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Absent Friends

Based on the TV Episode "Absent Friends"
Studio Recording:
Tuesday 6th May 1975
Original Broadcast:
Tuesday 13th April 1976, BBC Radio 4, 12.27pm

Adapted for Radio by Michael Knowles & Harold Snoad, based on the Television Scripts by Jimmy Perry & David Croft.
Produced By John Dyas.

Captain Mainwaring faces mutiny within the ranks and finds help from unexpected quarters in the event of a crisis.

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 Hodges), Pearl Hackney (Mrs Pike), Michael Brennan (Tom / George Pearson), Stuart Sherwin (The Policeman) and John Snagge (BBC Announcer)


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