’s the best episode. Our e-mail address is walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk The Dads Army Appreciation Society website is www.dadsarmy.co.ukYou can view the Asda commercial at www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=54567The vote on the Whispers Forum is at www.whispersfromwalmington.myfastforum.org/Season_Openers_about228.htmlThe full list of the spring 2

Happy New Year! Hope 2008 brings everything you would like it to.Here's just a short podcast containing some listener feedback we've received over the last month or so and haven't had time to read in previous shows. We will be back at the end of January where we'll be taking a nostaligic look back at what happened in the world of Dad's Army during 2007, and also taking a peak at what may lie in store during the 40th anniversary year. Any suggestions for featured episode discussions should reach us by Friday 11 January. Send us your ideas at walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.ukEnjoy the show!

James and Tony bring you Episode 13 of the Dads Army Podcast.Firstly, congratulations to Bill Pertwee MBE who attended his investiture at Buckingham Palace a few weeks ago. There are many articles on the web covering the story, just search for 'Bill Pertwee MBE' using any search engine.We also bring you an interview with Stuart Wright, the Thetford Town Councillor behind the plans to erect a statue of Arthur Lowe in the town. He also talks about the new Dad’s Army exhibition that opened in Thetford two weeks ago. The link to the plan is available at http://new.edp24.co.uk/ and then seach for 'Stuart Wright' or 'Its my statue'. The article is dated 30/11/07.The Northern Echo Jimmy Perry interview is available at http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/audiovideo/entertainment/ If that wasn’t enough, we also announce the 17 cities and theatres the Dad’s Army Stage Play is visiting in 2008 - your chance to find out if the play is coming to theatre near you.Lastly, we discuss the classic Christmas Special Episode, M

This fortnight we bring you our final Stage Show Special of the year, and this time we concentrate on listener's thoughts about the play. We have received e-mails, MP3s and phone-calls from listeners! Thanks you all for making the show so participative.We feature a special guest from the Dad's Army Appreciation Society sharing his thoughts on the production. You can find out more about DAAS from their webpage - www.dadsarmy.co.ukInformation about the stage play can be found over at Calibre Productions website - http://www.calibreproductions.co.uk/dadsarmy/dadsarmy.htm Keep an eye on this page as it will be updated with details about the 2008 leg of the tour very soon.Keep you ears peeled for an interview with Stuart Wright on our next podcast - he's the Thetford Town Councillor behind the plans to erect a statue of Arthur Lowe in the town. He also oversaw the opening of the new museum on the 7th December 2007. All that, and an discussion about My Brother and I, available to download in two weeks time.Plea

This fortnight we bring you a special podcast focussing on the Six Bells pub. The Six Bells appeared in All is Safely Gathered In, Ring Dem Bells and Walk Up Walmington. The pub is still trading and is also a hotel - the website is www.sixbellsbardwell.co.uk Next podcast is the third Stage show special - if you have seen the touring stage play and haven't told us what you thought of it yet, then here's your chance to get your views aired! Please drop us a line at walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk - e-mailed comments and MP3s welcome.There are a couple of glaring errors in this podcast I'm afraid (but hopefully nothing that should spoil your enjoyment) - let me know if you spot them!

James and Tony bring you episode 11 of the podcast - and this fortnight we focus on the release of both the complete Box Set and solo Christmas Specials on DVD here in the UK. To mark the occassion, we discuss the 1976 special, The Love of three Oranges.As usual, we have all the lastest news and feedback from listeners - which we value greatly. Please keep the comments coming in, MP3 recordings would be fantastic or e-mail you comments to us at walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.ukThe link to the Press Release concerning the solo Christmas Special Release is http://www.2entertainvideo.co.uk/releases/2007_4/dads_army_christmas_specialsapproved.pdfNext podcast will be the Six Bells Special - where we will be discussing the season nine opener, Wake Up Walmington where we see a brief alliance between Hodges and Mainwaring! Please let us know what you think of this episode.

They’re back! After their summer break James and Tony return with all the Dad’s Army news from the last four weeks, feedback from our listeners and a featured episode discussion about the series five opener, Asleep in the Deep. The Telegraph’s review of the stage play is available at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/09/29/btdad129.xml - you may have to type this link into your browser rather than just click on it.You can find the Essex Echo’s article and feature with Martin Carroll at http://www.echo-news.co.uk/display.var.1749762.0.0.phpPlease drop us an e-mail if you would like to take part in the upcoming phone-in – your comments would be welcome on either the stage play or the imminent release of the Christmas Specials DVD.Next podcast will feature a discussion on The Love of Three Oranges – as per usual, please feel free to drop us a line with your thoughts about the episode – or anything else Dad’s Army related. Our e-mail address is walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk Hope you en

