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Like many of my generation, the BBC situation comedy Dad’s Army was prime time viewing during the mid-seventies.  A show about the British Home Guard, a collection of volunteers doing their best at a British coastal town to prevent a Nazi invasion during wartime Britain. The volunteers were usually too old to join the army, hence the common nickname Dad’s Army.

‘If you ever get in real trouble, don't panic. Sit down and think about it. Remember two things, always. There must be some way out of it and there must be humour in it somewhere’ - Louise Fitzhugh - Author

There is a very strong, indefinable spiritual bond that binds comedians together, one which makes them want to seek out each other's company – regardless of the distance or hardship involved.

We’re massive cinephiles here at Zani. We live and breathe the media of film, reveling in the experience of sitting in a dark room, and watching as mesmerising narratives are spun before our very eyes.

Inspiration, like love, can arrive in your life when you least expect it. This certainly happened to David Jason when he and his work partner, both electricians, went looking for a job.