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Sons of the Sea

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Episode 13 of 20

On river patrol, Mainwaring's platoon get lost in fog in the English Channel. Adapted from BBC TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1974.

Out on river patrol, Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon gets lost in fog in the English Channel...

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 Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad.

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
Various …. Timothy Bateson
Announcer …. John Snagge

Producer: John Dyas

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in June 1974.

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