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The Enemy Within the Gates

Episode 4 of 20

Mainwaring's platoon try to capture Germans for a reward. Adapted from BBC TV, with Arthur Lowe and Clive Dunn. From 1974.

As their new uniforms arrive, Captain Mainwaring's platoon try to capture Germans - for a cash reward.

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 Walker …. James Beck
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Captain Winogrodzki …. Carl Jaffe,
Other parts …. David Sinclair
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974.

30 minutes

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