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WARPLANE ENGINES ROAR | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
# I'm on my own | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
# Nowhere to roam | 0:00:24 | 0:00:25 | |
# I tell you, man | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
# Don't need a home | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
# I wander round | 0:00:31 | 0:00:32 | |
# Feet off the ground | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
# I even go from town to town | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
# I say I'll be your man | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
# You know I'll be your man | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
# Don't bring me down | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
# Don't bring me down | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
# I met this chick | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
# The other day | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
# And then to her | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
# I said I'll stay | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
# She had this pad | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
# Just like a cave... # | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
Jimmy Perry? | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
C'est moi! | 0:01:09 | 0:01:10 | |
# I say my feet are off the ground | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
# Say I'll be your man | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
# Don't bring me down | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
# Don't bring me down... # | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
INTERCOM BUZZES | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
Mr Croft, Tom will see you now. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
Thank you. Thank you very much. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
And, no, I said to my father, I didn't need exams, | 0:01:29 | 0:01:34 | |
I was going to be a great actor or a famous comedian, | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
and... HE LAUGHS | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
..he looked at me... He looked at me, like so, and said, "You stupid boy." | 0:01:40 | 0:01:45 | |
He did, just like, "Stupid boy." | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
So... Anyway. Um... | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
Do you know what I did when I first got this job? | 0:01:53 | 0:01:55 | |
I lost Tony Hancock. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
Impossible demands. Nobody could've kept him. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
It wasn't my fault. I got the blame. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
And it's not my fault we're losing Benny bloody Hill. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
"And then he pretends to be a hunchback..." | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
No, pas de probleme. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:18 | |
Let's... So, shall we give it a spinola? | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Um... | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
IRISH ACCENT: "So I'm not going up there! | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
"What do you tink I am, a squirrel?" | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
Um... Came out a bit dark, didn't it? Comedy laugh, come on. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
WEST COUNTRY ACCENT: "I'm not going up there. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
"What the flaming 'eck do you think I am, | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
"bloody hellfire, woman, a squirrel?" | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
I mean, that's too much. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:39 | |
WELSH ACCENT: "What do you think I am, a squirrel?" | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
I can hear him now see... HE CHATTERS LIKE A SQUIRREL | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
GEORDIE ACCENT: "I'm not going up there, man. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
"What do you think... What do you think...?" | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
HIGH-PITCHED: "Neither my wife nor I..." | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
Benny was impossible. He didn't even want a producer. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
Sometimes you need to bow to the talent. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
Are you questioning the quality of my work? | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
This is the BBC. It's a very competitive environment. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
SLOWLY: "I'm not a man! I'm not a beast! | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
"I'm like the man in the moon!" | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
"I'm so ugg-er-ly." | 0:03:19 | 0:03:24 | |
You've seen the Steptoe recordings. You know how high the bar's set. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
With respect, Tom, I've not chosen my projects. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:36 | |
Innovators! That's what we need. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
You don't want to play it too safe. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
Well, I'm sure my work will be more...distinctive | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
when I have control of the scripts. I'm confident of that. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
Good. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
You need to kick on, or... | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
Trevor Eve? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
LAUGHING FROM THE ROOM | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
DOOR SLAMS | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
# Don't bring me down | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
# But until then I'll stay as I am | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
# Say I'll be your man | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
# Don't bring me down | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
# Don't bring me down. # | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Every scene on a sofa, they're dull characters, | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
mishaps that wouldn't happen... It's utter tosh! | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
Oh, not again. Do stop. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
And they think I'm repping! | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
# La-la-la-la-la! Laa-laa-laa-laa-laa-laa...# | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
You never get TV jobs. Don't do it to yourself. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
Stop auditioning. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
Stop?! I can't do that. I'm an actor. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
-What else would I do? -I've told you. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
No, I'm not going into antiques, relying on family at my age. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
No. Writing. You'd be good. You're funny, strict with yourself. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
I'd write myself a part better than that. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
Well, exactly. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:11 | |
Oh, please, let's not go broke. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
Write. Write anything. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
TAPS PIPE | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
I need an idea. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
I make myself indispensable. That's the plan. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
Well, you do that by doing your own show. That's the plan. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
All I need is a first-rate idea. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
# No milk today | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
# My love has gone away | 0:05:37 | 0:05:38 | |
# The bottle stands forlorn | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
# A symbol of the dawn | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
# No milk today | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
# It seems a common sight | 0:05:44 | 0:05:45 | |
# But people passing by | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
# Don't know the reason why | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
# How could they know | 0:05:49 | 0:05:50 | |
# Just what this message means? | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
# The end of my hopes | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
# The end of all my dreams... # | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
MUSIC: Fugue In D Minor by The Swingle Singers | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
HE LAUGHS TO HIMSELF | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
A juicy part, not the crumpet, | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
but cut your hair and wear a short skirt just in case. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
Four o'clock. Bye, darling. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
I've written a comedy. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
-Reg Varney's brother in Beggar My Neighbour? -A regular? | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
A scene. You don't have to audition and the money's not bad. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
I'll do it. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
I don't know what to do with this now I've finished. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
I'll read it. If it's any good, I'll give it to Michael Mills. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
Mm! | 0:06:52 | 0:06:54 | |
Who's he? | 0:06:54 | 0:06:55 | |
He's Head of Comedy at the BBC. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
Written myself a nice little spiv part. My ticket. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:04 | |
