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Filmed during a time when National Service was still compulsory
"The Army Game" was an instant hit for ITV and shot
straight into popular culture - everyone was talking about
it and adopting the catch phrases, for example "I only
arsked". Despite the constant cast changes Granada met
the public's demand for the sitcom by producing over 150 episodes
in just four years, something even modern American sitcoms
can't match. However despite being one of the most popular
British sitcoms and having such a large episode count this
show isn't well known any more; we think this is partly due
to the fact that most of the tapes have been lost and those
that remain are looking rather dated.
Some of the surviving black and white episodes of "The
Army Game" are not near as funny now as they once were,
this is mainly because the topics, such as National Service,
which it makes fun of have long disappeared however we can't
knock it for it's great well written characters.
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