Arnold Ridley Dad's Army

[Spitace41]

Here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q1ToUWu3Cc

[Gunny Hartmann]

Cheers guys but all i did was a copy and paste, i just thought it was worth sharing. I hope all our non British members here get to see a few episodes of the original series as it's a real TV classic, i'm quite annoyed that this new film has appeared, maybe i'm just an old Luddite!...

[HistoryMan]

Many thanks for the thread paul ive learned a lot on the man might go and see the new film tonight ,im just wondering if we will see swastika's in the opening scenes like the original series

I am not sure about this film to be honest, I do hope they have not cleaned it of its WW2 historical context as it were, you know what things are like these days, the Germans were not that bad after all were they .....

[James C]

in the us version shown the U boat captain was mindy's dad in mork and mindy

[paulscoot]

Nice article Gunny, As a point of interest Arnold Ridleys great Niece is Daisey Ridley who plays Rey in the new star wars movie ! Cheers,Paul

[lithgow]

Well, she's set for life now!
I remember now that I saw a play written by Arnold Ridley some 35 years ago at a local theatre, 'Ghost Train'-darkly comic doings involving Bolshies...

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

Well, she's set for life now!
I remember now that I saw a play written by Arnold Ridley some 35 years ago at a local theatre, 'Ghost Train'-darkly comic doings involving Bolshies...

That play was I think, also a film, sadly for Arnold, he had let the rights go and made very little from his most successful writing! Leon.