Sorry, a spiv? What's it about? | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
The war. Well, the Home Guard. I was in it before I was called up. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
David's producing Beggar My Neighbour. Give him a copy. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
Oh, can't you? | 0:07:12 | 0:07:13 | |
I could. Better from you. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
Hattie! Hello. Jimmy, cough and a spit, playing Harry's brother. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:22 | |
Morning, everyone. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
Major Croft. Feel the hush. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
Ah, Jimmy, delighted you could join us. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
So am I. Thank you, Mr Croft. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
David. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
Bit grim. Does he turn nasty? | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
Not that I've seen. Doesn't say much, but he's usually spot-on. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
Right, this episode of Beggar My Neighbour is called | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
My Fair Harry Butt. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:44 | |
David... | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
I've got a script. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
All actors have a script. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
Not like this one, they don't. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
-"The Fighting Tigers." -Yes. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
Ann? It's Jimmy. Hello! Um, look, I gave it to David. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
Do you think he'll read it tonight? | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
Hang on. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:34 | |
Will you read Jimmy's script tonight? | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
He says, "Yes, definitely." | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
He wouldn't dodge you if he hated it. He's not like that. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
He could've dropped a hint. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
Oh. Got it wrong. He is dodging you. Cheerio! | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
Bye. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
Oh, bugger this. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
Jimmy? | 0:09:18 | 0:09:19 | |
I've been trying to get you on your own all day. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
I read your script. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
It's a terrific idea. Terrific. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
Do you think so? Thank you, thank you. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
-Really? What do you like? I knew... -Leave it with me. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
I'll speak to Michael Mills and be in touch. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
Now, look here, I don't think you should do this. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
Bad time, politically. Tom Sloan... | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
Oh, Tom wants me to do more. He wants me to be more innovative. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
Not only Tom. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:48 | |
New BBC One Controller, Paul Fox, he's an ex-paratrooper, | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
-takes the War pretty damn seriously, you know? -So do I. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
Not like Foxy. Doesn't even like chaps driving German cars. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
War's old hat anyway. Look out the window. It's different times. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
I think just enough time's passed for this to really land. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
It'll be a battle to get this through. Battles mean casualties. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
I'll take the flak, Michael. I want to do this. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
You're absolutely sure? | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
We've discussed my ambitions. This is what I've been waiting for. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
Good man! Back you to the hilt. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
Can't save you if you foul up, though. Understood? | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
Promising stuff. Not there yet. Some suggestions... | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
MUSIC: Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
-Come on! -CHILDREN CHATTER EXCITEDLY | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
Ah, Jimmy. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
All right, everyone, all aboard. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
Not all mine. Not quite. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
I thought we could talk while I drop them off at... | 0:10:55 | 0:11:01 | |
Well, all over, really. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
Climb in. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:05 | |
If anyone's going to be sick, what's the code? | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
-I know! I know! -THEY KNOCK ON THE GLASS | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
Ann's car. Want to know why she got it? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
Her idea to spray it white, too. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
We hire it out for weddings. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
Pays for itself. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
-Very clever lady, my agent. -Good news. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
Michael Mills likes it. The BBC will pay for a script. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
Not the one you've written, a new one. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
And Michael wants some changes. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
He doesn't like the title. He wants to call it Dad's Army. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
There's more. Michael wants you to have a co-writer. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
Who? | 0:11:48 | 0:11:49 | |
He suggested me. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:50 | |
JIMMY LAUGHS | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
I didn't know you were a writer, as well. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
CHILDREN LAUGH | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
So, what do you think? | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
-In theory, yes. -Good! | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Well, there's something else... I... | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
-Oh, God, it's like asking someone out. -Steady on. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
I wrote it to give myself a part. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
I want to play Walker. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:13 | |
Michael approves all casting. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
-I need a guarantee. -Jimmy, I don't want to start our partnership | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
telling you I can do something that I can't. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
We could make something brilliant. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
You'll at least consider me for the role? | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
Yes, I can do that. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
He was in my Home Guard platoon, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:31 | |
and he used to say, "They do not like the cold steel." | 0:12:31 | 0:12:35 | |
"They do not like it up 'em.' | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
-HE LAUGHS -Who would like it? | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
-JIMMY CHUCKLES -I don't think this bit's funny. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
Well, I do. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:45 | |
You'll see me do it sometime. I'm being "considered", remember? | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
Oh, there's really no need, Jimmy. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
You read Mainwaring. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
-Well, yes... -I don't like... | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
That's very funny. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:02 | |
COCKNEY ACCENT: Well, I'm a wholesale supplier, aren't I? | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:13:07 | 0:13:08 | |
I supply essential supplies. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
Any previous military experience? | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
I got a girlfriend in the ATS. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
I'll keep doing it until you cast me. HE LAUGHS | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
Well, shall we send it in? | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
I suppose so. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
Will they like it? | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
SILENCE | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
Now, look here, Tom Sloan's lukewarm and Paul Fox is very uneasy. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
What don't they like? | 0:13:55 | 0:13:56 | |
-Foxy thinks you're taking the piss. -Not even nearly. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
Newswallah, needs a few comedy lessons off me. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
-He also asked, "Why now?" -So that's it? We're done. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
No. I'm Head of Comedy and I want a series! | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
Write me another five! | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
-What, you can do that? -Yes. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
