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: The Great White Hunter

The Great White Hunter

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dad's Army, Series 3, The Great White Hunter

Mainwaring causes chaos tracking down Walker's purloined silk parachute.

Mainwaring causes chaos tracking down Walker's purloined silk parachute. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From April 1976.

Captain Mainwaring causes chaos trying to track down Private Walker's purloined parachute made of silk.

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 Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn 
Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney

Producer: John Dyas 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 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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