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Dad's Army

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.

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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

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Date Time Channel
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

Cast
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
Guest cast
Frank Thornton The BBC Producer
Roger Gartland Bert, the BBC Engineer
Writing team
Jimmy Perry Writer
David Croft Writer
Michael Knowles Writer (Adapted By)
Harold Snoad Writer (Adapted By)
Production team
John Dyas Producer

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