Q 01/05

Which south-coast seaside town is home to Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon in Dad's Army?

A) Walmington-on-Sea

B) Frambourne-on-Sea

C) Brightsea-on-Sea

D) Bexhill-on-Sea

Answer · why

A) Walmington-on-Sea

Walmington-on-Sea was nearly Brightsea-on-Sea: the BBC's head of comedy disliked the first name in the script and had it changed before filming began.

Q 02/05

What is Captain Mainwaring's day job in Dad's Army, the post that makes Sergeant Wilson his deputy twice over?

A) Headmaster

B) Solicitor

C) Bank manager

D) Stationmaster

Answer · why

C) Bank manager

Bank manager Mainwaring outranks his chief clerk Wilson behind the counter and on parade, and young Pike works at the same branch as a junior clerk.

Q 03/05

Which trade does Lance Corporal Jones ply in Dad's Army, supplying the delivery van his platoon uses as transport?

A) Fishmonger

B) Butcher

C) Baker

D) Milkman

Answer · why

B) Butcher

Butcher Jones was a handy friend to have under rationing, and he is so proud of his delivery van that he resents every modification the platoon makes ...

Q 04/05

Which actor, earlier known as Coronation Street's Leonard Swindley, played Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army?

A) Bill Pertwee

B) Frank Williams

C) Edward Sinclair

D) Arthur Lowe

Answer · why

D) Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe had an odd clause in his contract: he would never have to remove his trousers. He also refused to take his scripts home.

Q 05/05

Which Dad's Army actor, who played gentle Private Godfrey, also wrote the hit 1920s stage thriller The Ghost Train?

A) Edward Sinclair

B) Harold Bennett

C) Arnold Ridley

D) Robert Raglan

Answer · why

C) Arnold Ridley

Arnold Ridley had the idea after being stranded for an evening at a railway station near Bristol, and his play was filmed several times.