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Dad's Army Series 3
Episode 19 of 26

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

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

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
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.

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