Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9044 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-05-08
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 210 minutes

Synopsis
Features the complete episodes from the sixth series of the popular television comedy. Watch again as the members of Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard defend their bit of England against the onslaught of Hitler's Army.

Customer Reviews

Always amusing, but fast fading as a comedy force...
Series 6 was the beginning of the end for Dad's Army. Not only was the length of the series shortened by half (as would happen in later years), but at times the episodes seem lacklustre, a mark perhaps that Dad's Army's appeal had peaked. Certainly, the cast were not getting any younger, a fact that was only confirmed through the loss of James Beck, a vital component in the platoon's front rank and indeed, an accomplished actor.

This said, one cannot be too critical. The episodes are very enjoyable, one of the most delightful being 'We Know Our Onions', featuring a Home Guard training weekend in which Mainwaring and company are pitched against Hodges, an electric fence and an authoritarian officer (a superb performance from Fulton Mackay of Porridge fame).

The transfer of the film to DVD appears to have gone well, with only slight and occasional deterioration in quality and colour. The use of two DVDs for a short series may seem a waste, yet this is surely preferable to a double-sided DVD. In any case, a single DVD would have prevented the inclusion of the feature on John Le Mesurier, which provides a brief insight into his character, and focuses on more than merely his role as Wilson.

Dont tell em pike!!!
At last ive finaly got hold of 3 more series of dads army,
Its been about 3 years since i last brought the first 4 from amazon but not i have from 5-8 which im rather happy about.
First of all i agree with the series was not as funny after james beck died but growing up with dads army and being so far away from my place of birth it didnt mater having them all is what counts even though you can slowly see the series wind down after series 6.

Anyway not to repeat everything in my review about what others have already written i really want to give my friends at Amazon uk a big thumbs up and 10 ********** stars for their promt and caring delivery to a greatful ex pat in the USA.
The only negative i have to say is about BBC video and their greedy ways of allways excluding the christmas specials from their series and hiking the prices up for may be two or more episodes that may or maybe not are extended.
Granada video does not do this IE the royle family , but the BBC do and it really annoys me.
Steptoe and sons christmas specials were heavley edited for which im glad i still have the VHS copy so at least i can still see it.
But to charge for 2 or 3 episodes and hike the price up seems just bloody greedy so shame on you BBC.
Anyway apart from that its good to have nearly all the collection i just have series 9 to go and then i will have to force myself to by the xmas special.
Top marks for Amazon UK again your the best guys!!!!!

Running on its own steam
This was the last of the great series of Dad's Army. The first four episodes are nearly the equal of those produced in the previous two series, and "The Deadly Attachment" has gone on to be the most enduringly popular Dad's Army of all. But there were already small signs of terminal decay. Only Clive Dunn's increasing confusion and frailty was calculated, as the rest of the veteran cast (old five years earlier) started to feel their ages. The problems were reflected in the audience figures, which fell by a third (from 19 million to about 13 million) and never really recovered. But the platoon still put a brave face on their difficulties, completely failing to guard German prisoners of war, letting a train run away with them, nearly sabotaging the Anglo-American aliance and seeing spats between Wilson and Mainwaring over Wilson's ennoblement. The real shock to the system came in "Things that go Bump in the Night," when James Beck was taken seriously ill (he appears in the outdoor scenes and is notably absent in the studio shoots) and subsequently died. Dad's Army, already beginning to lose way, never really recovered. So enjoy these while you can (although it has to be said that the feature on John le Mesurier is somewhat less than informative) because, while not the end, this series definitely marked the beginning of the end for the greatest sitcom ever made.