Who do they think they are kidding Mr Hitler? No, it’s not an archive picture from the seventies, Dad’s Army is back.

The classic sitcom is getting a reboot with a stellar cast led by Toby Jones (In Cold Blood, The Hunger Games) as Captain Mainwaring and Bill Nighy (Love Actually) as Wilson.

Crayford-raised acting legend Michael Gambon plays Godfrey while Greenwich-born The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison plays the calamitous Pike.

Shooting started in Yorkshire earlier this month, with a new script by Hamish McColl, based on the much-loved series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

BAFTA nominated director Oliver Parker is at the helm of the film, which is set in 1944 with the war at its climax.

The Allies are poised to invade France and defeat the German army but down in Walmington-on-Sea morale is low among the Home Guard when glamorous journalist Rose Winters (Catherine Zeta Jones) arrives to write about their exploits.

It’s then that MI5 discover a radio signal sent to Berlin from Walmington-on-Sea and the hunt is on to find the spy on the loose.