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 4 repeated Thursday at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra
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Series 3, Episode 26 - Ten Seconds From Now
The Walmington-on-Sea platoon look set to become famous when they all set to record a radio programme just before the King makes a speech. Will everything go according to plan?
Notes
This is based on the short Christmas TV special Broadcast To The Empire.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 7th September 1976
- Time
- 12:27pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Monday 25th October 2010 | 7:00pm | Radio 7 |
Thursday 18th October 2012 | 8:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 18th October 2012 | 12:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 18th October 2012 | 7:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 31st July 2014 | 8:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 31st July 2014 | 12:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Thursday 31st July 2014 | 7:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Saturday 2nd August 2014 | 2:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 18th April 2016 | 8:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 18th April 2016 | 12:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 18th April 2016 | 7:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Saturday 23rd April 2016 | 12:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 26th February 2018 | 8:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 26th February 2018 | 12:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 26th February 2018 | 7:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 1st June 2020 | 8:30am | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 1st June 2020 | 12:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 1st June 2020 | 7:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 17th June 2022 | 8:00am | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 17th June 2022 | 12:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Friday 17th June 2022 | 7:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
Arthur Lowe | Captain Mainwaring |
John Le Mesurier | Sergeant Wilson |
Clive Dunn | Lance Corporal Jones |
John Laurie | Private Frazer |
Arnold Ridley | Private Godfrey |
Ian Lavender | Private Pike |
Larry Martyn | Private Walker |
John Snagge | Announcer |
Frank Thornton | The BBC Producer |
Roger Gartland | Bert, the BBC Engineer |
Jimmy Perry | Writer |
David Croft | Writer |
Michael Knowles | Writer (Adapted By) |
Harold Snoad | Writer (Adapted By) |
John Dyas | Producer |