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However, when a group of germans from a scout plane take the mayor hostage at the church hall, the clueless soldiers might still have a chance of saving the day. Parker and mccoll deliver an allaction finale involving a german. The baddie was very obvious by half way through but that didnt spoil the rest of the film. Dads army returns with the old bungles and pratfalls but the script is misjudged and there is a severe rationing of belly laughs. Dad s army is a bbc sitcom about the british militia called the home guard during the second world war. The ultimate guide to dads health world war two, world. Most of it is packaged by the military, from a serving of loveitorhateit vegemite to jam sandwich biscuits and a tube of sweetened condensed milk.
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