The cast for the remakes of the ‘lost’ episodes of ‘Dad’s Army’ has been announced.
There are three episodes of the classic World War II set 1960s sitcom that disappeared from the BBC’s archives before the organisation realised the value of such shows.
Gold is now recreating the trio of storylines, titled ‘The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker’, ‘A Stripe for Frazer’ and ‘Under Fire’, to mark 50 years since their broadcast.
The cast list boasts a host of major names with Kevin McNally portraying Captain Mainwaring, Robert Bathurst as Sergeant Wilson, Bernard Cribbins as Private Godfrey, Kevin Eldon as Lance Corporal Jones, Mathew Horne as Private Walker, David Hayman as Private Frazer and Tom Rosenthal as Pike.
The episodes – which aired in Series Two of the nine season sitcom -will be remade using Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s original scripts.
In the original TV series – which ran from 1968 until 1977 – Wilson was portrayed by John Le Mesurier, who Bathhurst played in BBC film ‘Hattie’, which told the story of the late actor’s ex-wife Hattie Jacques.
Speaking about the broadcaster’s excitement about the project, Gold boss Pete Thornton – the Senior Commissioning Editor at UKTV – said: "We’ve been working on this project for several years and will be respecting the genius of the original series. If ever there was a time to ‘stick to the script’ then this is it."
Cast for Dad’s Army remakes announced
