The following is a list of episodes for the
radio series of the British television
sitcom
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Dad's Army
''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Crof ...
''. The radio series, which was broadcast on
BBC Radio 4
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from 1974 to 1976, was written by
Harold Snoad and
Michael Knowles, based on the scripts of the television episodes written by
Jimmy Perry and
David Croft, and was produced by John Dyas.
The first series consisted of twenty-one episodes, including a
Christmas special
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, which aired in 1974. The second series aired in 1975 and ran for 20 episodes. The third and final series, consisting of twenty-six episodes, was broadcast in 1976. A total of 67 radio episodes of ''Dad's Army'' across three series were broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 28 January 1974 to 7 July 1976.
Although most of the television episodes were adapted to radio, the following were not: "
Gorilla Warfare", "
Ring Dem Bells", "
When You've Got to Go", "
Come in, Your Time is Up", "
The Face on the Poster", "
My Brother and I", "
The Love of Three Oranges", "
Wake Up Walmington", "
The Making of Private Pike", "
Knights of Madness", "
The Miser's Hoard", "
Number Engaged" and "
Never Too Old". Only one ''
Christmas Night with the Stars'' sketch, "
Broadcast to the Empire", was adapted for radio. The remaining three, "
Santa on Patrol", "
Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages" and "
Cornish Floral Dance", were not adapted for radio, although the Cornish Floral Dance's
titular dance replaced the
Morris dancing sequence in the radio adaptation of "
The Godiva Affair".
All episodes were recorded in
mono at the
Playhouse Theatre
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and the
Paris Studios in London.
John Snagge was the announcer for each episode.
The series was produced by John Dyas;
a technical team composed of Eric Young, John Whitehall, and Ian Richardson assisted with production.
Series overview
Series 1 (1974)
Series 2 (1975)
Series 3 (1976)
References
Citations
Works cited
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External links
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Episode listingsat
Dad's Army Appreciation Society
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