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Dad's Army

Series 1

Sons of the Sea

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for 12 months

Out on river patrol, Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon gets lost in fog in the English Channel...

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

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

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Various …. Timothy Bateson
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in June 1974. Show less

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