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Dad's Army - The Complete Ninth Series [1977] [2007]


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Dads Army-The entire series
Review date: 2008-08-29 Rating: 10 out of 10

Still carries the laughter today, Dads Army is and will forever be a timeless classic. Brilliant.

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Salute to Britains home guard
Review date: 2008-06-14 Rating: 10 out of 10

The final farewell to a classic British intitution.
I must say that im so glad that finaly i could complete my dads army collection which took me so many years when they first came out on VHS in the 80s.
Its funny how we were so gratefull for 3 episodes on one tape then waited maybe six months for another to be released, seems laughable now.

Anyway my favorite episode form this final series has to be when mainwaring and the gang have to guard telephone lines although not side spliting classic amusing dads army.
Dads army was for my generation as comfortable as an old pair of trainers You knew what to expect and you grew up with the characters.
If you think about it the whole series lasted longer than the actual war by 4 years.
The warmington home guard did their duty for 10 years when the war only actualy lasted for 5 and a half years.
Now all i have to get now is the Christmas episodes which im rather
iritated about as the BBC could have included them as part of the series.

Well thats most of my classic comedy collection completed apart from porridge and open all hours which im going to start soon.
10 out of 10 to my friends at amazon for their fast and promt shipping to this gratefull ex pat.

Last Post
Review date: 2007-06-13 Rating: 8 out of 10

Last post both for this titan of comedy, and for a large majority of the actors who starred in it. Within seven years, all of the older generation would be dead (ironically Arnold Ridley, the oldest of them, was the last to die at the age of 90-odd). They clearly show their age; they are sometimes a little confused; Godfrey does not do very much walking; Sergeant Wilson looks haggard; most of the heavy work falls on the persevering Clive Dunn and Ian Lavender. That at this stage of their careers they were still able to produce something with both wit and charm is a tribute to both their talents and their determination. But the screenplays, finally, also showed some cracks. Guarding telephone lines, dressing up as fifth columnists, putting on a pageant, and chasing around after a pot of gold (literally - see "The Miser's Hoard") were a sad decline from the earlier plots. Only the last episode, which finally gave us a wedding plot (albeit not the one everyone expected) shows any real flash of the old fire, and that had probably been saved up for years as a sure-fire thing. But the end is touching - the toast to the Home Guard. And it was the right moment to end, for as Arthur Lowe later said, it had had its time. So this, for a complete (or near complete; when do we get the Christmas specials?) collection of the most brilliant and enduring of all British sitcoms, is still an essential buy, but prepare to feel a touch of melancholy, as we say a fond goodbye.

Ended at the right time
Review date: 2007-06-08 Rating: 8 out of 10

By hiring old and increasingly frail actors, Dad's Army was always going to have a short life-span. It is therefore testament to this show's success that we are even talking about a ninth series.

In the six episodes on offer we can clearly see why the show had to come to an end - Arnold Ridley (Godfrey), still acting at the incredible age of 81 but now having difficulty walking, was limited to a few lines per episode. His speech is noticeably less clear than in previous series. John Le Mesurier (Wilson) looks particularly frail after a recent illness in which he had lost a significant amount of weight. John Laurie (Frazer) and Arthur Lowe (Mainwaring) look as if they're also beginning to feel their age.

However this does not detract from the quality of the episodes themselves, which still exude the same charm and wit that one would expect from a gentle 'Ealing' comedy. As ever there are no belly laughs - anyone looking for material that will have them rolling on the floor shall have to look elsewhere. But for anyone who (like me) has fond childhood memories of watching football matches on a saturday afternoon and racing home in time to see the map of Mid-Western Europe and all those funny arrows racing across it, the appeal of the show is still very much there.

I gave it 4 stars out of 5 simply because I don't quite think this series is up there with the show's peak - specifically series 3, 4 and 5. The show carried on admirably without James Beck (Walker), but it was never quite the same without him.

Great, but not the greatest
Review date: 2007-06-06 Rating: 8 out of 10

I am a great fan of Dad's Army, and I have all 9 series on DVD, excluding the 3 missing episodes, for obvious reasons. As soon as series 9 was released, I bought it, but I thought that, at times, it lacked slightly the cutting edge of the previous series in terms of comedy element. If possible, I would have given it 4.5 stars, but I rounded down to 4. I thought it was a very touching moment when the Home Guard regulars (Captain Mainwaring, Sergeant Wilson, Corporal Jones and Privates Pike and Wilson paid tribute to the real-life Home Guard. What a great way to finish such a great series.

The fact that I thought the last series was not just as good is only my personal opinion. It is still money well-spent if you do buy it.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
John Laurie
Arnold Ridley
John Le Mesurier
Clive Dunn
Arthur Lowe

Creators:
Arthur Lowe (Primary Contributor)
John Le Mesurier (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503160227
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-05-21
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 179 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007-05-21
Language: English (Original Language)

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