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The Showing Up of Corporal Jones
Episode 5 of 6
Classic wartime sitcom. Corporal Jones is put to the test and the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard ensure that he is not found wanting.
Last on
Sat 3 Jun 202320:40
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Music Played
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Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?
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Celebrity Orchestra
Three Cheers
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Geraldo and His Orchestra & Al Bowlly
If Ever a Heart Was in the Right Place
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Jack Payne & his band
There'll Always Be an England
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Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
I'm Singing a Song For the Old Folks
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Vera Lynn & Fela Sowande
Wishing
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Arthur Askey
Good Morning
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Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?
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Vera Lynn
Wishing (feat. Fela Sowande)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Captain George Mainwaring | Arthur Lowe |
| Sergeant Arthur Wilson | John Le Mesurier |
| Lance Corporal Jack Jones | Clive Dunn |
| Private James Frazer | John Laurie |
| Private Joe Walker | James Beck |
| Private Charles Godfrey | Arnold Ridley |
| Private Frank Pike | Ian Lavender |
| Mrs Pike | Janet Davies |
| The Brigadier | Patrick Weddington |
| Major Regan | Martin Wyldeck |
| Verger | Edward Sinclair |
| Producer | David Croft |
| Writer | James Perry |
| Writer | David Croft |
Broadcasts
Wed 4 Sep 196820:20- Sat 29 May 201016:30BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 29 May 201018:30BBC Two England, Wales & Northern Ireland only
- Sat 21 Jan 201219:30BBC Two England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Wales only
- Sat 17 Aug 201319:40BBC Two England, HD, Scotland & Wales only
- Sat 6 Jun 201520:30BBC Two Wales, Scotland, England & HD only
- Sun 14 Jun 201517:45BBC Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 4 Feb 201721:30BBC Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
- Sat 3 Nov 201820:30BBC Two Wales, England, HD & Wales HD only
- Thu 8 Nov 201819:00BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 20 Feb 202118:30BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sat 20 Feb 202119:30BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Sat 3 Jun 202320:40BBC Two England, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales, Wales HD & 1 more only
Explore the history of Dad's Army in the BBC Archive
Letters from the actors, internal BBC memos and photos from the first episode to the last.
