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
Dad's
Army Radio Episode Guide

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