-But they might not show it. -They will if it's very, very good. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
Exactly! Make it good enough for Foxy. No-one likes wasting money. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
How long do we have to write it? | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
Slightly less time than you need. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
Hodges reminds me of a man I worked with at Butlin's, | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
a real lout. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:28 | |
I worked at Butlin's. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
No, hi-de-hi. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:33 | |
Ho-de-ho! | 0:14:33 | 0:14:34 | |
Fabulous Joe Walker line! | 0:14:36 | 0:14:38 | |
# Hey, little hen | 0:14:38 | 0:14:39 | |
# When, when, when will you lay me an egg for my tea? # | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
I wonder if he's a bit Richmond Nicks in this episode. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
What if I... | 0:14:51 | 0:14:52 | |
-..move the comma here? -Keep that, lose that. -Yes, terrible idea. | 0:14:55 | 0:15:01 | |
Who wrote that? | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
TOGETHER: # When, when, when | 0:15:03 | 0:15:04 | |
# Will you try to supply one for me-e-e-e? # | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
Do you think we should try and get them in uniform? | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
No, running gag. Uniforms don't arrive. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
Read that back. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
"End of Episode Six." | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
Casting! | 0:15:28 | 0:15:29 | |
That's what'll make it. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
Yes! Easy to misjudge these characters. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
Walker the spiv, for instance, | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
could be horribly over the top with the wrong actor. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
Hm. It's a gang show. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
The gang has to work together or the whole boat sinks. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
No mistakes. Not one. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
Now, look here, there's only one actor in Equity to play Mainwaring. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
One actor! | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
Thorley Walters! | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
Yeah. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
-Sure. -KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
Yeah. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:58 | |
Thorley Walters says no. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:00 | |
Jon Pertwee! | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:16:05 | 0:16:06 | |
Jon Pertwee says yes. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
Tell him what we're paying. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:16:11 | 0:16:12 | |
Jon Pertwee says no. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
Well...I wondered, um... | 0:16:30 | 0:16:35 | |
Arthur Lowe? | 0:16:35 | 0:16:36 | |
In the northern thing? | 0:16:37 | 0:16:39 | |
Coronation Street. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:40 | |
Oh, no. No, no, no, no. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
Well, he's done two comedies since then. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
No, we don't know him at the BBC. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
I've seen him in rep, he can be very funny. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
No, we don't know him here. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
You really think Arthur can do it? | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
-I can judge an actor, you know. -You're sure? | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
His comic timing is perfect. | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
Well, if you're sure. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:00 | |
I'm sure. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:01 | |
Let's meet him. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
The devilled kidneys, are they made with cream? | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
-Yes, they are. -Double cream? | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
Yes. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:10 | |
You don't sound too sure? | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
I am. It's definitely double cream. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
-And you use English mustard? -Of course. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
Just a touch. It should never overpower. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:20 | |
I'll make sure Chef knows. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
Very well. I'll try them. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:23 | |
I'd also like two fried eggs, two Cumberland sausages, | 0:17:25 | 0:17:29 | |
mushrooms and extra toast with butter. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
Thank you for asking me to lunch, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
although I'm wary of putting myself into another situation comedy. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
Captain Mainwaring's a very different part to Leonard Swindley. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
All the same, I wouldn't want to be in something silly... | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
something like, like that dreadful Hugh And I. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
I directed and produced every episode of Hugh And I, | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
and I'm very proud of it. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
Of course, | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
a lesser man could be embarrassed in a situation like this. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:15 | |
This wine's rather good, you know. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
There's no way out of this? | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
Arthur said yes on the spot. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
Oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
Oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
Michael, I'm absolutely sure that he's the very best we can get. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:40 | |
Definitely! I guarantee it. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
John Le Mesurier. Big man, small man, that'll work. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
-He always does the same thing. -Exactly! You know what you're getting. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
And he suffers so beautifully. Always cast an actor who's like the role and you won't go far wrong. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
COCKNEY ACCENT: Not wrong there, guv! My card! | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
Jimmy Perry, actor, spivs a speciality. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
Yes. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:06 | |
It's not all about bloody Walker. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
I'm wounded you're sending this out. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Is this the best you can do? | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
We know the character isn't fully rounded. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
A Scotsman? That's the character description? Nothing else? | 0:19:25 | 0:19:30 | |
Nothing on God's Earth could persuade me to accept this insult. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:37 | |
I'm sorry to hear that, John. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
But for one thing. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:44 | |
I never turn a job down if I'm available. And I am. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
So, I accept. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
I'm delighted to be asked. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
I should like to do it very much, | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
but I do worry about letting people down. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
I'll do my best to protect you, Arnold, | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
but I should warn you there may be some running around. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
Oh... Well, I expect I'll manage. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
Thought I was getting showered in tea there, | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
that's arthritis in his hand. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
No. German bayonet. The Somme. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
Cripes, can he use it? | 0:20:31 | 0:20:32 | |
Well enough to join up for the Second World War and get invalided out of that, too. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:37 | |
I should think a bit of light comedy's attainable. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
John Le Mesurier's stalling. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
We offered to Jack Haig for Corporal Jones | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
but he's a friend of Tom Sloan's. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
Tom told him we'd only get one series so he said no. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
What?! You didn't tell me that! | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
-So we approached Clive Dunn. -Good thinking. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
We're fighting the enemy within! | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
David's done a hundred shows. He can navigate the rum business. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
I know Tom has doubts, but that's sabotage. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
Jimmy, we're on our own. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
