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| Oz |
The phrase 'Dad's Army': 1940's or 1960's? Does anybody know when the phrase 'Dad's Army' actually dates from? I have never seen it used in any wartime books, films or immediate post-war Home Guard unit histories.
I know Jimmy Perry once said that Bill Cotton(?) Head of BBC Comedy in the 1960's suggested the title, so is it a case of the show's title suffers the same misconception as the song - the public both think they were invented during the war but were actually from the 1960's?
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| Dave Homewood |
It was in fact Head of Light Entertainment Michael Mills who coined the phrase whilst suggesting a better title than The Fighting Tigers. I understand it had not been used before then and it was his own invention somewhat off the cuff but was so good it stuck. |
| oldrocker |
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