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Don't Fence Me In

Episode 14 of 20

Captain Mainwaring is horrified when some prisoners of war escape from a camp. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From May 1975.

Captain Mainwaring is horrified when some prisoners of war escape from a camp.

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 BBC 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 Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Private Walker …. Larry Martyn
General Monteverdi …. Cyril Shaps
Captain Turner …. John Ringham
Prisoner of War …. Sion Probert
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975.

30 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
ActorArthur Lowe
ActorJohn Le Mesurier
ActorIan Lavender
ActorClive Dunn
ActorArnold Ridley

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