Is it not ironic that William Rudley, who played poor old harmless Private Godfrey, was actually a heck of a soldier in his time and probably saw more action than the rest of them put together. He fought in both world wars, and in WW1 was at the Somme, including hand to hand fighting when he got a bayonet wound to the groin and a rifle butt to the head, his legs were riddled with shrapnel and he lost the use of his left hand. Even after all that, he rejoined at the start of WW2 as a commissioned officer and served with the BEF in France before returning on the last overcrowded British ship to escape the harbour in Boulogne, and he still hadn't had enough... he joined the real Home Guard! An extraordinary man and proof that appearances can be very deceiving... maybe because he was also such a good actor!
@@phillipgreer4875 ARNOLD RIDLEY .ALSO WROTE THE PLAY..THE GHOST TRAIN AND SOLD OT FOR A PITTANCE..CINEMA/ TV/ FILM STARRING ARTHUR ASKEY AND MANY PLAYS HE ALSO WROTE
Frazers face in the candlelight..funny without havnt to say anything...then .."theyve screwed him doon !!"..priceless comedy and characters all of them..god bless them all ..because they aint nothing like this today.
this program is so well written that it lasts the realms of time. I repeatedly watch it and still find it funny . Comedy now is based on shocking you with rudeness or goriness , they base their humor on shocking people into a reaction, you don't need the skills required to write on this level. Dad's Army will always be for me like meeting an old friend and enjoying some time together.
I love dad's army brings back wonderful memories. Wish they would make programs like this again . Everything you watch these days is rubbish and violent .
This era marked the best years of my life. The times family congregated to watch "TV". I am 39 years old . How I wish we had the cosy times together in the living room. . don't lose faith : )
you prolly dont give a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all the latest movies on Instaflixxer. I've been watching with my brother for the last days =)
Poor old Godfrey. he's had that fruit knife his Aunt Lavinia gave him when he was a boy, and they break it and Mainwaring throws it away like a piece of old rubbish
What is happened to the heads of the actors either half their faces or none at all very poorly filmed actually bloody awful it really spoils the series who ever is doing this to these priceless characters ought to get your act together and make sure that these scenes are properly filmed otherwise stop your mucking about or are they pirated copies if they are you should be ashamed of yourself right !!!!
It makes perfect sense, you know how greedy the BBC is, not only are they now charging pensioners for the licence fee they're even possessive over decades old comedy shows so they can continue to pay people like Emily "I'm a virtue signaling SJW" Maitliss enormous amounts of money. Speed the video up to 1.25 and get used to the zoom effect its the only way to stop the video being removed from TH-cam.
Is it not ironic that William Rudley, who played poor old harmless Private Godfrey, was actually a heck of a soldier in his time and probably saw more action than the rest of them put together. He fought in both world wars, and in WW1 was at the Somme, including hand to hand fighting when he got a bayonet wound to the groin and a rifle butt to the head, his legs were riddled with shrapnel and he lost the use of his left hand. Even after all that, he rejoined at the start of WW2 as a commissioned officer and served with the BEF in France before returning on the last overcrowded British ship to escape the harbour in Boulogne, and he still hadn't had enough... he joined the real Home Guard! An extraordinary man and proof that appearances can be very deceiving... maybe because he was also such a good actor!
Arnold Ridley you mean. Everything else you wrote is absolutely correct though Justin. I'm glad someone has pointed this out.
Arnold Ridley is also Daisy Ridley’s Great Uncle
The actor who played Godfrey was actually called Arnold Ridley!!
@@phillipgreer4875 ARNOLD RIDLEY
.ALSO WROTE THE PLAY..THE GHOST TRAIN AND SOLD OT FOR A PITTANCE..CINEMA/ TV/ FILM STARRING ARTHUR ASKEY AND MANY PLAYS HE ALSO WROTE
He was an amazing man and incredibly brave
May he RIP
Hilarious! This is proper comedy it's funny
Frazers face in the candlelight..funny without havnt to say anything...then .."theyve screwed him doon !!"..priceless comedy and characters all of them..god bless them all ..because they aint nothing like this today.
And today's comedys don't come anywhere close to the likes of these dads army Steptoe and son
My god .
I'm 62 and thought I'd seen them all.
Brilliant surprise.....
"I've been digging for Victory, Sir!" LMAO
Lol 🤣😂
So simple, so funny, so clean.
this program is so well written that it lasts the realms of time. I repeatedly watch it and still find it funny . Comedy now is based on shocking you with rudeness or goriness , they base their humor on shocking people into a reaction, you don't need the skills required to write on this level.
Dad's Army will always be for me like meeting an old friend and enjoying some time together.
Me too
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I love dad's army brings back wonderful memories. Wish they would make programs like this again . Everything you watch these days is rubbish and violent .
This era marked the best years of my life. The times family congregated to watch "TV".
I am 39 years old . How I wish we had the cosy times together in the living room. . don't lose faith : )
@trigtrigger9794 I remember watching it back in the day, too, during those cosy evenings
Such good times
R.i.p. pike😢
The last one ...
I love dad's army, its a shame that they chopped the heads of on most of the pictures, but still nice to see.
Oo
you prolly dont give a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all the latest movies on Instaflixxer. I've been watching with my brother for the last days =)
@@lylemichael5113 is instaflixx free
I always felt sorry for Godfrey having his knife broken
Needs to be played at +1.25 speed..
Feels like breaking the enigma code all over again!
Poor old Godfrey. he's had that fruit knife his Aunt Lavinia gave him when he was a boy, and they break it and Mainwaring throws it away like a piece of old rubbish
Yeah felt sorry for poor old Godfrey
Shame its unwatchable . All episodes are zoomed in .
Film is a bit too big for the screen
Why is the sound so low and picture cropped and mostly off the screen ?
Loved it !!!
And the slowness of the sound too...
You have too alter speed in settings to 1.25, alas the video size is wrong if it been done through an editor it would have been better
Brilliant
The captain sounds drunk.!
What is happened to the heads of the actors either half their faces or none at all very poorly filmed actually bloody awful it really spoils the series who ever is doing this to these priceless characters ought to get your act together and make sure that these scenes are properly filmed otherwise stop your mucking about or are they pirated copies if they are you should be ashamed of yourself right !!!!
And then they have at home to me that it more often happens if it's so bad or even the same for you? You can see what happened? You can be able
Why so zoomed in? Makes no sense.
"We're ZOOMED.......we're all zoomed!"
I'm not sure but I think it's to do with copyright issues
Yes its soo annoying 😒
Yeah it's too do with copyright
It makes perfect sense, you know how greedy the BBC is, not only are they now charging pensioners for the licence fee they're even possessive over decades old comedy shows so they can continue to pay people like Emily "I'm a virtue signaling SJW" Maitliss enormous amounts of money. Speed the video up to 1.25 and get used to the zoom effect its the only way to stop the video being removed from TH-cam.
He was sick
Awful. Can see a damn thing!
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