Tribute lunch with DAVID CROFT OBE & JIMMY PERRY OBE
Sunday April 18th, 2010
The Heritage Foundation together with its President Robin Gibb CBE is thrilled to announce a forthcoming Tribute Luncheon given in honour of two gentlemen from the ‘Golden Age’ of British comedy, David Croft OBE and Jimmy Perry OBE. Their writing partnership is legendary having produced such classics as Dad’s Army, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, You Rang M’Lord and Hi-de-Hi! to name but a few. As popular today as when they were when they were written, these shows form part of the Croft and Perry legacy that will live on for many years to come.
The event will take place at The Marriott Hotel, 128 King Henry's Road, London, NW3 on Sunday 18th April 2010 at 12.30pm. Host  Mike Read. More details from the Heritage Foundation website.
Tickets to this event cost £70 per person and are available from our credit card ticket hotline 01494 714388

Captain Mainwaring Statue Takes Shape

Here is the first image of the Captain Mainwaring statue due to be unveiled in Thetford by Jimmy Perry & David Croft on Saturday 19 June 2010.
Commissioned by the Dad's Army Muesum Thetford (DAMT) and supported by donations.
There is much planned for the unveiling day, including the RAF Honington Band and 1940’s dancers, however, the whole week will be full of 1940’s celebration and the DAMT know that many people will take the opportunity to become involved. There will be several DAMT Dad’s Army tours throughout the week leading up to the weekend and the Dad's Army Comes Home stage show will also be running - tickets are already selling well. The DAAS are busy planning our part in the event and we can expect many of the surviving cast members, writers, production crew –and others with a connection to the series to descend on the town to see the statue. The DAMT patron Bill Pertwee is very excited about it all and said recently that the remaining cast keep thinking ‘what would Arthur Lowe make of it all’. 
More details here

Dad's Army Marches On - New Touring Production with Leslie Grantham
To celebrate 70 years of the Home guard Dad’s Army is returning to the stage from 3 March with a brand new adaptation of the classic sitcom.
Leslie Grantham will be putting his best foot forward as Pte. Walker, while Timothy Kightly who rightly won handsome praise from the critics, will reprise his role as Capt. Mainwaring.
The play features classic episodes hand-picked by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and includes adaptations of their own personal favourites, Branded and Mum’s Army.
No further details are available, but for tour dates go to the Calibre website

NEW DAAS Publication
The DAAS are proud to announce the publication of the Hi-de-Hi! Companion on 1st November.
The book was launched at the Hi-de-Hi Reunion in October and has proved to be very well received.
At 250 full colour pages, the book is packed with facts and very rare photographs, many from the cast themselves.
Flip the book over and it turns into a another volume, this time about 'You Rang M'Lord', Perry & Croft's last series written together. An almost forgotten classic starring many from the Perry & Croft shows.
A must for all Perry & Croft fans.
Available from Amazon or the Hi-de-Hi! website.