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Time On My Hands

Based on the TV Episode "Time On My Hands"
Studio Recording:
Tuesday 29th April 1975
Original Broadcast:
Tuesday 3rd August 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.

A German Pilot's parachute becomes entangled on the Town Hall Clock, as the Platoon move in, they become marooned in the Clock Tower when the scaffolding leading to it collapses... Will they ever free the German Pilot before he falls from the clock...and will the Platoon a way down?

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), Erik Chitty (Mr. Parsons), Fraser Kerr (The German Pilot) and John Snagge (BBC Announcer)

Available on BBC Radio Collection Cassette - Dad's Army Vol 1 - A Jumbo Sized Problem

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