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Fans devastated as beloved BBC sitcom axed from streamer after a whopping 47 years on screens
The series which ran from became a household name and its characters and catchphrases have continued to make the nation laugh long after the first episode aired in 1968.
The comedy, which featured the misadventures of a Home Guard platoon in the fictional Walmington-on-Sea on the south coast of England, ran from 1968 to 1977 with 80 episodes produced. It featured Ian Lavender as hapless Private Pike, Clive Dunn, who played Lance Corporal Jones, and Arthur Lowe as Captain George Mainwaring. Ian admitted that he once promised co-star John Laurie (who played Private James Frazer) that he would never divulge the secrets they shared.
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