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If the Cap Fits

Dad's Army Series 2
Episode 2 of 20

Captain Mainwaring promotes fractious Frazer with unexpected results. Adapted from BBC TV with John Laurie. From 1975.

When Captain Mainwaring decides to promote fractious Private Frazer, there are some unexpected results...

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 TV scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sgt Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Cpl Jones …. Clive Dunn
Pt Pike …. Ian Lavender
Pt Frazer …. John Laurie
Pt Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee
Col Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden
The Verger …. Edward Sinclair
Gen Menzies/Sgt McKenzie …. Fraser Kerr
Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975.

30 minutes

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Next Monday 07:30
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