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Time on My Hands
Episode 13 of 13
Wartime sitcom. An enemy pilot bails out and becomes tangled up with the town clock - and so do the members of Mainwaring's platoon when they attempt a rescue.
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Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Captain Mainwaring | Arthur Lowe |
| Sergeant Wilson | John Le Mesurier |
| Lance Corporal Jones | Clive Dunn |
| Private Frazer | John Laurie |
| Private Walker | James Beck |
| Private Godfrey | Arnold Ridley |
| Private Pike | Ian Lavender |
| ARP Warden | Bill Pertwee |
| Vicar | Frank Williams |
| Verger | Edward Sinclair |
| Mr Blewett | Harold Bennett |
| Private Sponge | Colin Bean |
| German Pilot | Christopher Sandford |
| Miss Fortescue | Joan Cooper |
| Mr Gordon | Eric Longworth |
| Producer | David Croft |
| Writer | David Croft |
| Writer | Jimmy Perry |
Broadcasts
Fri 29 Dec 197220:30BBC One London- Sat 18 Apr 200920:05BBC Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Sat 14 May 201117:45BBC Two England, Wales & Northern Ireland (Analogue) only
- Fri 20 May 201119:30BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 8 Dec 201218:30BBC Two England
- Tue 11 Dec 201219:00BBC Two Wales
- Sat 22 Dec 201217:45BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 25 Oct 201420:30BBC Two Wales, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
- Fri 14 Nov 201419:00BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 7 May 201620:30BBC Two Scotland, England, Northern Ireland & HD only
- Fri 25 Nov 201619:00BBC Two Wales
- Sat 17 Feb 201820:45BBC Two HD, Scotland & England only
- Sat 15 Mar 202519:10BBC Two England, HD, Wales HD, Wales, Northern Ireland 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.
