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Getting the Bird

Dad's Army Series 2
Episode 13 of 20

Butcher Jones is short of meat, so Walker arranges a special off-ration supply. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Clive Dunn. From 1975.

Lance Corporal Jones is short of meat at his butcher's shop, so Private Walker arranges a special off-ration supply.

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 Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring 鈥�. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson 鈥�. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones 鈥�. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer 鈥�. John Laurie
Private Pike 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey 鈥�. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker 鈥�. Larry Martyn
The Vicar ...... Frank Williams
Sergeant Wilson鈥檚 Daughter ...... Diana Bishop
Announcer 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in May 1975.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 Mar 2026 02:30
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