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The Cricket Match

Dad's Army Series 3
Episode 20 of 26

Mainwaring goes into bat when the platoon are challenged to play the wardens. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From July 1976.

Captain Mainwaring goes into bat when the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard platoon are challenged to play a match against the wardens.

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 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
Vicar …. Frank Williams
Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

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

30 minutes

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