Antiques Roadshow expert Clive Farrahar was blown away by the original scripts for classic BBC sitcom Dad’s Army.
And it’s safe to say that the guests were shocked to learn that the “rare” scripts, written by Dad’s Army writer David Croft, were worth up to £10,000. Antiques Roadshow visited Roundhay Park in Leeds during the episode on Sunday (February 4).
Clive was immediately impressed by the scripts for the show, which originally ran from 1968 to 1977 and is considered one of the greatest British TV programmes of all time. “I can’t believe that I’m actually handling the original script from one of Dad’s Army’s programmes,” he said.
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The guest, who was explained: “Well I acquired it back in the mid-nineties. I had a work placement at the BBC attached to the comedy department.
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“Did the week with David Croft’s office. Wrote to David to thank him, and afterwards he sent me that as a thank you.” Referring to the scripts, Clive gasped: “He sent you this?”
The guest revealed that the script was titled ‘Sgt – Save My Boy!’ – the fourth episode in the fourth series which aired in 1970. He said: “At the time I was thinking of going into script writing.”
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Clive highlighted the importance of the script as he went on: “Here it is, all his first thoughts. This is where all the thoughts lie, where everything is tidied up. It’s tremendous.”
The guest also showed off a “wonderful” letter penned by Croft, who thanked him for his help during the BBC placement. Part of the letter read: “Thank you for your letter, I’m enclosing a manuscript of a Dad’s Army programme. Unfortunately, the first page is missing.”
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Clive joked: “Clumsy!”, before reading some more of the letter, which read: “the original is in my own bad handwriting. I can write better than this but in trying to keep up with my thoughts, legibility goes out of the window.” Clive noted: “Well, I can’t read it!”
The script contained famous catchphrases from the show such as “stupid boy”. The guest explained the letter inspired him to pursue a career in TV.
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“These pieces of paper are terribly rare. I can’t imagine that there are any more around.” He proceeded to value it at up to £10,000, saying: “I would say you have somethhing between five and ten thousand pounds.”
The guests simply couldn’t believe it – they were so shocked that they burst out laughing. Clive insisted the papers was a “golden” piece of Dad’s Army.
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