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Dad's Army Series 2
Episode 17 of 20

During platoon training, fellow officers lead Captain Mainwaring astray. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1975.

During platoon training, fellow officers lead Captain Mainwaring astray.

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
Captain Reed 鈥�. Jack Watson
Captain Square 鈥�. Geoffrey Lumsden
Sergeant Major 鈥�. Michael Brennan
Pritchard 鈥�. Norman Ettlinger
Announcer鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 1975.

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