The Army Game (1957)
The Army Game (1957)
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Cast & Crew.
Harry Fowler
Cpl. 'Flogger' Hoskins / Corporal 'Flogger' Hoskins / Cpl. Hoskins
Frank Williams
Capt. T.R. Pocket / Capt. Pocket / Captain T.R. Pocket
Ted Lune
Pvt. Len Bone
Dick Emery
Pvt. 'Chubby' Catchpole
Alfie Bass
Pvt. 'Bootsie' Bisley / Pvt. Bisley
Bill Fraser
CSM Claude Snudge
Jose Prieto
CSM Claude Snudge
Mario Fabrizi
LCpl. 'Moosh' Merryweather / Count Mario Fabrizi Of Tuscana / Foreign Traveler
Mario Fabrizi
LCpl. 'Moosh' Merryweather / Count Mario Fabrizi Of Tuscana / Foreign Traveler
Geoffrey Palmer
Soldier / Corporal / Coporal Foster
William Hartnell
CSM Percy Bullimore / CSM Bullimore / Sergeant Major Percy Bullimore
Geoffrey Sumner
Maj. Upshot-Bagley / Major Upshot-Bagley
Robert Desmond
Pvt. Billy Baker
Robert Desmond
Pvt. Billy Baker
Sid Colin
Creator
Norman Rossington
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This TV Show Is About.
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The Army Game is a British television sitcom that aired on ITV from 19 June 1957 to 20 June 1961. It was the very first ITV sitcom and was made by Granada, and created by Sid Colin. It follows the exploits of Hut 29, a dysfunctional group of soldiers and their National Service conscription into the British Army during the post war years.
The original cast consisted of William Hartnell, Michael Medwin, Geoffrey Sumner, Alfie Bass, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw and Norman Rossington. The cast would change over the years with actors such as Bill Fraser, Ted Lune, Frank Williams, Harry Fowler and Dick Emery appearing in subsequent series.
The popularity of the series inspired a film spin-off, I Only Arsked! (1958), and a top ten hit. It also produced the successful sitcom Bootsie and Snudge starring the popular characters played by Bass and Fraser.