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If Dad's Army has got a big new film then....

posted 10 years ago by LfcMotd73
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Pet should deffo have one in the next 4 to 9 years to mark the 35th or 40th anniversary in 2018 or 2023.
A big screen Auf W Pet, oh I would love it just for the nostalgia and the tribute it would be. Like Dad's Army Pet now has a long list of dearly-departed actors.
Gary Holton, Pat Roach, Caroline Hutchison, Michael Elphick, Michael Sheard, Sammy Johnston, Bryan Pringle, James Booth, Kevin Lloyd, all gone but not forgotten.

And if they do do a big-screen version please don't piss about with the story. Don't have it as 7 ethnically diverse builders working in America.
Set it in 1983, 3 geordies, a londoner, a scouser, a brummie, a bristolian in Germany. Do it exactly as it was....and as a tribute.

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[–] LfcMotd73 10 years ago

Andrew, yes it was me that suggested the Gary Holton BBC4 drama originally on here and me and then you and I discussed this and had some ideas on who would play who. I said it on here about two years ago or so, that I would love BBC4 to cover the making of the first series and from the point of view of Gary, like they did with Steptoe & Son starring Jason Isaacs and Phil Davies and Kenneth Williams with Michael Sheen among others.

ps; you make good points about the era and the daner of a new film sticking with the 80s but it would be nice for tribute's sake.

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[–] nephihaha 10 years ago

Getting sick of Dad's Army. Shown all the time on British TV along with Allo Allo.

Brits are stuck in WWII.

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[–] Dirty-Barry 9 years ago

I'm all for this as long as there is no bloody Wyman.

[–] nephihaha 9 years ago

No thanks.