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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 91福利社 TV. With Arthur Lowe. From 1975.

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

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 Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

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

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in April 1975.

30 minutes

Last on

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