The Army Game in 1958. The plot concentrated on Bresslaw's character and included Hawtrey, Alfie Bass, Rossington and Michael Medwin playing their characters. ""I Only Arsked"" became Bresslaw's catchphrase. A paperback was produced, and Granada brought out a board game in 1959. Fraser and Bass's characters turned up in a spin-off, "Bootsie and Snudge", between 1960 and 1963 and in 1974. Of the 154 episodes made, only 52 are thought to survive. On 6 June 2005, Network released the first 26 episodes from series 4 under the title "The Army Game – Volume 1". On 14 August 2006, the remaining twenty-four episodes were
Dennis Spooner the BBC TV comedian Harry Worth. This eventually led to his writing several scripts for "Coronation Street" in 1960. He also contributed to the ITV police procedural series "No Hiding Place" and "Ghost Squad" as well as to the top-rated comedy series "Bootsie and Snudge" and to ATV's attempt to revive Tony Hancock's career in "Hancock" (1963). Around this time Spooner met Brian Clemens; they struck up a partnership that lasted for the rest of Spooner's career. Clemens offered the young writer work on "The Avengers" which was near the beginning of its nine-year run on ITV. Clemens bought two