If Dad's Army bombs, many people will enjoy saying they told us so | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
as they escort us from the building. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
That's why the casting has to be the very, very best we can get. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
-Now, look here, Paul Fox is coming for a tour of the department so, chaps... -Right. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:26 | |
Paul! Jimmy Perry, Paul Fox, BBC One Controller. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:38 | |
Hello. Pleased to meet you. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:39 | |
The sixth floor has grave doubts about your show. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
Well, I hope you'll change your mind when you watch it, Paul. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
So do the accountants, yes. And we're all their slaves. Excuse me. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:49 | |
Michael, how are you? | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
You can't protect Michael. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
It's his neck as well as yours, you know. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
Well, what about my neck? | 0:22:00 | 0:22:01 | |
Let's talk about it later, Jimmy. Yeah. No, I know, I know. No. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:09 | |
Hello. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:12 | |
No, you didn't see me in that last thing. I was bad. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Never been worse. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
Really, Clive, don't exaggerate. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:19 | |
I can't play another old man. I'm only 48. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
I've read it a few times now | 0:22:23 | 0:22:24 | |
and can't help thinking it's rather good. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
You know, funny. Almost. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
And I could get out more. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
And I should probably get out less. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
Are you going to do it? | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
Are you? | 0:22:38 | 0:22:39 | |
-Money's not great. -No. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
Well, if we get the money up, will you do it? | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
OK. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:49 | |
Deal. Cheerio. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
Cheerio. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
-Clive, you're on in ten! -I'm coming. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
You're not going to cast me. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:33 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
I wrote the bloody thing to be in it! | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
DOOR SLAMS | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
So, I've played spivs for 20 years. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:09 | |
It's a character role, it's not the lead. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
This was going to set me up. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
Well, am I not good enough? Do you think I can't do it? | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
You know, tell me the truth, I can take it. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
This will be hard to hear, Jimmy. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
I think you're every bit good enough. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
Then cast me. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:30 | |
Come on, you went against Michael for Arthur. Do it for me. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
It's my decision not to cast you. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
It wouldn't be good for the show. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
How? | 0:24:38 | 0:24:39 | |
It's an ensemble, a company. If the company works, the show works. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:46 | |
These are difficult older actors. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
Having the writer in the company would be divisive. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
They'd think you were giving yourself the best lines. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Now, you have to decide which side of the camera you want to be on. | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
The other side - I'm an actor! | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
It's too late, Jimmy. You've written the series. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
You're behind the camera. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
I need you with me. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
I resent this. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
I resent this...more than I can say. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
I never wanted to be a writer! | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
Look at the work. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
You ARE one. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
It's for the benefit of the show. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
HE SCOFFS | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
The greater good! Yeah! | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
The bloody war again! | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
I'm completely powerless. I... | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
I should just walk away. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:49 | |
Jimmy... | 0:25:54 | 0:25:55 | |
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
A chance like this might not come again. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
Oh, you're not going to bugger it up over a part, are you? | 0:26:25 | 0:26:29 | |
You know how much it means to me. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
I'm an actor - I'll be one till I die. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
A jobbing actor, till you die in poverty. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
-That's bloody rude. -You need to hear it! | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
You've written something tailored to your strengths | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
and it's still, "No, thanks." | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
What does that say? | 0:26:45 | 0:26:46 | |
It says you're a... | 0:26:46 | 0:26:47 | |
..pretty decent actor. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
But if it's a good part, there's someone better. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
And it IS a good part, because you wrote it. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
You're a good writer, not an average actor. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
That's the real you! | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
-Unless you need to fail. -Of course I don't! | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
Then forget acting. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:09 | |
Think about the show, your show, you've written. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
Seize it! | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
-On or off? -Off. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
You've never been a stupid boy. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
Now, I don't want to overstate it, | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
but I think this is the kind of role that could really make a career. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
Right. That's good news. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
I'm so sorry, I'm late. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:49 | |
Hello. Hello. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:50 | |
Jimmy Perry, the creator and co-writer. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:54 | |
James Beck. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:55 | |
Well, I'm a Jimmy, too. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
Shall I go? | 0:27:59 | 0:28:00 | |
Oh, when you're ready. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:01 | |
Evenin', gents. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:08 | |
Name? | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
My card. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:11 | |
Joe Walker, wholesale supplier. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
I suppose you won't be with us very long. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
You'll be called up any day now, I should think. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
No, guv. No, no, no. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:20 | |
I'm a...whatsitsname... reserved occupation. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:24 | |
How do you make that out? | 0:28:24 | 0:28:25 | |
Well, I'm a wholesale supplier, aren't I? | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
I supply essential supplies. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:28 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:28:28 | 0:28:29 | |
Any previous military experience? | 0:28:29 | 0:28:32 | |
Well, I got a girlfriend in the ATS. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
Very good. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:38 | |
Very good. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:40 | |
Well, he blew a lot of laugh lines. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
Look, I'm sorry, I'm turning my life upside down for this show - | 0:28:44 | 0:28:48 | |
everything I've been for 30 years! | 0:28:48 | 0:28:49 | |
I'm not putting my life on the line, | 0:28:49 | 0:28:51 | |
just my career and my house. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:53 | |
Oh, Bill Pertwee and Ian Lavender have said yes, too. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
So, we're cast, then. | 0:28:56 | 0:28:58 | |
