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Catherine Zeta-Jones stars with Nighy, Gambon and Blake Harrison in film due to be released next February
Trailer features intense build-up quickly undermined when viewers see Home Guard led by Captain Mainwaring
One amusing scene sees group attempt to perfect a camouflage style, although Godfrey turns up in hula skirt

Published: 04:59 EST, 13 August 2015 | Updated: 17:34 EST, 13 August 2015

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The hit Seventies TV comedy attracted 18million viewers at its height - and nearly 50 years since it first aired, the new film version of Dad’s Army is attracting huge excitement.

Now, the first trailer has come out ahead of the movie’s release next February - featuring all-star cast that includes Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Blake Harrison.

And Catherine Zeta-Jones will set pulses racing in her role as visiting female journalist Rose Winters, with the trailer seeing her showcasing her pert bottom in a red skirt suit as she is greeted by wolf whistles.

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Keep patient! The Dad's Army film features (from left) Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring, Michael Gambon as Prviate Godfrey, Bill Nighy as Sergeant Wilson, Tom Courtenay as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones, Bill Paterson as Private Fraser and Daniel Mays as Private Joe Walker

Here she is! Catherine Zeta-Jones is bound to set pulses racing in her role as female journalist Rose Winters

Bottoms up: Her Dad's Army trailer introduction saw the actress showcase her pert bottom in a red skirt suit

Catherine Zeta-Jones stars in Dad's Army official trailer

The 45-year-old actress wears her luscious brunette locks in a chic up-do beneath a coordinating hat as she struts through the fictional town of Walmington-On-Sea, the Home Guard platoon’s base.

'I'm doing an article on the Home Guard and you come highly recommended,' the actress enthuses, this time donning a grey tweed jacket as members of the army swoon.

The teaser begins with an intense build up as the narrator proclaims: 'The year is 1944. On the brink of defeat our nation has a secret weapon. These heroes are Britain's last line of defence.'

But the ardent opening is quickly undermined when we meet the Home Guard led by Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring and his team of recruits.

These include Love Actually’s Nighy as Sergeant Wilson, Harry Potter star Gambon as Private Godfrey and Harrison from The Inbetweeners as Private Pike.

Classic beauty: Zeta-Jones wore her luscious brunette locks in a chic up-do beneath a coordinating hat

Underdogs: (From left) Bill Nighy, Toby Jones, Blake Harrison and Daniel Mays make up the Home Guard

Eagle eye: Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring warily looked on as he lead his troops across a bleak forest

Easy does it: The weapon-clad men had their wits about them as they crept toward a suspicious noise

Fully armed and on the lookout for the enemy, the group unexpectedly stumble across an angered bull who chases a screaming Mainwaring while the rest of his troops look on dumbfounded.

I'm doing an article on the Home Guard and you come highly recommended

Rose Winters (Catherine Zeta-Jones)

Another amusing scene sees the group attempt to perfect a camouflage style, although it seems simple-minded Godfrey struggles to grasp the concept.

Clad in a hula skirt and flower garland, Mainwaring tells him, 'Godfrey, you look like you're on a cruise to the south sea.'

Clearly unable to decipher his sarcasm, a genuinely touched Godfrey replies, 'Thank you so much, Sir.'

Dad's Army is set as the Second World War reaches its climax, with the Allies close to invading France and finally bringing down the Nazis.

But it seems that not even good news can boost the seemingly poor morale between the Home Guard in Walmington-on-Sea.

Help! The trailer took a humurous turn as Captain Mainwaring attempted to flee the angered bull

Shocked: But despite Mainwaring's plea for help, the rest of the gents looked on dumb-founded

Looking the part: Zeta-Jones nailed the 1940s look with victory rolls, red lipstick and large gold earrings

Oh, dear! The group attempted a camouflage style, but simple-minded Godfrey struggled to grasp the concept

On the hunt for a story: 'I'm doing an article on the Home Guard and you come highly recommended,' she says

After the troops are assigned a new mission to patrol the Dover army base, it's the perfect chance for the men to reanimate not only their own spirits but their stature.

Godfrey, you look like you're on a cruise to the south sea

Captain Mainwaring (Toby Jones)

The gents are then informed that a spy is on the loose, giving the unlikely heroes the opportunity to stand up and be counted.

The TV series, which was first broadcast in 1968 and ran until 1977, still has two million viewers tune in to watch repeats.

Jimmy Perry, 90, who came up with the idea for the show and wrote it with David Croft, is a producer on the film.

The film script has been written by Hamish McColl, who wrote the hit British films Jonny English Reborn and Mr Bean’s Holiday.

The main producer Damian Jones, whose credits include The Iron Lady and The History Boys, says it was Dad’s Army’s ‘universal appeal’ that had attracted him.

Careful, men: Captain Mainwaring - played by Toby Jones from The Hunger James - leads the charge

Listen up: One scene saw Mainwaring hilariously attempt to read out a 'top secret' document written in German

Orders: The troops are assigned a new mission to patrol the Dover army base during the Second World War

The longevity of the programme’s success has been attributed to the superb cast of supporting characters along with their catchphrases that have stood the test of time.

Stuart Wright, chairman of the Dad’s Army museum in Thetford, Norfolk, where the series was filmed, said tours of the town still attracted several thousand visitors a year.

A number of the actors from the original series had experienced war. Arnold Ridley, who played Godfrey, had been wounded on the Somme during the First World War.

Buildings in Bridlington and Beverly in East Yorkshire were transported back in time for the new film, with pubs and shops transformed into well-known parts of the set.

Dad's Army will hit cinemas on February 5 next year

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