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No Spring for Frazer

Dad's Army Series 1
Episode 19 of 20

When Frazer loses a Lewis gun's butterfly spring, he must track down a coffin! Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with John Laurie. From 1974.

When Private Frazer loses a butterfly spring from a Lewis gun, he must track down a coffin!

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 Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

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
ARP Warden Hodges 鈥�. Bill Pertwee
Miss Barker 鈥�. Joan Cooper
Mr Blewitt 鈥�. Timothy Bateson
Announcer 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

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

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 16 Dec 2025 02:30
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  • Mon 23 Nov 2009 08:00
    麻豆社 Radio 7
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    麻豆社 Radio 7
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  • Thu 24 Nov 2011 08:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 24 Nov 2011 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 26 Nov 2011 14:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 5 Sep 2013 08:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 5 Sep 2013 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 5 Sep 2013 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 7 Sep 2013 14:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 25 May 2015 08:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 25 May 2015 12:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 25 May 2015 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 30 May 2015 12:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 8 Jul 2019 08:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 8 Jul 2019 12:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 8 Jul 2019 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 16 Jul 2021 08:00
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  • Fri 13 Oct 2023 03:00
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  • Mon 15 Dec 2025 07:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 15 Dec 2025 12:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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