Former National Service Conscript - actor, Richard Wilson - takes a light hearted look at this taste of the army, experienced by so many young men after the war. 'Both Feet in the Army!' illustrates the trials and tribulations, the laughs and lunacies, of post-war National Service, through excerpts from sitcoms such as 'Get Some In' and from films such as 'Carry On Sergeant' and 'Privates Progress', to name just a few. During the peak years of the 1950s, over a quarter of a million youngsters were serving at home or abroad in any one year - and for the millions who spent two years of their youth in the Army, Navy or Air Force in peace time, the experience was unforgettable 'Both Feet in the Army!' captures those years for you.
Richard Wilson
Self - Host
Robert Lindsay
(archive footage)
David Quilter
(archive footage)
George Innes
(archive footage)
Ian Carmichael
(archive footage)
Terry-Thomas
(archive footage)
Tony Selby
(archive footage)
Paul Eddington
(archive footage)
Carry On Sergeant64%
Buck Privates68%
It's Always Fair Weather69%
The Way Ahead65%
The Railway Children Return65%
A Soldier's Story67%
No Time for Sergeants73%
Love Me Tender62%
Great Guns59%
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp74%
The Happiest Days of Your Life67%
Hope and Glory69%
Carmen Jones61%
Reflections in a Golden Eye64%
You and Me66%
The Hill75%
The Guns of Navarone72%
The Major and the Minor71%
Living69%
The Long Gray Line70%
