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Arthur Lowe

Capt. George Mainwaring

John Le Mesurier

Sgt. Arthur Wilson

Clive Dunn

LCpl. Jack Jones

John Laurie

Pte. James Frazer

James Beck

Pte. Joe Walker

Arnold Ridley

Pte. Charles Godfrey

Ian Lavender

Pte. Frank Pike

Philip Madoc

the U Boat Captain

Bill Pertwee

Chief Warden Hodges

Edward Sinclair

Verger Maurice Yeatman

Robert Raglan

the Colonel

Colin Bean

Private Sponge

Bud Flanagan

The Voice of
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(voice)

Desmond Cullum-Jones

Platoon Member
(uncredited)

William Gossling

Platoon Member
(uncredited)

Emmett Hennessy

German Crew Member
(uncredited)

Michael Moore

Platoon Member
(uncredited)

Leslie Noyes

Platoon Member
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The line "Don't tell him, Pike!" has often been voted one of the funniest moments in the history of British television comedy.

Goofs
The platoon and their prisoners march past the same short stretch of warehouse frontage several times.

Quotes
U-Boat Captain: I am making notes, Captain, and when we win the war, you will be brought to account
Mainwaring: You can write what you like. You're not going to win this war.
U-Boat Captain: Oh, yes we are!
Mainwaring: Oh no you're not!
U-Boat Captain: Oh yes we are!
Pike: [sings] Whistle while you work / Hitler is a twerp / He's half barmy, so's his army / Whistle while you work.
U-Boat Captain: [pointing at Pike] Your name will also go on zee list. What is it?
Mainwaring: Don't tell him, Pike!
U-Boat Captain: Pike.

Connections
Featured in Selection Box: Dad's Army (1997)

Soundtracks
Whistle While You Work
(uncredited)
Music by Frank Churchill and lyrics by Larry Morey
Heard as a theme at the start of some scenes
Ian Lavender sings a parody of this song to the Germans

One of the best pieces of comedy ever made.

The Deadly Attachment is the one regarded by many as the best, or at least one of the best, and with good reason. It is thirty minutes of comedy of the very highest order.

They certainly don't make comedy like this anymore, incredible one liners, the perfect scenario, and an unbelievably good performance from Philip Madoc, who made The U boat Captain one of the most Unforgettable characters of all time.

I won't quite any of the lines, I'm sure we all know them inside out, but needless to say, this is the best episode for Pike, and a few others.

It's rare for a show to hit its peak so late on, but that's exactly what Dada Army did here.

Comedy, the like of which, we'll be we see again. 10/10.