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Welcome to the much delayed episode 29 of the Dad’s Army podcast. Our little daughter, Natasha was born on the 11th October and has rather inconveniently thrown the podcast’s recording schedule into disarray! This is another commentary this time of series five’s The King was in his Counting House. If you can, pop your Dad’s Army DVD into your computer's CD/DVD drive and start the commentary at the same time. For the first time, my wife Angela joins me in this podcast but by her own admission, is not the biggest Dad’s Army fan. Hopefully the two of us are listenable, but I’m not too sure how interesting or informative we are!! The King... is very much a dialogue based episode so is a little tricky to discuss all the time so we do digress from time to time. The commentary was requested by one of our listener’s, so Ivan, this is for you! Please feel free to get in touch with us at james@dadsarmypodcast.com with your comments and enjoy the podcast.

Welcome to the much delayed episode 29 of the Dad’s Army podcast. Our little daughter, Natasha was born on the 11th October and has rather inconveniently thrown the podcast’s recording schedule into disarray! This is another commentary this time of series five’s The King was in his Counting House. If you can, pop your Dad’s Army DVD into your computer's CD/DVD drive and start the commentary at the same time. For the first time, my wife Angela joins me in this podcast but by her own admission, is not the biggest Dad’s Army fan. Hopefully the two of us are listenable, but I’m not too sure how interesting or informative we are!! The King... is very much a dialogue based episode so is a little tricky to discuss all the time so we do digress from time to time. The commentary was requested by one of our listener’s, so Ivan, this is for you! Please feel free to get in touch with us at james@dadsarmypodcast.com with your comments and enjoy the podcast.

Hello and welcome to well, an experiment is probably the best way to put it! This edition of the podcast is a commentary to season eight’s Ring Dem Bells. In a nutshell, this is a recording of me, watching the episode and talking about my thoughts in real time. So this podcast is the closest to a ‘live’ podcast we’ve ever been. Hope you enjoy my observations – please let me know if you think if the experiment is a success – let me know at james@dadsarmypodcast.com – and if you do like it then feel free to suggest episodes that you would like to hear me talk about in the future. Enjoy the podcast.

Hello and welcome to well, an experiment is probably the best way to put it! This edition of the podcast is a commentary to season eight’s Ring Dem Bells. In a nutshell, this is a recording of me, watching the episode and talking about my thoughts in real time. So this podcast is the closest to a ‘live’ podcast we’ve ever been. Hope you enjoy my observations – please let me know if you think if the experiment is a success – let me know at james@dadsarmypodcast.com – and if you do like it then feel free to suggest episodes that you would like to hear me talk about in the future. Enjoy the podcast.

Welcome to the first new episode of the Dad's Army podcast for over a month. In a last minute change to the content, Paul Carpenter and Tony Tarran of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society take over the featured episode segment and provide inside information on Is There Honey Still For Tea? In addition, we review the recent Jonathan Ross and Comedy Connections programmes that formed part of the 40th anniversary celebrations. Enjoy the podcast and remember to let us know what you think - james@dadsarmypodcast.com

Welcome to the first new episode of the Dad's Army podcast for over a month. In a last minute change to the content, Paul Carpenter and Tony Tarran of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society take over the featured episode segment and provide inside information on Is There Honey Still For Tea? In addition, we review the recent Jonathan Ross and Comedy Connections programmes that formed part of the 40th anniversary celebrations. Enjoy the podcast and remember to let us know what you think - james@dadsarmypodcast.com

Eric Longworth, who played the Town Clerk in Dad's Army, passed away peacefully on Monday 18 August 2008. Eric was 90 years of age. Eric was a fantastic ambassador for the programme, and his loss will be felt throughout the Dad's Army community. It's hard to imagine another actor bringing as much feeling into the single word, 'fleshings' - a line Eric was only too pleased to repeat at Dad's Army events he frequently attended. Rest in peace Eric, and thank you for all the times you have made me laugh - both in the past and whenever I pop a Dad's Army DVD in the future.

Eric Longworth, who played the Town Clerk in Dad's Army, passed away peacefully on Monday 18 August 2008. Eric was 90 years of age. Eric was a fantastic ambassador for the programme, and his loss will be felt throughout the Dad's Army community. It's hard to imagine another actor bringing as much feeling into the single word, 'fleshings' - a line Eric was only too pleased to repeat at Dad's Army events he frequently attended. Rest in peace Eric, and thank you for all the times you have made me laugh - both in the past and whenever I pop a Dad's Army DVD in the future.