Let's hope they get on. | 0:28:58 | 0:28:59 | |
We'll get them on location in Norfolk, | 0:28:59 | 0:29:01 | |
drinking and swapping stories. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
If we can just forge a tightknit unit before the live recordings, | 0:29:03 | 0:29:07 | |
-we'll be all right. -No gang, no show. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
Well, I've seen the weather forecast. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
At least the elements are on our side. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:14 | |
What a relief! | 0:29:14 | 0:29:15 | |
Well, it's only a little shower, | 0:29:20 | 0:29:21 | |
it'll pass in a minute. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:23 | |
I'd like a car like this. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:25 | |
One with a whiff of vomit? | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
Shouldn't be beyond the bounds of possibility. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
Not a chance, on our wages. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:32 | |
Eh? | 0:29:32 | 0:29:33 | |
Eh? | 0:29:35 | 0:29:36 | |
You want to know what we're making? | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
How much?! | 0:29:43 | 0:29:45 | |
But that's... Both of you?! | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
MUSIC: Tin Soldier by The Small Faces | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
Fall in, everyone! | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
Fall in? | 0:29:59 | 0:30:00 | |
Really, old chap, | 0:30:00 | 0:30:01 | |
we're only pretending to be soldiers this time, you know. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
You all right, Arthur? | 0:30:05 | 0:30:06 | |
I had some rather upsetting news. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
I'm sorry to hear that, Arthur. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
Is there anything I can help with? | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
For the good of the show, I have shaken the upset off - | 0:30:13 | 0:30:17 | |
but, if there is a second series, I will not shake it off. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:22 | |
Is that clear? | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
Good for you, Arthur. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
Thank you. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
Right, let's get ready for a take. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
You come to wish David luck? | 0:30:35 | 0:30:36 | |
No, I've come to wish you luck. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
I need it. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:39 | |
You do. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:40 | |
Scene 28, take one. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:41 | |
And...action. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
Squad 'shun! | 0:30:46 | 0:30:47 | |
Left turn! | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
Men, you may wonder why I've brought you here. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
I'm placing this unit under the command... | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
..under the command of... | 0:30:58 | 0:30:59 | |
HE MOUTHS | 0:31:02 | 0:31:03 | |
Colonel Square. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
-Colonel Square. -Let's go again. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:06 | |
-Colonel Square, Colonel Square. -Cut. Take two. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
Squad 'shun! | 0:31:09 | 0:31:10 | |
Right turn! | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
-Oh, it's left, isn't it? -Cut. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:13 | |
Left, right, left, right - it's left, not right. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
-Again. -Why has...? | 0:31:15 | 0:31:16 | |
Standing by. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:17 | |
Colonel Square. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:21 | |
Colonel Square. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:22 | |
You're probably thinking, "Why has he...?" | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
I'll go again. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:26 | |
-Resetting, please, ladies and gents. -Men... | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
you may be wondering, why I brought you here. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
-Dammit! -Thank you, ladies and gentlemen... | 0:31:33 | 0:31:34 | |
Well, you're not REALLY worried, are you? | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
Well, with television, | 0:31:37 | 0:31:38 | |
I find that anything can go wrong, any time. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:31:42 | 0:31:43 | |
MUSIC: Stranger On The Shore by Acker Bilk | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
-What's it called? -I call it a Gin Amazon. My own invention. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:50 | |
Rather a well-balanced aperitif, I think you'll find. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
Nice. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:55 | |
There's too much ice and cucumber, though. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
I'm going to have a word. | 0:31:57 | 0:31:59 | |
It's all right - | 0:31:59 | 0:32:00 | |
we all don't need to have the same drink to get on. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
I want my men to enjoy this drink as it should be enjoyed. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
-THEY LAUGH -"My men"?! Really, Arthur. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
Every company has a leader. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
The pips are only on the costume, old boy. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
Er, look, I just thought you were all marvellous today, | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
I really did. I couldn't be more delighted. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
Sod this. Let's get some fish and chips. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:37 | |
Good idea. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:38 | |
Oh, thank you so much. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:43 | |
Sheer gluttony. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
Arthur's teeth are going to kill him! | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
Thank you, Matilda, that's awfully kind of you. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
That's quite all right, John. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
Ahem... | 0:32:57 | 0:32:58 | |
Any other favours while she's down there? | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
-MIMICS JOHN: -Matilda, sweetheart, I was wondering | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
if you could take the top off my eggs, | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
and maybe cut my toast into soldiers. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
We could all tip fivers, we wouldn't get that level of service. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
Stop being tiresome - she's just an awfully sweet girl. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
ALL: Ooh! | 0:33:16 | 0:33:18 | |
-Morning, everyone. -Morning, Arnold. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:20 | |
Ah, you made it through the night! | 0:33:20 | 0:33:23 | |
Hardly seems worth your while eating. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:25 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:33:25 | 0:33:26 | |
Morning, Arthur. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:29 | |
-Morning, Jimmy. -Morning. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:32 | |
Ah, Arnold, mind if I join you? | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
Not at all! Please do. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
Yes, how's everyone getting on? | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
Hm! | 0:33:42 | 0:33:43 | |
I haven't had the chance to say, | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
but your scripts are very good, you know. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:47 | |
Oh, gosh, Arnold, thanks. That means a lot, coming from you. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:51 | |
Now, I'm a great admirer of your plays. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
The Ghost Train, I've seen it so many times. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
I've often thought I'd like to have your royalties! | 0:33:56 | 0:34:00 | |
Yes, I've often thought I'd like my royalties, too. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:04 | |
I ran a film company that went bust before the war, | 0:34:04 | 0:34:08 | |
and I made the very bad decision | 0:34:08 | 0:34:10 | |
to sell off the rights to all my plays | 0:34:10 | 0:34:13 | |
so I could pay everyone off quickly. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
Never, ever do this. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:19 | |
Writers must always hold on to their bloody rights! | 0:34:19 | 0:34:23 | |
Well, why didn't you write more plays? | 0:34:26 | 0:34:28 | |
The ideas dried up. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:30 | |
The ones I had were mucked about with. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:33 | |
You're lucky - you're on set, in charge. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
Make the most of it. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
Some writers can end up as old actors. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:44 | |
A terrible, terrible fate! | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
Hodges is a bully, Bill. | 0:34:50 | 0:34:52 | |
ALL CHATTER | 0:34:52 | 0:34:53 | |
Welcome aboard, welcome aboard. | 0:34:56 | 0:34:58 | |
OK, have a wonderful day. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
Whoa, whoa, no, no, no. Jimmy, Arthur's not here. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
He's not? | 0:35:03 | 0:35:04 | |
Thanks. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:05 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:35:06 | 0:35:07 | |
Who's that? | 0:35:13 | 0:35:14 | |
