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A Soldier's Farewell

Dad's Army Series 2
Episode 9 of 20

A movie and an illicit cheese supper sparks Mainwaring's own Waterloo. Adapted from TV. With Arthur Lowe. From April 1975.

A cinema trip and some illicit cheese sparks Captain Mainwaring's own Battle of Waterloo.

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 Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

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

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in April 1975.

30 minutes

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