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Captain Mainwaring is horrified when some prisoners of war escape from a camp. The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's BBC 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 Private Walker …. Larry Martyn General Monteverdi …. Cyril Shaps Captain Turner …. John Ringham Prisoner of War …. Sion Probert Announcer …. John Snagge Producer: John Dyas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.
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