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A Jumbo Sized Problem

Dad's Army Series 3
Episode 19 of 26

The platoon must pave the way for a convoy, but then the circus turns up. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From July 1976.

Captain Mainwaring's platoon must pave the way for a convoy, but then the circus turns up.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in July 1976.

30 minutes

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