The Army Game - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Broadcast
Channel
Episodes
155 (4 series), plus 1 short special
Creator
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.
Additional details
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Black and white
Website links
Broadcast details
First broadcast
Wednesday 19th June 1957 at 8:30pm on ITV1