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'''Miss Janet King''', played by Caroline Dowdeswell, was a junior clerk in the Walmington-on-Sea branch of Swallow Bank in the first series (1968) of the BBC TV comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]'', set during the [[Second World War]]. |
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* [[List of Dad's Army characters#Characters|Janet King ''(Dad's Army)'']], in the UK TV sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]'', played by [[Caroline Dowdeswell]] |
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== The character == |
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* [[Janet King (character)]], in the Australian TV shows ''[[Crownies]]'' and ''[[Janet King (TV series)|Janet King]]'', played by [[Marta Dusseldorp]] |
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Janet King was a bubbly blonde whose character, according to the series' creator [[David Croft]], was introduced at a fairly late stage in the scripting because the BBC's head of comdedy Michael Mills believed that the programme, about a group of mostly elderly men who volunteered for service in the [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]], needed a "soupçon of sex" (Graham McCann (2001) ''Dad's Army''). Miss King appeared in five episodes, including the first (''[[The Man and the Hour]]''), in which, on 14 May 1940, she advised the manager of the bank, [[George Mainwaring]] ([[Arthur Lowe]]), that the Secretary for War, [[Anthony Eden]], was about to make a wireless broadcast announcing the creation of the Local Defence Volunteers (later the Home Guard). Suitably inspired, Mainwaring promptly appointed himself captain of the Walmington LDV. |
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* [[Janet King (TV series)|''Janet King'' (TV series)]], a TV show spin-off from the show ''Crownies'' |
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{{disambiguation|hn=King, Janet}} |
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Despite the very minor and comparatively short-lived nature of her part, Janet King was virtually the only young women to have a recurring role in the series. Others (such as [[Sergeant Wilson]]'s daughter, [[Private Walker]]'s girl-friend, the financée of [[Private Pike]] - Miss King's male contemporary in the bank - and assorted waitresses, land girls and service personnel, usually flattered by Wilson for the prettiness or smartness of their outfits) were essentially brought on to support the story-line of particular episodes. |
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== Caroline Dowdeswell == |
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Caroline Dowdeswell later appeared in such programmes as ''[[Crossroads (TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (ATV) (as Ann Taylor) and ''[[Man About The House]]'' (Thames TV). |
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== External link == |
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[http://home.btconnect.com/howejam/dadsarmy/autographs/autograph_carolinedowdeswell.htm] Photograph of Caroline Dowdeswell |
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[[Category:Dad's Army characters|King, Janet]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:26, 19 December 2023
Janet King may refer to:
- Janet King (Dad's Army), in the UK TV sitcom Dad's Army, played by Caroline Dowdeswell
- Janet King (character), in the Australian TV shows Crownies and Janet King, played by Marta Dusseldorp
- Janet King (TV series), a TV show spin-off from the show Crownies
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