Dad's Army in The Radio Times

The Radio Times has been in existence since the 1920's and has always been the Radio and TV listings magazine for the BBC.

Dad's Army, during its 9 year stint on BBC TV only made the cover twice (both in 1970), but did occasionally grace the pages with occasional articles on the writers and cast.

Here you will find a list of issues of interest to fans of Dad's Army.

Most editions either feature interviews with the stars, or in certain cases programme listings of Dad's Army episodes or other programmes the main cast appeared in.

Cover Art	Date/ Description	Contents & Notes
	27 July - 2 Aug 1968 Eightpence Cover photograph of Michael Aspel.	Feature: Dad's Army (1 page feature by Russell Twisk) Programme listing for John Laurie; The Ken Dodd Show (Radio 4, 25/07/68), James Beck; Detective - The Case of The Late Pig (BBC1, 28/07/68), Dad's Army: The Man and the Hour (BBC1, 31/07/68) with photograph of Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & John Laurie. Clive Dunn; The World of Beachcomber(BBC2, 02/08/68)
	23-29 May 1970 Ninepence Cover illustration featuring Dad's Army Cast.	Programme listings for repeat of Dad's Army: The Day the Balloon Went Up (BBC1, 23/05/70) and Royal TV Gala Performance (BBC1, 24/05/70) with photograph of Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier
	19-25 Sept 1970 Ninepence Cover portrait of Clive Dunn in Dad's Army.	Feature: What Did You Do In The War? (3 page colour feature). Programme listing for Dad's Army: The Big Parade with photograph of Arthur Lowe.
	24-30 Oct 1970 One Shilling Cover portrait of Little Women cast.	Programme Listings: Arthur Lowe; Ben Travers Farces - Dirty Work (24/10/70), Dad's Army: Absent Friends (BBC1, 30/10/70) with photograph of Arthur Lowe, John Laurie, James Beck and Clive Dunn.
	18-24 March 1972 5p Cover portrait of Tryggve Gran.	Feature: Arthur Lowe: On leave from Dad's Army (2 page colour feature). Programme Listings: James Beck;The Motorway Men (Radio 2, 22/03/72), Arthur Lowe; It's Murder, But Is It Art (BBC1, 23/03/72)
	4-10 Nov 1972 5p Cover portrait of Ken Dodd & Danny La Rue	Programme Listings: James Beck; Scoop (BBC2, 5/11/72), My Wife, Next Door (BBC1, 8/11/72). Dad's Army: If The Cap Fits (BBC1, 10/11/72) with photograph of John Laurie.
	28 July-03 Aug 1973 5p Cover portrait of West Indies Cricket Team	Feature: John's East Anglia Womb (1 page black & white feature). Programme Listings: Dad's Army: The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones (Rpt) (BBC1, 28/07/73), John Le Mesurier: Best of Sellers: Only Two Can Play (BBC1, 29/07/03), On Camera: The Sergeant From Sandhurst (BBC1, 31/07/73).
	12-18 Nov 1977 13p Cover portrait of The Two Ronnies	Programme Listing for Dad's Army: Never Too Old (BBC1, 13/11/77) with photograph of Clive Dunn and Pamela Cundell. Letters page: 'Dad's Army': ridicule or just good comedy? (5 readers letters)