Radio
Episode 21: Present Arms
One
Hour Christmas Special 1974
Based on the TV Episodes Shooting
Pains (1968) & Battle of the Giants
(1971)
Studio Recording: Thursday
18th July 1974
Original Broadcast: Tuesday
24th December 1974, BBC Radio 4, 1.15pm
Adapted for Radio by Michael Knowles & Harold Snoad,
B ased on the Television Scripts by Jimmy Perry & David
Croft.
Produced By John Dyas.
Captain Mainwaring's
platoon find themselves pitted against Captain Square's Eastgate
platoon when they embark on a quest to guard a VIP visitor. A
lot of intense training is required and from time to time a battle
of wits...
Cast:
Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring) , John
Le Mesurier (Sergeant Wilson), Clive Dunn (Lance Corporal
Jones), John Laurie (Private Frazer), Arnold Ridley
(Private Godfrey), Ian Lavender (Private Pike),
Larry Martyn (Private Walker), Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden),
Pearl Hackney (Mrs Pike), Geoffrey Lumsden (Captain
Square), Jack Watson (The Brigadier/ Cheerful Charlie Cheeseman),
Norman Bird (Bert Postlethwaite), John Snagge (BBC Announcer)
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