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The Big Parade

Dad's Army Series 3
Episode 12 of 26

Captain Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so decides the platoon must catch one. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1976.

Captain Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides his Home Guard platoon must attempt to catch one!

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 Godfrey 鈥�. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges 鈥�. Bill Pertwee
The Verger 鈥�. Edward Sinclair
Private Walker 鈥�. Larry Martyn
Mrs Pike 鈥�. Pearl Hackney
Announcer/Newsreader 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 1976.

30 minutes

Last on

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