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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: No Spring for Frazer

No Spring for Frazer

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dad's Army, Series 1, No Spring for Frazer

When Frazer loses a Lewis gun's butterfly spring, he must track down a coffin.

When Frazer loses a Lewis gun's butterfly spring, he must track down a coffin! Adapted from TV with John Laurie. From June 1974.

When Private Frazer loses a butterfly spring from a Lewis gun, he must track down a coffin!  

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 Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Fraser …. John Laurie
ARP Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Miss Barker …. Joan Cooper
Mr Blewitt …. Timothy Bateson
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in June 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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