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Radio Episode 6: The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones

Based on the TV Episode The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones (1969)
Studio Recording: Friday 6th July 1973
Original Broadcast: Monday 4th March 1974, BBC Radio 4, 6.15pm
Adapted for Radio by Michael Knowles & Harold Snoad
Based on the Television Scripts by Jimmy Perry & David Croft.
Produced By John Dyas.

In an effort to acquire extra petrol coupons, Private Walker suggests to Lance Corporal Jones that he should loan his van to the platoon as transport.

Deciding this is a good idea, Jones agrees and the pair convert the van into armoured transport. Captain Mainwaring is delighted with this and agrees with the ARP Warden Hodges to use the van in a training exercise the following Saturday, he then tells Jones he has having the van converted to gas to save petrol.

On return from the gas depot problems begin when Jones accidentally prods the gas pipe with his trusty bayonet.

Cast:
Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring) , John Le Mesurier (Sergeant Wilson), Clive Dunn (Lance Corporal Jones), John Laurie (Private Frazer), James Beck (Private Walker), Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey), Ian Lavender (Private Pike), Bill Pertwee (The ARP Warden), Pearl Hackney (Mrs.Pike), Richard Davies (Volunteer), Elizabeth Morgan (Mrs Leonard), Diana Bishop (Miss Meadows), John Snagge (BBC Announcer)

Available on BBC Radio Collection Cassette: Dad's Army 4 - Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret

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