Dad's Army DVD and Video releases

Below is a list of all the Dad's Army DVD and video releases so far. Included are the region 2 release dates, and the episodes that were released.

Video releases

BBC The Very Best releases

Video name

Episode name(s)

Number and duration
of episodes

R2 release date

Notes

The Very Best of Dad's Army

The Day the Balloon Went Up
Sons of the Sea
The Two and a Half Feathers
Asleep in the Deep
The Deadly Attachment

5 x 30 min

December 31, 1993

The Very Best of Dad's Army
Volume 2

No Spring for Frazer
Mum's Army
Menace from the Deep
When Did You Last See Your Money?
The Honourable Man

5 × 30 min.

December 31, 1993

BBC episode releases

Video name

Episode name(s)

Number and duration
of episodes

R2 release date

Notes

Asleep in the Deep

Asleep in the Deep
The Deadly Attachment
Don't Forget the Driver

3 × 30 min.

October 7, 1987

The Two and a Half Feathers

The Two and a Half Feathers
The Test
Fallen Idol

3 × 30 min.

June, 1990

The Deadly Attachment

The Deadly Attachment
If the Cap Fits...
The Honourable Man

3 × 30 min.

September, 1990

Big Guns

Big Guns
Menace From the Deep
The Bullet is Not for Firing

3 × 30 min.

June, 1991

Mum's Army

Mum's Army
The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones
Put That Light Out!

3 × 30 min.

June 3, 1991

When Did You Last See Your Money?

When Did You Last See Your Money?
Battle School
Branded

3 × 30 min.

October, 1991

No Spring for Frazer

No Spring for Frazer
Absent Friends
A. Wilson (Manager)?

3 × 30 min.

June, 1992

The Man and the Hour

The Man and the Hour
Museum Piece
Command Decision

3 × 30 min.

February, 1993

The Enemy Within the Gates

The Enemy Within the Gates
The Showing Up of Lance Corporal Jones
Shooting Pains

3 x 30 min

July 5, 1993

Uninvited Guests

Uninvited Guests
The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones
The King was in his Counting House

3 × 30 min.

December 31, 1993

The Day the Balloon Went Up

The Day the Balloon Went Up
Sons of the Sea
Don't Forget the Driver

3 × 30 min.

December 31, 1993

A Brush With the Law

A Brush With the Law
Brain versus Brawn
Keep Young and Beautiful

3 × 30 min.

July 1, 1994

My British Buddy

My British Buddy
The Royal Train
All is Safely Gathered In

3 × 30 min.

January 12, 1995

The Recruit

The Recruit
A Man of Action
The Captain's Car

3 × 30 min.

March 17, 1995

Man Hunt

Man Hunt
Sgt - Save My Boy!
Don't Fence Me In

3 × 30 min.

August, 1995

Knights of Madness

Knights of Madness
The Making of Private Pike
The Miser's Hoard

3 × 30 min.

August 8, 1995

The Armoured Might of Lance
Corporal Jones

The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones
Something Nasty in the Vault
The Lion has Phones

3 x 30 min

May 1, 1996

Round and Round Went the Great
Big Wheel

Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel
Time On My Hands
We Know Our Onions

3 × 30 min.

October 8, 1996

Room at the Bottom

Room at the Bottom
War Dance
Getting the Bird

3 × 30 min.

March 3, 1997

Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret

Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Everybody's Trucking

3 × 30 min.

September 1, 1997

At the time of this video's release
Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret was
the only surviving episode from Series 2.

Turkey Dinner

Turkey Dinner
Ring Dem Bells
When You've Got to Go

3 × 30 min.

September 7, 1997

The Big Parade

The Big Parade
Gorilla Warfare
The Godiva Affair

3 × 30 min.

July 6, 1998

Is There Honey Still For Tea?

Is There Honey Still For Tea?
Come In Your Time is Up
High Finance

3 × 30 min.

February 1, 1999

The Face on the Poster

The Face on the Poster
My Brother and I
The Love of Three Oranges

3 × 30 min.

June 7, 1999

Wake-Up Walmington

Wake-Up Walmington
Number Engaged
Never Too Old

3 × 30 min.

September 6, 1999

Britannia Music Company releases

Britannia Music Company Ltd have released all the episodes of Dad's Army in 23 volumes, with the exception of series one and two.