Arthur, it's Jimmy. Are you all right? | 0:35:14 | 0:35:16 | |
You've missed the bus, love. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:18 | |
I can't go yet. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
Why not? | 0:35:20 | 0:35:21 | |
I can't "go" yet. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
I'll give you a lift. I'll wait outside. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
Have you considered All-Bran? | 0:35:36 | 0:35:37 | |
All-Bran? | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
That's like mattress stuffing! | 0:35:39 | 0:35:41 | |
Well, people swear by it, give it a try. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
I certainly won't. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:44 | |
Well, I'll get you some anyway, just in case you change your mind. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:48 | |
That girl that does the cakes - Carole. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
What about her? | 0:35:51 | 0:35:53 | |
I like Mr Kipling cakes - could you let her know? | 0:35:53 | 0:35:58 | |
You could tell her yourself. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:00 | |
Very well. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:01 | |
Buxom little thing. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
Who's poking her, do you know? | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
I've no idea, Arthur. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
Of course, Joan would never put up with that sort of thing. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
Someone needs to decide on footage for the titles. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:31 | |
I'll do it. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:32 | |
Oh, and Derek Taverner's sent more music. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:34 | |
NEWSREEL: '..begins its fruitless march of conquest | 0:36:39 | 0:36:42 | |
'and sets the stage for World War II. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:44 | |
'Poland's 34 million inhabitants crushed, scattered and enslaved. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:50 | |
'Tens of thousands of square miles of territory shrink | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
'before the movement of lightly-armoured columns...' | 0:36:53 | 0:36:55 | |
-TEARFULLY: -Turn it off, Jimmy. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
'..learn the meaning of a grim new word - Blitzkrieg. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:01 | |
'Here...' | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
Thank you. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
Anyway, swimming... | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
Sorry, Arthur. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:20 | |
I did like that voice of yours. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
-AS PIKE: Oh, did you, Mr Mainwaring? -Mm! | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
Well, you won't hear it for a while - I've hardly any lines. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
Don't worry about the lines, they'll come. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:29 | |
Get a funny costume and stand next to me. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
Thanks, Arthur. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
Niagara Falls! That's what he said! | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
No-one else for a Gin Amazon? | 0:37:39 | 0:37:41 | |
Oh, no, thank you, Arthur. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:42 | |
That's very kind, I had one last night. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:44 | |
More for me. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:46 | |
It's revenge, for me, this show. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:47 | |
Oh, why? What did you do in the war? | 0:37:47 | 0:37:49 | |
..Daddy? | 0:37:49 | 0:37:50 | |
He did nothing. He sat on his arse. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
I got captured. Four years as a POW, | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
and actually they kept me very busy. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
Jimmy! | 0:37:57 | 0:37:58 | |
ALL CHEER | 0:37:58 | 0:38:00 | |
Come and sit down. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:01 | |
Jimmy, Jimmy, come and sit down, come on! | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
No, thanks, John, I shouldn't really - work to do. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
Let me put something behind the bar, stand my round. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:09 | |
-Come on! -No, I must, I must. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
You all have a good night. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:12 | |
-Oh, God bless you, Jimmy. Good night. -Jimmy... Jimmy, write well. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:16 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:38:16 | 0:38:17 | |
Anyway, as I was saying, so the big hand was on the three... | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
Oh, Jimmy, how's the gang? | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
-I understand why I can't play Walker. -Good. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
I'll continue to resent it, though. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:34 | |
I know. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:37 | |
Those the rewrites? | 0:38:37 | 0:38:38 | |
Yes. They're very funny. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
Was there something else? | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
John Laurie saw some of the title footage. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
It's not too close to the war for this show, is it? | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
No. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:56 | |
It's a bit late if it is, Jimmy. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
-Hello. -Hello, Jimmy. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
Come along, lovely boys, lovely boys. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
See you down there. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
Just a minute, just a minute - | 0:39:08 | 0:39:09 | |
wait we haven't got Arthur, Mr... Mr... | 0:39:09 | 0:39:11 | |
Don't panic! | 0:39:11 | 0:39:12 | |
Don't panic, Mr Perry, don't panic! | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
Did you get the All-Bran? | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
I did. It worked a treat. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
A revelation. Thank you. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
Well, if it worked, why didn't you get the bus? | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
Aren't you driving me every day? | 0:39:29 | 0:39:31 | |
I'm the writer. I'm the writer! | 0:39:36 | 0:39:40 | |
I'm not your bloody chauffeur. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:43 | |
Oh, God! | 0:39:47 | 0:39:49 | |
That's the ticket, Lavender Blue! | 0:39:54 | 0:39:56 | |
Oh, thank you, Mr Mainwaring. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
Mum knitted it - she used all her coupons. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:00 | |
Hilarious, boy, hilarious. Well done. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:03 | |
Oh, thanks. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
-Bud Flanagan's agreed to sing your song. -No! | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
Then Derek and I will record it - now, we've have a theme tune! | 0:40:13 | 0:40:16 | |
Hoo-hoo! | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
TAPS MIC | 0:40:19 | 0:40:20 | |
Is this mine, Marsha? | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
We all set up for you OK in there, Mr Flanagan? | 0:40:22 | 0:40:25 | |
Perfectly, along as the money's all right. Is it? | 0:40:25 | 0:40:28 | |
Oh, good, then call me Bud. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:31 | |
Right! Right, you sure you don't want to hear the tune again first? | 0:40:31 | 0:40:35 | |
No, it sounds like something I've been singing for years. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
In a good way. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:41 | |
Recording. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
-A CAPPELLA: -# Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:40:50 | 0:40:55 | |
# If you think we're on the run? | 0:40:55 | 0:41:00 | |
# We are the boys who will stop your little game | 0:41:00 | 0:41:05 | |
# We are the boys who will make you think again | 0:41:05 | 0:41:10 | |
# Cos who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:41:10 | 0:41:15 | |
# If you think old England's done? | 0:41:15 | 0:41:19 | |
# Mr Brown goes off to town on the 8.21 | 0:41:19 | 0:41:24 | |
# But he comes home each evening | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
# And he's ready with his gun | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
# So, who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:41:30 | 0:41:35 | |
# If you think old England's done? # | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
Will that do? | 0:41:41 | 0:41:42 | |
TEARFULLY: That's... | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
It's perfect, Bud. Thank you. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:49 | |
BUD SNIFFS | 0:41:49 | 0:41:51 | |
Good song. Good luck with the show. | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
-SINGS TO HIMSELF: -# Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler...? # | 0:41:55 | 0:42:00 | |
THEME PLAYS | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
HE MIMICS MILITARY DRUMS | 0:42:07 | 0:42:09 | |
Oh, I think we might be all right, after all. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:16 | |
What? | 0:42:17 | 0:42:19 | |
What, you don't think so? | 0:42:19 | 0:42:21 | |
The live recordings will make this. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:24 | |
Cast get on. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:25 | |
It's just... | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
Goulash, goulash... | 0:42:35 | 0:42:36 | |
It'll be great. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:37 | |
