Dad's Army (TV Series) Knights of Madness (1977) User Reviews

It's all out battle. History gets a twist.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 10 January 2020]

It's the Wings for Victory parade, and the home guard just share the limelight with The ARP, they put on a Saint George and the dragon show, with Mainwaring playing At George, and the Dragon symbolising the enemy.

This one really did make me laugh, so many funny scenes, the scenes where they're trying to boost Mainwaring up are brilliant, the scenes of Mainwaring clambering around in the armour are so funny. The climax was great.

Will you look at those thighs, it's a great line from Frazer. Pike looked hilarious in his costume.

Very funny. 8/10

Terrible and creepy

[phantom_tollbooth · 4/10 · 1 August 2023]

Just one episode down the line from the slightly desperate series 9 opener Wake-Up Walmington and everyone is back in silly costumes again. At least this time there's a vaguely convincing reason for it, with the platoon staging a retelling of St. George and the Dragon for a local pageant. But the slapstick-heavy script is clearly suited to slightly younger actors. The ensemble probably could've pulled off this material in series 4 but by this stage it requires some creative direction and awkward editing. Ultimately, all the falling about, bumping of heads and wild mugging just isn't worth the effort as none of it is especially funny. Throw in some supremely creepy jokes about the very young girls netball team doing an aerobics demonstration (including a lascivious Fraser drooling over their thighs) and you've got another pretty awful series 9 episode of a show that is by now begging to be over.