Dad's Army
Whilst the Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard are most famous for their exploits on television, they did also carry out their duty on the wireless
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- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1974 - 1976
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 66 (3 series), plus 1 other episode
- Starring
- Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender, James Beck, Graham Stark and others
- Writers
- Jimmy Perry, David Croft, Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad
- Producer
- John Dyas
Adapted from the highly sccessful television series, the radio version of Dad's Army also looked in on the activities of the Walmington-On-Sea Home Guard. The troops are lead by the pompous Captain Mainwaring, with help from this upper-class subordinate Sergeant Wilson and old war-horse Lance Corporal Jones.
There was also the usual members of the platoon: mummy's boy Private Pike; pessimistic and miserly Scotsman Private Frazer; old and frail Private Godfrey; and black market 'spiv' Private Walker.
- Part of
- Production company
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 28th January 1974 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:15pm
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 7th September 1976 on BBC Radio 4 at 12:27pm
- Upcoming repeats
- Series 1 Episode 7: Friday at 8am on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 1 Episode 7: Friday at 12pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Series 1 Episode 7: Friday at 7pm on Radio 4 Extra
Website links
- Dadsarmy.tv
An online guide to the entire radio series. - The Dad's Army Appreciation Society
A further online guide to the series. - Wikipedia
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