OK, chaps, let's run the lines. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:39 | |
Oh, yes, sorry. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:40 | |
Oh, Wilson, this is no time for red tape, erm... | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
..hordes of parachutes, erm... | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
And again. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
Oh, Wilson, this is no time for red tape. | 0:42:54 | 0:42:56 | |
Hordes of parachutes disguised as nuns | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
will drop out of the sky... | 0:42:59 | 0:43:01 | |
..into Wiltshire? | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
Try that line again, please, Arthur. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:09 | |
-And all the others. -Christ. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
Oh, Wilson, this is no time for red tape. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:14 | |
Hordes of parachutes have got it | 0:43:14 | 0:43:16 | |
and are wrapping it round buildings. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:18 | |
-You're very good, Arthur. -Oh... | 0:43:20 | 0:43:22 | |
Well, he's a lovely man, John, but he's got a head like a sieve. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:25 | |
You wanted something, John? | 0:43:26 | 0:43:27 | |
Yes. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:28 | |
Help! | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:43:30 | 0:43:31 | |
DOOR OPENS | 0:43:31 | 0:43:32 | |
Got a minute, Arthur? | 0:43:35 | 0:43:36 | |
Joan's waiting. We're dining out. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:38 | |
Erm...got you another script. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:40 | |
Hm? | 0:43:40 | 0:43:42 | |
Well, I thought you could leave one copy here | 0:43:42 | 0:43:44 | |
and put the other one under your pillow. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:45 | |
Perhaps the lines will seep through while you're sleeping. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:49 | |
I couldn't have that sort of thing in the house. | 0:43:49 | 0:43:51 | |
That would never do. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:54 | |
Ridiculous. | 0:43:54 | 0:43:55 | |
It's completely ridiculous. | 0:43:57 | 0:43:59 | |
Arthur... | 0:43:59 | 0:44:00 | |
Arthur, please. Arthur. | 0:44:01 | 0:44:03 | |
David, Jimmy, sorry to bother you. | 0:44:03 | 0:44:06 | |
Erm, this line, here - I don't want to say it. It's rude. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:09 | |
What, "They don't like it up 'em"? | 0:44:09 | 0:44:11 | |
It's on the gentle side of rude, surely? | 0:44:11 | 0:44:14 | |
Corporal Jones has no idea it's rude. | 0:44:14 | 0:44:16 | |
It's only rude to you. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:18 | |
Think about it, Clive. I'd really like you to say it. | 0:44:18 | 0:44:20 | |
So would I. | 0:44:20 | 0:44:22 | |
Oh, God, bloody actors! | 0:44:23 | 0:44:25 | |
Hello, Paul. Tom. | 0:44:25 | 0:44:27 | |
So, what do you think, did you enjoy the rehearsal? | 0:44:27 | 0:44:31 | |
Hard to tell, when the lead can't remember his lines. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:33 | |
Shame it's too late to recast. | 0:44:33 | 0:44:35 | |
Well, fear of a live audience helps some actors. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:38 | |
Yes, I've heard that. | 0:44:38 | 0:44:39 | |
Still, good that you can be so positive in the face of everything. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:43 | |
Well, fear isn't helping me. | 0:44:46 | 0:44:48 | |
I don't need any bloody All-Bran, I can tell you. | 0:44:48 | 0:44:51 | |
I hope we haven't made a mistake casting Arthur. | 0:44:51 | 0:44:54 | |
# Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:44:54 | 0:45:01 | |
# If you think we're on the run... # | 0:45:01 | 0:45:05 | |
AUDIENCE MEMBERS COUGH | 0:45:05 | 0:45:07 | |
# We are the boys who will stop your little game | 0:45:07 | 0:45:10 | |
# We are the boys who will make you think again... # | 0:45:10 | 0:45:14 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:45:14 | 0:45:16 | |
See, now we're getting to know each other. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:19 | |
Can we give a big rousing BBC welcome, a good old friend of mine, Arthur Lowe? There he is. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:24 | |
CHEERING | 0:45:24 | 0:45:25 | |
Wonderful, Arthur. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:30 | |
'Playing the wonderful Sergeant Wilson, he's playing, | 0:45:30 | 0:45:33 | |
'and that's a dear old friend of mine. John Le Mesurier! | 0:45:33 | 0:45:36 | |
-'There's John. Out you come, John.' -APPLAUSE | 0:45:36 | 0:45:39 | |
Playing Private Frazer, John Laurie. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:42 | |
-This is Arnold Ridley playing Private Godfrey. Come on out, Arnie. -CHEERS AND APPLAUSE | 0:45:42 | 0:45:46 | |
Wonderful, wonderful. Well, my name's Bill Pertwee and I'm playing the warden | 0:45:46 | 0:45:51 | |
and I wish you all... I hope you have a wonderful evening. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:55 | |
Oh, well. | 0:45:55 | 0:45:56 | |
Not much we can say now. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:01 | |
Apart from fingers crossed. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:03 | |
Clear the set. | 0:46:09 | 0:46:11 | |
Ready to record. | 0:46:11 | 0:46:12 | |
'And...action.' | 0:46:12 | 0:46:14 | |
-Oh, there you are, sir. Did you get the enrolment forms? -No. | 0:46:16 | 0:46:19 | |
Haven't they got any at the police station? | 0:46:19 | 0:46:22 | |
They wouldn't let me have any without putting in an application form. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:26 | |
-Oh, why didn't you, sir? -They haven't got any. | 0:46:26 | 0:46:28 | |
-I got those, however. -But these are paying-in forms, sir. | 0:46:37 | 0:46:42 | |
Don't keep putting obstacles in the way, Wilson! | 0:46:42 | 0:46:44 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:46:44 | 0:46:47 | |
Arthur's marvellous. | 0:46:54 | 0:46:56 | |
My casting is marvellous! | 0:46:57 | 0:47:01 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:47:01 | 0:47:04 | |
PARTY CHAT | 0:47:06 | 0:47:07 | |
-..That woman laughed over your line. -That was the wife. -The wife?! | 0:47:11 | 0:47:14 | |
John, thank you. That was gorgeous. Arthur, you were brilliant! | 0:47:14 | 0:47:19 | |
-No need to sound quite so surprised, Jimmy. -Well, no. But didn't he? | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
-He remembered nearly every line. -He was wonderful. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:25 | |
Jimmy, that's not actually a compliment. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:27 | |
I thought you used to be an actor. | 0:47:27 | 0:47:30 | |
Yes, I...used to be an actor. | 0:47:30 | 0:47:32 | |
-Well, only five more to go. -Yes, well, keep up the rewrites. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:36 | |
Get rid of the drafts. There's not a lot, but there's enough. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:39 | |
ALL YELL | 0:47:40 | 0:47:41 | |
-Where were you, back in... -AUDIENCE LAUGHTER | 0:47:43 | 0:47:46 | |
..up and down the village all morning, as for you... | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
Pike! | 0:47:50 | 0:47:51 | |
..From the left bank or the right bank... | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
Ten'shun! | 0:47:54 | 0:47:56 | |
AUDIENCE LAUGHTER | 0:47:56 | 0:47:58 | |
-Pike! -Yes, Captain Mainwaring. | 0:47:59 | 0:48:01 | |
Get that stupid scarf off, you stupid boy. | 0:48:01 | 0:48:03 | |
AUDIENCE LAUGHTER | 0:48:03 | 0:48:05 | |
They don't like it up' em, Mr Mainwaring! | 0:48:05 | 0:48:08 | |
They don't like it up 'em! | 0:48:08 | 0:48:10 | |
-KNOCK ON DOOR -Come in. | 0:48:12 | 0:48:14 | |
Hello, Paul. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
-I've watched it. -Ah. | 0:48:20 | 0:48:22 | |
-KNOCK ON DOOR -Come in. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:36 | |
Now, look here, Tom... | 0:48:36 | 0:48:38 | |
I see. | 0:48:39 | 0:48:40 | |
-They don't like it? -No-one's saying that. | 0:48:42 | 0:48:44 | |
-Well, what precisely don't they like? -All sorts. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:47 | |
Everything. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:49 | |
Now, look here, this is what we do. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:51 | |
OK, chaps. Gather round. | 0:48:51 | 0:48:53 | |
So... | 0:48:55 | 0:48:56 | |
We're going to film a scene for the start of the episode of all | 0:48:56 | 0:49:01 | |
of you looking back on your time in the Home Guard with pride. | 0:49:01 | 0:49:04 | |
Looking back?! | 0:49:04 | 0:49:05 | |
-Yes. -From when? | 0:49:07 | 0:49:09 | |
From...now? | 0:49:10 | 0:49:12 | |
-30 years later?! -Yes... | 0:49:14 | 0:49:17 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:49:17 | 0:49:19 | |
There is a time when you have to stand firm. | 0:49:19 | 0:49:22 | |
That is what this show is about. Remember? | 0:49:22 | 0:49:24 | |
Standing firm against a seemingly stronger enemy. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:29 | |
-MURMURS OF AGREEMENT -Bravo! -Well said, Arthur! | 0:49:29 | 0:49:32 | |
Yes. Well... We'll do it this once. | 0:49:33 | 0:49:36 | |
But no more. | 0:49:36 | 0:49:38 | |
The new scene helps, but Paul would like you to change the titles. | 0:49:38 | 0:49:42 | |
No! | 0:49:42 | 0:49:44 | |
Absolutely not! | 0:49:44 | 0:49:45 | |
It stops here! | 0:49:45 | 0:49:47 | |
I've been uneasy with this project from the start. | 0:49:53 | 0:49:55 | |
-You made that very clear. -The titles reinforce that unease. | 0:49:55 | 0:49:58 | |
They mix fact with fiction. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:00 | |
The point of the series is to contrast the pathetic, | 0:50:00 | 0:50:02 | |
brave, yet comic Home Guard against the Nazi hordes. | 0:50:02 | 0:50:05 | |
Exactly. That's what we're getting at. | 0:50:05 | 0:50:07 | |
I understand the point of the series. | 0:50:07 | 0:50:09 | |
I don't agree that it needs underlining with real footage. | 0:50:09 | 0:50:13 | |
-It's a comedy. The Nazis weren't funny. -Now, look here. | 0:50:13 | 0:50:18 | |
Comedy is about more than laughing. | 0:50:18 | 0:50:20 | |
