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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 7 - The Great White Hunter

After the platoon are told to keep an eye open for parachutes, Walker admits that he had discovered one some time ago. Walker has to try and find the remains of the parachute to see if it was British or German, which is not easy considering that he turned it into several pairs of ladies underwear.

Notes

This is based on the TV episode Man Hunt.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 27th April 1976
Time
12:27pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 14th June 2010 7:00pm Radio 7
Thursday 7th June 2012 8:30am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 7th June 2012 12:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 7th June 2012 7:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 9th June 2012 2:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 20th March 2014 8:00am Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 20th March 2014 12:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Thursday 20th March 2014 7:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 7th December 2015 8:00am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 7th December 2015 12:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 7th December 2015 7:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 16th October 2017 8:30am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 16th October 2017 12:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 16th October 2017 7:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 20th January 2020 8:30am Radio 4 Extra
Monday 20th January 2020 12:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Monday 20th January 2020 7:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 4th February 2022 8:00am Radio 4 Extra
Friday 4th February 2022 12:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 4th February 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
Pearl Hackney Mrs Pike
Fraser Kerr The Policeman
Elizabeth Morgan Housewife
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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