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A Stripe for Frazer

Dad's ArmySeries 1
Episode 8 of 20

Promotion turns dour old Scotsman Private Frazer crazy with power. Adapted from TV, with Arthur Lowe and John Laurie. From March 1974.

When Captain Mainwaring promotes Private Frazer, his new powers go straight to his head...

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
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn
Private Walker …. James Beck
Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Captain Bailey …. Michael Knowles
Colonel Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 30 Sep 202502:30
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