The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army

The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army
Title The Complete A-Z of Dad's Army PDF eBook
Author Richard Webber
Publisher Orion Publishing Company
Pages 288
Release 2001
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 9780752846378

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'The success of Dad's Army can be summed up in a line from the first episode when the bumptious Captain Mainwaring says: "The machine-guns could have a clear field of fire from here to Timothy White's ... if it wasn't for that woman in the telephone box."' The Independent Dad's Army is quite simply the most successful British TV sitcom of all time. 80 episodes were made and are constantly repeated. The first black-and-white series, re-shown for the first time in 1999, attracted 4.6m viewers outperforming Have I got News for You and very nearly outstripping Channel Four's most popular programme Friends. When the second series was shown on Saturday nights in 1998 it took 7 million viewers and 40% of the audience. This book will be the last word on the series. There have been other books, but this is first to present the whole story from how the series got made - scripts, locations, filming, the real history of the Home Guard, the background to the actors who played in the series, every episode catalogued and much more. The creators have volunteered to open their archives, which include the original programme research, annotated scripts and location photographs. Now recognised as one of the great shows of this and any TV era, Perry and Croft have decided the programme requires a monument and this book will be it.

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Wings and Ruin
Title A Court of Wings and Ruin PDF eBook
Author Sarah J. Maas
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 739
Release 2018-05
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 1619635208

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Sarah J. Maas hit the New York Times SERIES list at #1 with A Court of Wings and Ruin!

The Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard Training Manual

The Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard Training Manual
Title The Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard Training Manual PDF eBook
Author George Mainwaring
Publisher Orion
Pages 128
Release 2013-10-03
Genre World War, 1939-1945
ISBN 9781409128212

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You Can't Get Much Closer Than This

You Can't Get Much Closer Than This
Title You Can't Get Much Closer Than This PDF eBook
Author A.Z. Adkins
Publisher Casemate
Pages 289
Release 2015-04-09
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1612003117

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A young soldier’s memoirs of fighting in WWII: “Fascinating . . . A personal record like this is a valuable resource to anyone interested in the period”(Military Model Scene). After the Citadel and Officer Candidate School, Andrew Z. Adkins Jr., was sent to the 80th Infantry Division, then training in the California-Arizona desert. There, he was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment. When the division completed training in December 1943, it was shipped in stages to the United Kingdom and then Normandy, where it landed on August 3, 1944. Lieutenant Adkins and his fellow soldiers took part in light hedgerow fighting that served to shake the division down and familiarize the troops and their officers with combat. The first real test came within weeks, when the 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry, attacked high ground near Argentan during the drive to seal German forces in the Falaise Pocket. While scouting for mortar positions in the woods, Adkins met a group of Germans and shot one of them dead with his carbine. This baptism in blood settled the question faced by every novice combatant: He was cool under fire, capable of killing when facing the enemy. He later wrote, “It was a sickening sight, but having been caught up in the heat of battle, I didn’t have a reaction other than feeling I had saved my own life.” Thereafter, the 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry, took part in bloody battles across France, sometimes coping with inept leadership and grievous losses, even as it took hills and towns away from the Germans. In the fighting graphically portrayed here, Adkins acted with skill and courage, placing himself at the forefront of the action whenever he could. His extremely aggressive delivery of critical supplies to a cut-off unit in an embattled French town earned him a Bronze Star, the first in his battalion. This is a story of a young soldier at war, a junior officer’s coming of age amid pulse-pounding combat. Before his death, Andy Adkins was able to face his memory of war as bravely as he faced war itself. He put it on paper, honest and unflinching. In 1944-45, he did his duty to his men and country—and here, he serves new generations of military and civilian readers.

A-Z of Bexhill-on-Sea

A-Z of Bexhill-on-Sea
Title A-Z of Bexhill-on-Sea PDF eBook
Author Andy Bull
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 199
Release 2022-08-15
Genre Photography
ISBN 1398110744

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Explore the East Sussex seaside town of Bexhill-on-Sea in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses
Title Only Fools and Horses PDF eBook
Author Graham McCann
Publisher Canongate Books
Pages 208
Release 2011-11-03
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0857861298

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In the thirty years since viewers first visited Nelson Mandela House, Only Fools and Horses has won countless awards and is still Britain's most-watched and best-loved sitcom. Del Boy's overwhelming popularity has even inspired the Oxford English Dictionary to include a selection of his most famous words and phrases, such as 'lovely jubbly' and 'twonk'. In this fascinating, entertaining and meticulously researched book, acclaimed biographer Graham McCann goes behind the scenes to tell the inside story of Britain's most enduring comedy. With major contributions from the people who wrote, produced and starred in the programme and with material drawn from the BBC archives, it's time to take one last trip down Hooky Street . . .

A-Z of Bridlington

A-Z of Bridlington
Title A-Z of Bridlington PDF eBook
Author Richard M. Jones
Publisher Amberley Publishing Limited
Pages 220
Release 2024-02-15
Genre Photography
ISBN 1398117331

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Explore the Yorkshire town of Bridlington in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.