The Army Game - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

The Army Game. Copyright: Granada Television

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1957 - 1961

Channel

ITV1

Episodes

155 (4 series), plus 1 short special

Creator

Sid Colin

Stars

Geoffrey Sumner, William Hartnell, Michael Medwin, Alfie Bass, Norman Rossington, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw, Bill Fraser and more

Writers

Sid Colin, Maurice Wiltshire, Larry Stephens, Lew Schwarz, David Cumming and Derek Collyer

Directors

Milo Lewis, Max Morgan-Witts, Gordon Flemyng, Eric Fawcett and Graeme MacDonald

Producers

Milo Lewis, Max Morgan-Witts, Peter Eton and Eric Fawcett

Company

Comedy about a group of National Service army conscripts who are based in Hut 29 at the Surplus Ordnance Depot, Nether Hopping, Staffordshire. The sitcom follows the antics of the privates, who are determined to dodge work and create some amusement out of a situation they'd rather not be in, and the attempts of their superior officers to stop the fun and keep the showers clean.

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Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Black and white

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Wednesday 19th June 1957 at 8:30pm on ITV1

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