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The Man and the Hour

Dad's Army Series 1
Episode 1 of 20

Bank manager George Mainwaring sets up Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1974.

14th May 1940: George Mainwaring, manager of Swallow's Bank in Walmington-on-Sea, answers his country's wartime call.

He decides to form a platoon of Local Defence Volunteers - with the help of a misfit bunch of tradesmen and bankers.

Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on 麻豆社 TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with the original cast.

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

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 Walker 鈥�. James Beck
Private Pike 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Announcer 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 1974.

30 minutes

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