-Nearly all the cast served in the war, Jimmy and David served. -We did. | 0:50:20 | 0:50:23 | |
India, both of us. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:25 | |
Most of us laughed more in the war than any time since. | 0:50:25 | 0:50:27 | |
Are you saying we don't know what's serious? | 0:50:27 | 0:50:30 | |
Comedy defines this generation. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:33 | |
Wit, irony, humanity in the face of the impossible. | 0:50:33 | 0:50:36 | |
Everyone who lived through it will understand it and those who didn't. | 0:50:36 | 0:50:40 | |
What I wonder is | 0:50:40 | 0:50:41 | |
if the clowns are supposed to stay clowns in your new BBC One? | 0:50:41 | 0:50:44 | |
Can we not be serious or push in to new areas? | 0:50:44 | 0:50:47 | |
This channel showed Till Death Us Do Part. Hardly conservative. Hm? | 0:50:50 | 0:50:55 | |
And I'm not sure that Dad's Army will push us into new areas. | 0:50:55 | 0:50:59 | |
Yes. Er, what do we do about the titles? | 0:51:00 | 0:51:03 | |
It appears we've reached an impasse. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:05 | |
Of course, if you're not happy, Paul, they'll change it. | 0:51:07 | 0:51:10 | |
MUSIC: All Or Nothing by The Small Faces | 0:51:14 | 0:51:17 | |
You're supposed to be on our side, Tom. He was going to concede. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:20 | |
-I know. -Then why back down? | 0:51:20 | 0:51:22 | |
Especially when we'd won the argument? | 0:51:22 | 0:51:24 | |
So he doesn't hate this show. | 0:51:24 | 0:51:26 | |
He's had his little victory. | 0:51:26 | 0:51:27 | |
He'll feel better about it. | 0:51:27 | 0:51:28 | |
Or do you want to go out after Match Of The Day | 0:51:28 | 0:51:30 | |
in the middle of the night? | 0:51:30 | 0:51:31 | |
I have to change my titles. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:33 | |
Nobody watches a show for the titles. | 0:51:33 | 0:51:35 | |
Change it for something better. | 0:51:35 | 0:51:36 | |
He has a point. | 0:51:38 | 0:51:39 | |
THEME TUNE PLAYS | 0:51:41 | 0:51:43 | |
# Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:51:43 | 0:51:47 | |
# If you think we're on... # | 0:51:47 | 0:51:49 | |
"No, no, it's ruined, it's ruined. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:52 | |
"I could never watch a show with titles like that, | 0:51:52 | 0:51:55 | |
"it's absolutely..." | 0:51:55 | 0:51:57 | |
You know, every beat of this has been | 0:51:57 | 0:52:00 | |
a compromise for me and it's still bloody good. | 0:52:00 | 0:52:03 | |
Now all we need to know is when it goes out. | 0:52:03 | 0:52:06 | |
If it goes out. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:07 | |
What? Are you serious? | 0:52:07 | 0:52:09 | |
I'm afraid so. Research department is very keen apparently. | 0:52:09 | 0:52:13 | |
Testing is the future of television. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:15 | |
They're going to turn programming into a science. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:18 | |
Testing? What's testing? | 0:52:18 | 0:52:20 | |
Well, they invite an audience of typical viewers... | 0:52:20 | 0:52:24 | |
THEME TUNE PLAYS | 0:52:24 | 0:52:25 | |
..play them an episode and ask them what they think. | 0:52:25 | 0:52:28 | |
That doesn't sound too bad. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:31 | |
Relax, Jimmy. It'll be fine. | 0:52:31 | 0:52:33 | |
I thought it was just daft. | 0:52:33 | 0:52:35 | |
I didn't really follow it from the start. | 0:52:35 | 0:52:37 | |
Was that supposed to be now? | 0:52:37 | 0:52:38 | |
That little bald fella didn't even know his lines. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:42 | |
I didn't laugh out loud once. | 0:52:42 | 0:52:44 | |
I thought it was rubbish. | 0:52:44 | 0:52:45 | |
I quite liked it. I think it'll be a hit. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:49 | |
Oh, thank God for that dear little man. I could've kissed him. | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
He's our audience. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
Here's to Dear Little Man. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:01 | |
Let's hope there's a few more like him. | 0:53:01 | 0:53:03 | |
"With more than a hint of taking the mickey out of the Home Guard, | 0:53:04 | 0:53:09 | |
-"I enjoyed it." -KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:53:09 | 0:53:11 | |
Now look here, we've got a provisional date for Dad's Army. | 0:53:11 | 0:53:14 | |
Wednesday, 31st July, 20 past eight. | 0:53:14 | 0:53:17 | |
-Good slot. -Mm. How was testing? | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
-Interesting. -That bad? Got the report? | 0:53:19 | 0:53:23 | |
-Not yet. -If it's hostile, Foxy will push us into a late-night slot, | 0:53:23 | 0:53:27 | |
but it will go out... | 0:53:27 | 0:53:28 | |
..I think. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:30 | |
KNOCK AT DOOR | 0:53:33 | 0:53:34 | |
Tom Sloan's secretary asked after the audience report on Dad's Army. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:39 | |
What about it? | 0:53:39 | 0:53:40 | |
They want me to pass it on after you've read it. | 0:53:40 | 0:53:43 | |
-Why? -It's the only copy. | 0:53:43 | 0:53:44 | |
It goes on to Tom Sloan and then on to Paul Fox. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:47 | |
A month till transmission... | 0:53:50 | 0:53:52 | |
-Morning, Mr Sloan. -Maggie. | 0:54:37 | 0:54:39 | |
Has that, er, audience research still not come through? | 0:54:41 | 0:54:43 | |
Not that I've seen, Tom. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:46 | |
Pass it on when it does. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:47 | |
Will do. Although... | 0:54:47 | 0:54:48 | |
hardly seems worthwhile, what with the show coming out tomorrow. | 0:54:48 | 0:54:52 | |
No, I suppose not. Good luck, by the way. | 0:54:52 | 0:54:54 | |
Thanks, with luck we'll an find audience... | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
..if not the research. | 0:54:58 | 0:55:00 | |
I look at Walker and... | 0:55:01 | 0:55:03 | |
see a perfectly cast brilliant actor. | 0:55:03 | 0:55:06 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:55:06 | 0:55:08 | |
Mm. | 0:55:08 | 0:55:09 | |
It's not my dream but sitting in a room, | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
laughing and thinking up absurd stuff with a... | 0:55:13 | 0:55:17 | |
a chum, it isn't the worst way to spend your days. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:21 | |
No, it's not. I think we're a pretty effective partnership. | 0:55:21 | 0:55:27 | |
Yes. The happy couple. | 0:55:28 | 0:55:29 | |
And if by some marvel of fate, we do get a second series, | 0:55:31 | 0:55:34 | |
then let's make the characters... | 0:55:34 | 0:55:36 | |
-TOGETHER: -More like the actors. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:39 | |
'Tatty bye.' | 0:55:41 | 0:55:42 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -'Coming up next on BBC One, attention, it's...' | 0:55:46 | 0:55:49 | |
-Here we go. -'..brand-new comedy, Dad's Army.' | 0:55:49 | 0:55:52 | |
Ian! Come on, it's about to start, Ian! | 0:55:52 | 0:55:55 | |
Put that light out. That's one of the things I say in the show. | 0:55:55 | 0:55:58 | |
You'll see it a bit later on. "Put that light out." | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
Drinks, Joan! | 0:56:00 | 0:56:02 | |
You'll need them to watch this. | 0:56:02 | 0:56:04 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:56:04 | 0:56:06 | |
THEME TUNE PLAYS | 0:56:06 | 0:56:08 | |
I did rather enjoy doing it in the end. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:12 | |
I just hope to God I get a bit more telly off the back of it. | 0:56:12 | 0:56:15 | |
I'm fed up doing these parts. | 0:56:15 | 0:56:16 | |
You're clearly destined to play old codgers. | 0:56:16 | 0:56:19 | |
What's that? Speak up! | 0:56:19 | 0:56:21 | |
What's...what's... Oh, they don't like it up 'em, the... John? | 0:56:21 | 0:56:24 | |
It's a launch part. Type of thing that gets you noticed. | 0:56:27 | 0:56:31 | |
People will see what I can do. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:33 | |
# And he's ready with his gun | 0:56:33 | 0:56:35 | |
# So who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler | 0:56:35 | 0:56:40 | |
# If you think old England's done? # | 0:56:40 | 0:56:44 | |
It's doomed! | 0:56:49 | 0:56:50 | |
Doomed, I tell you. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:54 | |
MUSIC: Days by The Kinks | 0:56:54 | 0:56:56 | |
# Thank you for the days | 0:57:00 | 0:57:04 | |
# Those endless days | 0:57:04 | 0:57:06 | |
# Those sacred days you gave me | 0:57:06 | 0:57:08 | |
# I'm thinking of the days | 0:57:08 | 0:57:14 | |
# I won't forget a single day, believe me | 0:57:14 | 0:57:17 | |
# I bless the light | 0:57:18 | 0:57:21 | |
# I bless the light that lights on you | 0:57:21 | 0:57:23 | |
# Believe me | 0:57:23 | 0:57:25 | |
# And though you're gone | 0:57:25 | 0:57:28 | |
# You're with me every single day, believe me | 0:57:28 | 0:57:32 | |
# Days I'll remember all my life | 0:57:33 | 0:57:37 | |
# Days when you can't see wrong from right | 0:57:38 | 0:57:42 | |
# You took my life | 0:57:42 | 0:57:44 | |
# But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me | 0:57:44 | 0:57:48 | |
# But it's all right | 0:57:49 | 0:57:52 | |
# Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me | 0:57:52 | 0:57:56 | |
# I wish today | 0:57:56 | 0:57:58 | |
# Would be tomorrow | 0:57:58 | 0:58:01 | |
# The night is dark | 0:58:01 | 0:58:03 | |
# It just brings sorrow, let it wait | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
# Thank you for the days | 0:58:09 | 0:58:14 | |
# Those endless days | 0:58:14 | 0:58:15 | |
# Those sacred days you gave me | 0:58:15 | 0:58:18 | |
# I'm thinking of the days | 0:58:18 | 0:58:24 | |
# I won't forget a single day | 0:58:24 | 0:58:26 | |
# Believe me | 0:58:26 | 0:58:28 | |
# Days I'll remember all my life | 0:58:29 | 0:58:33 | |
# Days when you can't see wrong from right | 0:58:34 | 0:58:38 | |
# You took my life | 0:58:38 | 0:58:41 | |
# But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me | 0:58:41 | 0:58:44 | |
# But it's all right | 0:58:45 | 0:58:48 | |
# Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me | 0:58:48 | 0:58:51 | |
# Day-ay-ay-ay-ays | 0:58:53 | 0:58:57 | |
# Thank you for the days... # | 0:58:57 | 0:59:00 |