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Things That Go Bump in the Night

Episode 9 of 26

Jones's van runs out of petrol, so the platoon must shelter in a spooky house. Adapted from TV with Clive Dunn. From May 1976.

Corporal Jones's van runs out of petrol, so the Home Guard platoon must take shelter in a spooky house.

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

Producer: John Dyas

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

30 minutes

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Fri 10 May 2024 02:30

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