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Dad's Army Series 2
Episode 3 of 20

Mainwaring's platoon causes havoc in Walmington-on-Sea during an air-raid. Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Clive Dunn. From 1975.

Captain Mainwaring's platoon sparks havoc in Walmington-on-Sea during an air-raid.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon.

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 Frazer 鈥�. John Laurie
Private Pike 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey 鈥�. Arnold Ridley
Warden Hodges 鈥�. Bill Pertwee
Telephone Operator鈥�. Avril Angers
Second Warden/Lighthouse Keeper鈥�. Stuart Sherwin
Announcer 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in February 1975.

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