The Very Best of Dad's Army - Volume Two (DVD)

The Very Best of Dad's Army - Volume TwoGenre: ComedyLabel: 2 Entertain VideoDescription: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Five episodes from the popular BBC comedy series about the Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard. In 'No Spring for Frazer' Frazer loses the spring from Captain Mainwaring's machine gun. 'Mum's Army' sees Captain Mainwaring recruiting womenfolk into the regiment while in 'Menace from the Deep' the platoon are assigned to man the machine gun on the pier. In 'When Did You Last See Your Money?' Jones comes under suspicion when he tries to pay half a pound of sausages into his bank account. Finally 'The Honourable Man' sees Wilson appointed to the fringes of the aristocracy when a relative dies. AMAZON REVIEW The Very Best of Dad's Army Vol 2 is a further helping of episodes from the BBC's most durable comedy well chosen to illustrate the variety of situations and predicaments in which Warmington-on-Sea's home guard find themselves. Menace from the Deep sees them marooned on the town pier having to contend with a rogue mine and an inebriated Hodges. Mum's Army has Captain Mainwaring set up a women's division and promptly fall for the charming Miss Gray in a cunning take on Brief Encounter. No Spring for Frazer charts Frazer's beleaguered attempts to locate a missing gun part with predictably disastrous results. When Did You Last See Your Money? similarly puts Corporal Jones through the mill after he switches a package containing £500 with one containing a half-pound of sausages. Finally The Honourable Man brings the enmity of Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson to a head when the latter inherits an honorary title. The performances have that spontaneity and gently self-mocking humour so familiar yet so enjoyable however many times around. On the DVD: The Very Best of Dad's Army Vol 2 on disc has an accompanying documentary (partially reprised from that on Volume 1) containing interviews with surviving cast members present-day comedians and Messrs Croft and Perry whose inspired scriptwriting continues to amuse and entertain. The early-70s prints have come up well with subtitles and six chapter headings per episode to make locating favourite scenes easier than ever. --Richard Whitehouse