A film version of 'Dad's Army' is apparently in the works - with Captain Mainwaring to be played by a woman.
The Independent reported that the show's co-writer Jimmy Perry revealed to members of the 'Dad's Army' official fan club that a new film version is in the early stages of development.
The studio behind the project have hinted to the writer that they want the lead role of the pompous Captain Mainwaring, played by the late Arthur Lowe in the classic sitcom, to go to a woman, the newspaper said.
The original 'Dad's Army' - which followed the British military's Home Guard during the Second World War - was broadcast on BBC One between 1968 and 1977.
This will not be the first 'Dad's Army' movie - a feature film spin-off was released in 1971.
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Open Image ModalBritish Actor Clive Dunn On the set of the classic BBC TV comedy show 'Dad's Army', 20.08.1970. (Photo by Photoshot/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDad's Army appearing on the Royal Variety Show circa 1976, London, Clive Dunn;Ian Lavender. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalClive Dunn as Grandad on Top of the Pops (Photo by Ron Howard/Redferns)
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Open Image ModalTo mark the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of the vintage comedy show Dad's Army, star of the show Clive Dunn joined a cast reunion at the Imperial War Museum to coincide with the new audio tapes, and BBC 2's first series repeat. PA
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Open Image ModalTo mark the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of the vintage comedy show Dad's Army, star of the show Clive Dunn joined a cast reunion at the Imperial War Museum to coincide with the new audio tapes, and BBC 2's first series repeat. PA
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Open Image ModalThe cast from the BBC's hit comedy, "Dad's Army", in a scene from one of the famous episodes of the show. The cast are Arthur Lowe (foreground) and (background L-R) John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, James Beck, John Laurie, Ian Lavender and Arnold Ridley.Picture date: 2/10/01: Actor Ian Lavender is to star in the BBC soap EastEnders it was confirmed. He will be seen on screen from November in Albert Square as a newcomer with whom Pauline Fowler, played by actress Wendy Richard, becomes fixated. Lavender, 55, found fame in 1968 as Private Pike, the timid youngest recruit in the Walmington-On-Sea branch of the Home Guard in the TV comedy Dad's Army SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE CAST WILL BE GATHERING AT LONDON'S IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM ON JULY 31, 1998, TO MARK THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST EPISODE.
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Open Image ModalDad's Army. (from r-l) Clive Dunn, James Beck, John Le Mesurier, Arthur Lowe, John Laurie, Ian Lavender and Arnold Ridley. PA
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Open Image ModalMembers of the cast of Dad's Army, at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church after a memorial service for the actor Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring in the programme) who died recently. (l-r) Clive Dunn (Private Jones), Bill Pertwee (ARP Warden), Jimmy Perry (author), Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey), Frank Williams (The Reverend Timothy Farthing), Ian Lavender (Corporal Pike) and John Le Mesurier (Sgt Wilson).Archive-PA201425-2
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Open Image ModalTo mark the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of the vintage comedy show Dad's Army actors Ian Lavender, Clive Dunn and Bill Pertwee join the reunion at the Imperial War Museum to coincide with the new audio tapes, and BBC 2's first series repeat today (Friday). Photo by Matthew Fearn/PA.
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Open Image ModalComedy actor Clive Dunn, in character as Henry Beerbohm 'Old' Johnson in the television series Bootsie and Snudge. PA