Video name

Episode name(s)

Number and duration
of episodes

R2 release date

Notes

Volume 1

The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones
Battle School
The Lion has Phones

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 2

The Bullet is Not for Firing
Something Nasty in the Vault
Room at the Bottom

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 3

Big Guns
The Day the Balloon Went Up
War Dance

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 4

Menace From the Deep
Branded
Man Hunt

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 5

No Spring for Frazer
Sons of the Sea
The Big Parade

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 6

Don't Forget the Driver
Boots, Boots, Boots
Sgt - Save My Boy!

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 7

Don't Fence Me In
Absent Friends
Put That Light Out

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 8

The Two and a Half Feather
Mum's Army
The Test

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 9

A. Wilson (Manager)?
Uninvited Guests
Fallen Idol

3 x 30 min.

???

Volume 10

Battle of Giants
Asleep in the Deep
Keep Young and Beautiful

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 11

A Soldier's Farewell
Getting the Bird
The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 12

If the Cap Fits...
The King was in his Counting House
All is Safely Gathered In

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 13

When Did You Last See Your Money?
Brain versus Brawn
A Brush with the Law

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 14

Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel
Time On My Hands
The Deadly Attachment

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 15

My British Buddy
The Royal Train
We Know Our Onions

3 x 30 min

???

Volume 16

The Honourable Man
Things That Go Bump in the Night
The Recruit

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 17

Everybody's Trucking
A Man of Action
Gorilla Warfare

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 18

The Godiva Affair
The Captain's Car
Turkey Dinner

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 19

Ring Dem Bells
When You've Got to Go
Is There Honey Still For Tea

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 20

Come In Your Time is Up
High Finance
The Face on the Poster

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 21

My Brother and I
The Love of Three Oranges
Wake-Up Walmington

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 22

The Making of Private Pike
Knights of Madness
The Miser's Hoard

3 × 30 min.

???

Volume 23

Number Engaged
Never Too Old

2 × 30 min.

???

BBC DVD releases

The BBC released two "Best of" DVD sets in October 2001 and September 2002, but it wasn't until September 2004 that the full series began to be released, with the first series and the surviving episodes of the second series being released first, along with the documentary Missing Presumed Wiped. As of May 2007, nine series have been released, as well as the Christmas specials and various other sketches. The DVDs also include short individual biographical documentaries about the characters and their actors called We Are The Boys, comprising material directed by Kevin Davies on the set of the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom competition. A full boxset is also available.

The first five Dad's Army series DVD releases

DVD name

Episode name(s)

Number and duration
of episodes

R2 release date

Notes

The Very Best of Dad's Army

The Deadly Attachment
Keep Young And Beautiful
Never Too Old
Asleep in the Deep
Sons of the Sea

5 × 30 min.

October 1, 2001

The Very Best of Dad's Army Volume 2

No Spring For Frazer
Mum's Army
Menace From The Deep
When Did You Last See your Money?
The Honourable Man

5 × 30 min.

September 30, 2002

Dad's Army: The Complete Series 1 And
The Lost Episodes Of Series 2

All of Series One
3 episode of Series Two

9 × 30 min.

September 13, 2004

Included:
Documentary: Missing Presumed Wiped
Radio remakes of the Lost episodes

Dad's Army: Complete Series 3

All of Series Three

14 × 30 min.

May 9, 2005

Included:
"We Are the Boys...": Arnold Ridley
Photo gallery

Dad's Army: Complete Series 4

All of Series Four

13 × 30 min.

August 8, 2005

Included:
"We Are the Boys...": James Beck
Photo gallery

Dad's Army: Complete Series 5

All of Series Five

13 × 30 min.

January 23, 2006

Included:
"We Are the Boys...": John Laurie
Photo gallery

Dad's Army: Complete Series 6

All of Series Six

7 × 30 min.

May 8, 2006

Included:
"We Are the Boys...": John Le Mesurier
Photo gallery

Dad's Army: Complete Series 7

All of Series Seven

7 x 30 min.

July 3, 2006

Included:
"We Are the Boys...": Arthur Lowe
Photo gallery

Dad's Army: Complete Series 8

All of Series Eight

6 x 30 min.

March 5, 2007

Included:
"We Are the Boys...": Clive Dunn
Photo gallery

Dad's Army: Complete Series 9

All of Series Nine

6 x 30 min.

May 21, 2007

Included:
"We Are the Boys...": Ian Lavender
Photo gallery

Dad's Army: The Christmas Specials

All three specials

1x 60 min., 2 x 30 min.

November, 2007

Included:
The Passing Years documentary
3 Christmas Night with the Stars sketches, 2 stage show featurettes, 2 Blue Peter excerpts, road safety film, The Coward Revue excerpt, photo gallery