Dad's Army - review

In Walmington-on-Sea, the home guard are upping their training as they prepare to help the nation during WW2.

Headed up by Captain Mainwaring, the platoon take part in exercises to get them prepared for battle as well as identifying German spies, but are blindsided when attractive reporter Rose Winters arrives to write an article on them.

Mesmerised by her beauty, members of the platoon are distracted from normal duty while trying to do their best in the hope of being featured in the article, but at the same time, the women of the village are put off by her presence.

With news a German spy has infiltrated the village, the home guard are on the lookout for anyone suspicious and battle to be the first one to identify the spy, but with all the attention on training for the war and Ms Winters, could the spy be closer to home than anyone thinks?

Having never watched the TV series I had no idea who any of the characters of Dad’s Army were and would have missed out on any of the in jokes, but despite this it didn’t stop me enjoying the movie and I found it really funny.

Starring a host of names including Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta Jones & Michael Gambon, I would watch this movie again and would recommend it if you fancy a light-hearted laugh.