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The Recruit

Based on the TV Episode "The Recruit"
Studio Recording:
Thursday 1st May 1975
Original Broadcast:
Tuesday 13th July 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.

With Captain Mainwaring in hospital, Sergeant Wilson enrole's two new members to the Home Guard, the rest of the platoon are not happy with the decision...

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), Frank Williams (The Vicar), Edward Sinclair (The Verger), Elizabeth Morgan (The Nurse and The Small Boy) and John Snagge (BBC Announcer)


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