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Something Nasty in the Vault

Episode 12 of 20

An unexploded bomb lands Mainwaring and Wilson in a jam. Adapted from BBC TV with Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier. From 1974.

An unexploded bomb lands Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson in a jam.

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 Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley
Private Frazer …. John Laurie
Private Pike …. Ian Lavender
Major Smith …. Jack Watson
Captain Rodrigues …. Alan Tilvern
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in April 1974.

30 minutes

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