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Dad's Army

Present Arms

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Military medal rivalry sparks a shooting contest between the Walmington-on-Sea and Eastgate platoons.

The winner will provide the guard of honour for a forthcoming visit by Winston Churchill.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.

Extended episode adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker ...... Larry Martyn
Chief Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Capt. Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden
Brigadier Bell …. Jack Watson
The Great Alberto …. Norman Bird
Mrs. Pike …. Pearl Hackney
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1974. Show less

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