Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC
Dad's Army
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 1974 - 1976
- 67 episodes (3 series)
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. Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and more.
- Series 3, Episode 7 repeated Thursday at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra
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Series 1, Episode 8 - A Stripe For Frazer
Mainwaring is told that he can have a corporal and a lance corporal in the platoon. This results in Frazer being promoted to lance corporal, with he and Jones fighting it out to see who will get their second stripe.
Notes
The TV version of this episode is currently missing.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 18th March 1974
- Time
- 6:15pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Friday 13th July 1973 at Playhouse Theatre (This was the last recording session featuring [p]James Beck[/p], and the last time his co-stars saw him.)
Repeats
Show past repeats
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 7th September 2009 | 7:00pm | Radio 7 |
| Saturday 21st May 2011 | 2:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Sunday 22nd May 2011 | 8:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 20th June 2013 | 8:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 20th June 2013 | 12:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 20th June 2013 | 7:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 9th March 2015 | 8:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 9th March 2015 | 12:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 9th March 2015 | 7:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 20th March 2017 | 8:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 20th March 2017 | 12:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 20th March 2017 | 7:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 22nd April 2019 | 8:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 22nd April 2019 | 12:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Monday 22nd April 2019 | 7:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Friday 30th April 2021 | 8:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Friday 30th April 2021 | 12:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Friday 30th April 2021 | 7:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 27th July 2023 | 8:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 27th July 2023 | 1:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Thursday 27th July 2023 | 6:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
| Friday 28th July 2023 | 3:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
| Arthur Lowe | Captain Mainwaring |
| John Le Mesurier | Sergeant Wilson |
| Clive Dunn | Lance Corporal Jones |
| John Laurie | Private Frazer |
| Ian Lavender | Private Pike |
| James Beck | Private Walker |
| John Snagge | Announcer |
| Geoffrey Lumsden | Captain / Colonel Square |
| Michael Knowles | Captain Bailey |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Michael Knowles | Writer (Adapted By) |
| Harold Snoad | Writer (Adapted By) |
| John Dyas | Producer |