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Round and Round Went the Big Wheel

Episode 6 of 26

The platoon takes action when a High Explosive Attack Device goes haywire. Adapted from TV. With Arthur Lowe. From April 1976.

Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon take action when a new High Explosive Attack Device goes haywire.

The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea.

Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
Colonel Pearce …. John Barron
Captain Stewart …. Michael Knowles

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in April 1976.

30 minutes

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