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The Bullet Is Not for Firing

Dad's Army Series 1
Episode 16 of 20

The platoon faces an inquiry after firing at a German plane. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV. With Arthur Lowe and Clive Dunn. From 1974.

The Home Guard platoon faces an inquiry after shots are fired at a low-flying German aeroplane.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

Captain Mainwaring 鈥�. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson 鈥�. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones 鈥�. Clive Dunn
Private Godfrey 鈥�. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker 鈥�. Graham Stark
Vicar 鈥�. Frank Williams
Captain Pringle 鈥�. Michael Knowles
Captain Marsh 鈥�. Timothy Bateson
Choir Members 鈥�. John Whitehall
Announcer 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the 麻豆社 Radio 4 in May 1974.

30 minutes

Last on

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