Staring – Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Tom Courtney, Blake Harrison, Michael Gambon, Daniel May’s, Bill Patterson and Catherine Zeta Jones
This comedy is based on the TV series and is probably easiest to understand if you are familiar with the series as there are a lot of in jokes and not much of an introduction to the characters, their backgrounds or catchphrases.
It includes all the regular characters and most of the supporting ones too, including Mrs Pike, Mrs Fox, the Miss Godfrey’s and a first time appearance for the infamous Mrs Mainering. It also has cameos from the 2 surviving actors Ian Lavender and Frank Williams.
The platoon are told to be on the lookout for a Nazi spy hiding in Warmington on Sea at the same time most of the men are distracted by a female reporter who is keen to learn more about their work.
It is better than some of the other reviews suggest. It is different to the TV series as the cast are different and they have different locations and sets (although Jones’s van looks very similar – possibly identical) it is still funny and fans of the show will get a lot of the in jokes, some extra information about the characters and suspicions confirmed about some them too.
8/10