James and Tony bring you Episode 9 of the Dad's Army podcast on Sunday 30th September - and yes, I do get the date wrong on intro!! Too late now! This week we annouce our first phone-in. Primarily, we are looking for those of you who have been to see the play to share your thoughts, but if you would like to discuss any other aspect of Dad's Army, then feel free to get in touch. If you'd like to take part, then drop us an e-mail at walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk Our featured episode this week is Gorilla Warfare - thanks to those of you who contacted us with your comments about this episode. Please send in your comments or feedback to walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk and any short reveiws on iTunes are more than welcome. We'll be back wi

James and Tony bring you the second special edition of the Dad's Army Podcast. This fortnight, we focus on the opening of the stage play that began touring at the beginning of September. The production has been reported on both local and national news bulletins and we review the high profile Dad's Army has enjoyed the last couple of weeks. The link to the Sky News video featuring Leslie Grantham we discuss is http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1282454,.htmlYou may need to type the link rather than just click on it.Please send us your comments, they are always welcome. Next podcast will feature the delayed Gorilla Warfare discussion followed a couple of weeks later by Asleep in the Deep. Any comments on either episode are very welcome.

James and Tony bring you Episode 8 of the Dad's Army Podcast.We discuss many recent news items this week, including a couple of interviews that the BBC have conducted over the last few of weeks.The link to the Jimmy Perry interview we discuss is http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/08/22/dads_army_jimmy_perry_feature.shtml and the stage play video link is http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=dads The interview is the first video on the page.The christmas special and box set DVD's can be found on Amazon's website: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dads-Army-Complete-Specials/dp/B000VA3J7K/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/202-0927230-6258260?ie=UTF8&qid=1187877893&sr=1-15 and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dads-Army-Christmas-Special/dp/B000VA3JCU/ref=sr_1_1/203-4120437-8379149?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1188679625&sr=8-1Let us know what you think about any of the above and we may read your comments out on a future podcast. Also, the Dad's Army stage play opens in Stevenage this week

James and Tony bring you episode 7 of the Dad's Army Podcast. This week we discuss various news items, including details of a Dad's Army day out on the Orient Express! More information is available at Arena Travel's website at http://www.arenatravel.com/We discuss some feedback from our listeners and discuss this fornight's featured episode, Put That Light Out with Paul Carpenter from the Dad's Army Appreciation Society joining the conversation.We also announce details of our first competition - your chance to win the first two series of Dads Army on DVD, featuring all the episodes from series 1 and the surviving episodes from series 2. Please note that the prize is a Region 2 DVD and will not work in countires which use other region's DVD players.Please e-mail your entries to walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk and also let us have your comments about anything Dad's Army.Enjoy!

James and Tony bring you the latest Podcast containing the lastest Dads Army News, news. James welcomes Ed O’Driscoll back to the show. Ed is the producer of the Dads Army Stage play that begins touring the UK next month, and reveals some more exclusive casting announcements. Lastly, our featured episode this week is Boots, Boots, Boots.The Stage Play Tour dates and links to the theatres is on Calibre Productions website www.calibreproductions.co.uk The BBC7 listen again site is http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/friday/ and is updated every FridayThe story about Bristol City is available at http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10327~1056980,00.html you may have to copy this link rather than just click on it.The Colin Bean interviews are available by clicking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLuUvm5d9io for part one and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck8kqvTrEZs for part two.Please send your comments and feedback to us at walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk

James and Tony bring you the latest in Dad's Army news, discuss some feedback we've received from listeners, and interview Paul Carpenter of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society. The Dads Army Appreciation Society website is www.dadsarmy.co.uk/frontpage.html The link to the additional news item we include toward the end of the podcast is http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/245A91F0E361773B802573130035066BAs always, your feedback is very welcome, please e-mail your comments to walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk - especially questions that you would like to put to Ed O'Driscoll - the producer of the forthcoming stage play - who is coming back on the show soon. Enjoy!

James and Tony discuss what's new in the world of Dad's Army and discuss The Battle for Godfrey's Cottage, a former 'lost' episode from Series 2. We also discuss our first piece of feedback!The link to the news item we discuss about Bill Pertwee's MBE is http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/6757731.stmPlease get in contact with us at walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk - comments are always welcome.Enjoy!

A special edition of the Dad's Army podcast, featuring an interview with Ed O'Driscoll, the Producer of the forthcoming stage play. We discuss how the play came about, how involved Jimmy Perry and David Croft are in the project and exclusive casting annoucements!Find out the latest news concerning the stage play from the Production company's website: http://www.calibreproductions.co.uk/ As always, please let us have your feedback - email your comments to walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk

James and Tony discuss the lastest Dad's Army news, and annouce that there will be a special podcast later this week featuring an interview with Ed O'Driscoll, the producer of the forthcoming Dad's Army stage play.The featured episode this week is The Man and the Hour, the very first Dad's Army episode.Please check out Calibre Production website for the latest info on the Dad's Army stage play - http://www.calibreproductions.co.uk/The link to the news item James and Tony discuss is http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007250376,00.html - you may need to cut and paste this link, rather than just clicking on it for it to work.Please e-mail us your feedback - walmingtononsea333@yahoo.co.uk or permissiontowrite@yahoo.co.uk