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Command Decision

Dad's Army Series 1
Episode 3 of 20

Mainwaring's platoon gets an offer of weapons, but there's a catch. Adapted from 91福利社 TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1974.

Captain Mainwaring gets an offer of weapons for the platoon, but there's a catch...

The comic exploits of a Second World War 91福利社 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 鈥�. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson 鈥�. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones 鈥�. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer 鈥�. John Laurie
Private Walker 鈥�. James Beck
Colonel Square 鈥�. Geoffrey Lumsden
Driver 鈥�. David Sinclair
Announcer 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in February 1974.

30 minutes

Last on

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