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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 91福利社 TV with Clive Dunn. From 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 91福利社 Guard platoon.

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 Godfrey 鈥�. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike 鈥�. Ian Lavender
Warden Hodges 鈥�. Bill Pertwee
Private Walker 鈥�. Larry Martyn
Vicar 鈥�. Frank Williams
Mrs Pike ...... Pearl Hackney
Mr Blewitt ...... Harold Bennett.
Announcer/Newsreader 鈥�. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in August 1976.

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