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Classic sitcom about the exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.

Classic sitcom about the exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon. Adapted from BBC TV

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Dad's Army: Series 1: Something Nasty in the Vault

Something Nasty in the Vault

Series 1

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An unexploded bomb puts Mainwaring and Wilson in a jam.

An unexploded bomb lands Mainwaring and Wilson in a jam. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier. From April 1974.

An unexploded bomb lands Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson in a jam. 

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 Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Major Smith …. Jack Watson
Captain Rodrigues …. Alan Tilvern  
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas 

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.

Dad's Army: Series 1

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Classic sitcom about the exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon

Classic sitcom about the exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon. Adapted from TV

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