The King Was in His Counting House
Wartime sitcom. When a bomb falls on the vault of Captain Mainwaring's bank, he insists that the platoon count the money and guard it.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?
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Ambrose and His Orchestra
Pennies from Heaven
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Geraldo and His Orchestra
Blue Champagne
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00:00Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Captain Mainwaring | Arthur Lowe |
| Sergeant Arthur Wilson | John Le Mesurier |
| Lance Corporal Jack Jones | Clive Dunn |
| Private James Frazer | John Laurie |
| Private Joe Walker | James Beck |
| Private Charles Godfrey | Arnold Ridley |
| Private Frank Pike | Ian Lavender |
| Reverend Timothy Farthing | Frank Williams |
| ARP Warden Hodges | Bill Pertwee |
| Henry Yeatman | Edward Sinclair |
| Shirley | Wendy Richard |
| Producer | David Croft |
| Writer | David Croft |
| Writer | Jimmy Perry |
Broadcasts
Fri 17 Nov 1972 20:30±«Óãtv One London- Sat 17 Jan 2009 19:30±«Óãtv Two except East, Scotland, South East & Yorkshire
- Sat 2 Apr 2011 18:20±«Óãtv Two England, Wales & Wales (Analogue) only
- Tue 26 Apr 2011 17:25±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland (Analogue) only
- Sat 27 Oct 2012 20:15±«Óãtv Two England, Wales, Wales (Analogue) & Scotland only
- Sat 20 Sep 2014 19:30±«Óãtv Two England, Scotland & HD only
- Sat 26 Mar 2016 20:30±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland, Scotland, England & HD only
- Tue 12 Apr 2016 18:30±«Óãtv Two Wales
- Sat 30 Dec 2017 20:00±«Óãtv Two HD, Scotland, Wales & England only
- Sat 30 Dec 2017 22:15±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 1 Jun 2019 20:30±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
Explore the history of Dad's Army in the ±«Óãtv Archive
Letters from the actors, internal ±«Óãtv memos and photos from the first episode to the last.