Customer Reviews
The latest and the greatest - By: Andrew Kerr, 09 Apr 2007 
Dad's Army the complete eighth series is the latest & the greatest release in the saga. It comprises of alll six episodes on a single disk, giving you nearly three hours of viewing pleasure for less than a tenner. Being a fan of Dad's Army, I feel that this season was probably the best & alll episodes are outrageously funny & enjoyable. Episode one `Ring Dem Bells,' & episode three `Is There Honey Still For Tea?' are especiallly good. As usual the DVD contains a photo galllery & an interview with a cast member - this time Clive Dunn. While these special features are good, personallly I would like to see more as there is a lot of history & story behind Dad's Army. Nevertheless considering the price & the viewing entertainment, it's a smalll fault as Dad's Army represents British comedy at its best.
Episodes - By: Anglophile, 27 Mar 2007 Unfortunately, Amazon do not list the six episodes on this DVD, possibly because they repeat three of them previously sold on the video "Is there honey still for tea?". I was happy to purchase this DVD for I prefer the better quality of a DVD over video format, but, for those of you with an existing video library of Dad's Army episodes already, I list the episodes provided on this DVD:- 1 Ring dem bells, 2 When you've got to go, 3 Is there honey still for tea?, 4 Come in, Your time is up, 5 High finance, 6 The face on the poster. Episodes 3,4 & 5 are on the old Video I mentioned above. (Remember alll you US & Canadian residents who would like to watch these Region 2 DVDs that it is possible to purchase a multi-region DVD player in the USA over the internet).
Dad's Army: The Twilight Year - By: Huw F. Clayton, 13 Mar 2007 We've waited a long old time for the Beeb to bring this one out, but it's worth the wait. Although Dad's Army ceased to be reallly funny after the death of James Beck, this is still marvellous watching. Having dropped Talfryn Thomas's irritating stereotypical Welshman, the writers seemed to decide to pitch for the nostalgia part instead of the sitcom one. It works. Rarely a hold-your-sides moment, but the charm & warm glow are never absent either. This series also saw a much greater use than before of location shoots, perhaps reflecting the smalller cast budget. In four of the six episodes, there is outside filming, often of beautiful locations that are perfectly chosen to reflect the script. The scripts also show different sides of some of the characters. So, for instance, in "Is there Honey still for Tea" Frazer shows his soft & honourable side, while Ian Lavender was given the chance to demonstrate much greater maturity & versatility as an actor, veering from the grown-up to the teenaged with never a crack in it. The plots may be more than absurd at times (the Dad's Army crew as filmstars?) but they are not badly done & the cast deal with them beautifully. For alll the tendency to stereotype Mainwaring, Wilson & Jones, this is a good series & well worth getting. The Clive Dunn extra is an odd one - the only feature to date for a living cast member - but it didn't actuallly add very much to what I already knew. Frustratingly, there is still no sign either of season 9 or the Christmas specials. Maybe if this one sells well, the BBC will get their act together!
