The Army Game (1957)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

5 seasons, 154 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of British conscripts serve in the post war army, getting into comedic mishaps in their hut. The show follows their misadventures during national service.

lightheartedcomedicnostalgiceasygoingplayfuldatedquirkybritish

What happens

The Army Game is a British television sitcom that aired on ITV from 19 June 1957 to 20 June 1961. It was the first ITV sitcom and was made by Granada, and created by Sid Colin. It follows the exploits of Hut 29, a dysfunctional group of soldiers and their National Service conscription into the British Army during the post war years. The original cast consisted of William Hartnell, Michael Medwin, Geoffrey Sumner, Alfie Bass, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw and Norman Rossington. The cast would change over the years with actors such as Bill Fraser, Ted Lune, Frank Williams, Harry Fowler and Dick Emery appearing in subsequent series. The popularity of the series inspired a film spin-off, I Only Arsked! (1958), and a top ten hit. It also produced the successful sitcom Bootsie and Snudge starring the popular characters played by Bass and Fraser. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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