Welcome to episode 26 of the Dad’s Army podcast. A slight change in to the podcast we talked about a fortnight ago – this time around we discuss season nine’s A Miser’s Hoard. In addition, Clare talks about her feelings of an absolute classic – Mum’s Army. No news or feedback this time around – that’s because my house is currently upside down and overrun with workmen. We’ll catch up on the news – and there’s been loads of it – and talk about your feedback on the next podcast which should be online at the beginning of September. I’ll attempt to keep the blog up-to-date in the meantime though – www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com As always, we’d love to hear from you – please get in touch with us at james@dadsarmypodcast.com

Welcome to episode 26 of the Dad’s Army podcast. A slight change in to the podcast we talked about a fortnight ago – this time around we discuss season nine’s A Miser’s Hoard. In addition, Clare talks about her feelings of an absolute classic – Mum’s Army. No news or feedback this time around – that’s because my house is currently upside down and overrun with workmen. We’ll catch up on the news – and there’s been loads of it – and talk about your feedback on the next podcast which should be online at the beginning of September. I’ll attempt to keep the blog up-to-date in the meantime though – www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com As always, we’d love to hear from you – please get in touch with us at james@dadsarmypodcast.com

Hooray! Dad's Army is officially 40 years old today. The first episode entitled 'The Man and the Hour' was first broadcast on the BBC on 31st July 1968. Since then, 80 full length episodes were made and broadcast over the next nine years - not to mention a feature film and a radio series. The affection Dad's Army generates simply has not faded since the programme went of air in 1977. Repeats are regularly shown on the BBC and many other cable channels (now how exactly would you have explain multi-channel telly to Corporal Jones?!) and has always achieved very respectable ratings. Even today, the programme continues to attract young viewers and the recent stage play has helped Dad's Army gain a whole new audience. Sadly, so many of the original cast are no longer with us, but those surviving members champion the programme and what its stands for in today's society. The BBC are celebrating the anniversary this weekend - take a listen to hear what planned, or hop on over to the podcast's blog at www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com to see the listings in print. Or text. Oh you know what I mean...! Podcast 26 will be on-line this weekend.

Hooray! Dad's Army is officially 40 years old today. The first episode entitled 'The Man and the Hour' was first broadcast on the BBC on 31st July 1968. Since then, 80 full length episodes were made and broadcast over the next nine years - not to mention a feature film and a radio series. The affection Dad's Army generates simply has not faded since the programme went of air in 1977. Repeats are regularly shown on the BBC and many other cable channels (now how exactly would you have explain multi-channel telly to Corporal Jones?!) and has always achieved very respectable ratings. Even today, the programme continues to attract young viewers and the recent stage play has helped Dad's Army gain a whole new audience. Sadly, so many of the original cast are no longer with us, but those surviving members champion the programme and what its stands for in today's society. The BBC are celebrating the anniversary this weekend - take a listen to hear what planned, or hop on over to the podcast's blog at www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com to see the listings in print. Or text. Oh you know what I mean...! Podcast 26 will be on-line this weekend.

Welcome to a special edition of the Dad’s Army Podcast. This week’s podcast comes to you from the Imperial War Museum in London. The 40th Anniversary of Dad’s Army was celebrated in style by a group of fans and stars alike on the 9th July 2008. This podcast features interviews with Clive Dunn, Frank Williams, Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee, Jeffrey Holland and Dame Vera Lynn. Don’t forget to check out the photos of the event, and indeed details about the massive media coverage the event received on the podcast’s blog – www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com Enjoy the podcast – I have really enjoyed putting this one together as the stars speeches are great. And yes, the ‘Explicit’ tag is deliberate – Clive Dunn’s speech contains some, shall we say, some colourful language – so please skip forward three minutes when you get to Clive’s speech if you’re offended by the use of such words. As always, we’d love to hear from you – please e-mail us about anything Dad’s Army – james@dadsarmypodcast.com but this week we are particularly interested in any thoughts you may have about All Is Safely Gathered In. This episode will be the featured episode in Podcast 26 due to be on-line in a few weeks time. With thank to the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society – www.dadsarmy.co.uk

Welcome to a special edition of the Dad’s Army Podcast. This week’s podcast comes to you from the Imperial War Museum in London. The 40th Anniversary of Dad’s Army was celebrated in style by a group of fans and stars alike on the 9th July 2008. This podcast features interviews with Clive Dunn, Frank Williams, Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee, Jeffrey Holland and Dame Vera Lynn. Don’t forget to check out the photos of the event, and indeed details about the massive media coverage the event received on the podcast’s blog – www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com Enjoy the podcast – I have really enjoyed putting this one together as the stars speeches are great. And yes, the ‘Explicit’ tag is deliberate – Clive Dunn’s speech contains some, shall we say, some colourful language – so please skip forward three minutes when you get to Clive’s speech if you’re offended by the use of such words. As always, we’d love to hear from you – please e-mail us about anything Dad’s Army – james@dadsarmypodcast.com but this week we are particularly interested in any thoughts you may have about All Is Safely Gathered In. This episode will be the featured episode in Podcast 26 due to be on-line in a few weeks time. With thank to the Dad’s Army Appreciation Society – www.dadsarmy.co.uk

Welcome once again to another edition of the Dad’s Army Podcast. This week we catch up on the latest Dad’s Army news, talk about It Sticks Our Half a Mile - the 1980’s Dad’s Army spin-off currently airing on BBC7 and have a rummage through the mailbag and read some e-mails that you have sent us. We also welcome Clare back to the podcast – she joins me to discuss the series four episode, The Two and Half Feathers. Don’t forget to check out the podcast’s blog – take part in polls, read the most recent news, check out photos of the locations used in the series and of the recent Croft and Perry Day – www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com As always, we’d love to hear from you – send your e-mails to james@dadsarmypodcast.com. The link to the BBC7 listen again site is http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/tuesday/ Enjoy the podcast!