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Big Guns

Dad's Army Series 3
Episode 11 of 26

Mainwaring's men spark Walmington havoc as they try to fire a large naval gun. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1976.

Captain Mainwaring's platoon sparks havoc in Walmington-on-Sea when they try to fire a large naval gun.

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 Walker 鈥�. Larry Martyn
Private Pike 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Private Frazer 鈥�. John Laurie
Private Godfrey 鈥�. Arnold Ridley
Town Councillor/Mr. Upton 鈥�. Julian Orchard
The Pickford's Man 鈥�. Michael Middleton
Announcer/Newsreader 鈥� John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in May 1976.

30 minutes

Last on

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