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Dad's Army

Series 8

Episode 2: When You've Got to Go

Duration: 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Private Pike receives his call-up papers and, to the great alarm of his mother, he is passed A1.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Town Clerk:
Eric Longworth
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Italian Sergeant:
Freddie Earlle
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Fishfryer:
Frankie Holmes
Producer:
David Croft

In Our Time

Sources of Early Chinese History

Duration: 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss early Chinese history and the documents in which it was recorded. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Roel Sterckx
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Barrett
Interviewed Guest:
Hilde de Weerdt
Producer:
Thomas Morris

Dad's Army

Series 3

Episode 4: The Bullet Is Not for Firing

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Captain Mainwaring calls a court of inquiry when the platoon's ammunition is used up on a passing aircraft. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Leading Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
The Vicar:
Frank Williams
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
The Verger:
Edward Sinclair
Captain Cutts:
Michael Knowles
Captain Pringle:
Tim Barrett
Mrs Dowding:
May Warden
Producer:
David Croft
Director:
David Croft

To the Manor Born

Series 3

Episode 7: Back to the Manor

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Stately sitcom. Audrey's hopes of regaining her position as lady of the manor look like being dashed when Richard's business crisis forces him to sell up.

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
Marjory Frobisher:
Angela Thorne
JJ Anderson:
Jonathan Elsom
Brabinger:
John Rudling
Captain Newman:
Tim Barrett
Mrs Beacham:
Betty Tucker
Lumsden:
John Barron
Arnold Plunkett:
Dennis Ramsden
The Rector:
Gerald Sim
Brigadier Lemington:
Anthony Sharp
Mrs Patterson:
Daphne Oxenford