Dad's Army

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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 3: A Jumbo Sized Problem

A Jumbo Sized Problem

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The platoon must pave the way for a convoy, but then the circus turns up.

The platoon must pave the way for a convoy, but then the circus turns up. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From July 1976.

Captain Mainwaring's platoon must pave the way for a convoy, but then the circus turns up.

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 BBC 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 Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn 

Producer: John Dyas 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.

Dad's Army: Series 3

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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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