Arthur Lowe

Set in 1940, the Walsingham-on-the-sea contingent of the Home Guard is led by a bank official and consists of a bunch of misfits who wade through a series of humorous misadventures, climaxing in the capture of three Nazi German aviators who parachute into Britain.

A savagely funny story about the rise and fall - and rise again - of ayoung coffee salesman in this wondrous mixture of wickedness, energy ,humor and folly.

In this absurdist comedy, the 20 British survivors of nuclear war are keeping calm and carrying on despite the wreckage all around them.

1955. A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves together in Winchester, England charged with taking care of a brood of wild kids.