Salutes You, Sir!: Forces Fun from the BBC

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Salutes You, Sir! Forces Fun from the BBC

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Salutes You, Sir!

10/11/2007

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Salutes You, Sir! Forces Fun from the BBC

Ian Lavender's homage to BBC Radio's comedies about the Armed Forces.

Ian Lavender's homage to BBC Radio's comedies about the Armed Forces: Merry-Go-Round - Army, ITMA, Merry-Go-Round - Navy, The Navy Lark, Merry-Go-Round - RAF and Dad's Army.

Dad's Army's very own Private Pike aka Ian Lavender presents an homage to the humour generated for and by the British Armed Forces. Featuring:
 
* Merry-Go-Round - Army edition: 'Stand Easy' With Charlie Chester and Arthur Haynes (14/09/1945)
 
* The Victory edition of ITMA - It's That Man Again,Starring Tommy Handley. (10/05/1945)
 
* Merry-Go-Round: Naval edition:  'HMS Waterlogged' With Eric Barker and Jon Pertwee (08/08/1945)
 
* The Navy Lark 'Mysterious Radio Signals' Starring Leslie Phillips, Stephen Murray and Jon Pertwee. (06/06/1971)
 
* Merry-Go-Round – RAF edition: 'Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh' Starring Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa (11/04/1945)
 
* Dad's Army - 'Sergeant, Save My Boy' Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Ian Lavender (11/03/1975)
 
Ian Lavender played Private Frank Pike in the much-loved BBC TV sitcom Dad's Army (1968-77) and also appears in the BBC radio adaptations still regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
 
Producer: Mik Wilkojc
 
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in November 2006.

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