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Something Nasty in the Vault

Dad's Army Series 1
Episode 12 of 20

An unexploded bomb lands Mainwaring and Wilson in a jam. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier. From 1974.

An unexploded bomb lands Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson in a jam.

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 Godfrey 鈥�. Arnold Ridley
Private Frazer 鈥�. John Laurie
Private Pike 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Major Smith 鈥�. Jack Watson
Captain Rodrigues 鈥�. Alan Tilvern
Announcer 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 1974.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 28 Oct 2025 02:30
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