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Come In, Your Time Is Up
Episode 4 of 6
Classic wartime sitcom. Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard attempt to bring ashore a German Luftwaffe aircraft crew who have bailed out into a nearby lake.
Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard attempt to bring ashore a German Luftwaffe aircraft crew who have bailed out into a nearby lake and intend to stay in their dinghy until nightfall. They could shoot and sink the vessel, but Captain Mainwaring is all for fair play - until ARP Warden Hodges gets in on the act.
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Sat 29 Aug 202019:30
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Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
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Billy Cotton & vocal chorus
That Started It
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Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
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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 |
| Mr Bluett | Harold Bennett |
| Private Charles Godfrey | Arnold Ridley |
| Private Frank Pike | Ian Lavender |
| The Reverend Timothy Farthing | Frank Williams |
| Private Sponge | Colin Bean |
| ARP Warden William Hodges | Bill Pertwee |
| Writer | Jimmy Perry |
| Writer | David Croft |
| Producer | David Croft |
Broadcasts
Fri 26 Sep 197520:00BBC One London- Sat 19 Jul 200819:30BBC Two except East, England, South East & Yorkshire
- Sat 19 Jul 200819:40BBC Two England
- Sat 17 Sep 201119:30BBC Two England
- Mon 19 Sep 201119:00BBC Two Scotland
- Tue 27 Sep 201119:00BBC Two Wales
- Sat 15 Sep 201219:35BBC Two England & Wales only
- Thu 20 Sep 201219:00BBC Two Scotland
- Sat 4 May 201318:30BBC Two HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Sat 7 Mar 201520:30BBC Two England & HD only
- Sun 8 Mar 201517:35BBC Two Scotland
- Sun 8 Mar 201518:00BBC Two Northern Ireland
- Sat 17 Sep 201619:30BBC Two Scotland, England & HD only
- Sat 17 Sep 201621:00BBC Two Wales
- Sat 30 Jun 201819:30BBC Two Scotland, Wales, England & HD only
- Sat 29 Aug 202019:30BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland, 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.
