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Turkey Dinner

Episode 22 of 26

Jones mistakenly shoots a bird, which ends up in the oven for local old folk. Adapted from TV with Clive Dunn. From August 1976.

Corporal Jones mistakenly shoots a bird, so the platoon hatch a plan to cook it for the old folk of Walmington-on-Sea.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard platoon.

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
Mrs Pike ...... Pearl Hackney
Mr Blewitt ...... Harold Bennett.
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

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

30 minutes

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Fri 20 May 2022 19:00

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