The following is a list of episodes for the radio series of the British sitcom Dad's Army. The radio series, which ran from 1974-76, 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.[1] Dates shown are for the recording session followed by the original transmission on BBC Radio 4. Since 2007, the full run of radio episodes has been regularly repeated on digital archive station BBC Radio 4 Extra[2] along with its radio-only sequel It Sticks Out Half a Mile.[3]
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".[1][4]
Series 1
Christmas Special
Series 2
Series 3
No | Title | Recorded | First broadcast | Overview |
042 | A Man of Action | 28 April 1975 | 16 March 1976 | |
043 | The Honourable Man | 28 April 1975 | 23 March 1976 | |
044 | The Godiva Affair | 5 May 1975 | 30 March 1976 | |
045 | Keep Young and Beautiful | 12 May 1975 | 6 April 1976 | Repeats on BBC radio now edit Pike's use of the N' Word |
046 | Absent Friends | 6 May 1975 | 13 April 1976 | |
047 | Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel | 7 May 1975 | 20 April 1976 | |
048 | The Great White Hunter | 30 May 1975 | 27 April 1976 | The TV equivalent is Man Hunt |
049 | The Deadly Attachment | 30 April 1975 | 4 May 1976 | |
050 | Things That Go Bump in the Night | 7 May 1975 | 11 May 1976 | |
051 | My British Buddy | 6 May 1975 | 18 May 1976 | |
052 | Big Guns | 5 May 1975 | 25 May 1976 | |
053 | The Big Parade | 2 May 1975 | 1 June 1976 | |
054 | Asleep in the Deep | 9 May 1975 | 8 June 1976 | |
055 | We Know Our Onions | 8 May 1975 | 15 June 1976 | |
056 | The Royal Train | 29 April 1975 | 22 June 1976 | |
057 | A Question of Reference | 12 May 1975 | 29 June 1976 | The TV equivalent is The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones |
058 | High Finance | 27 June 1975 | 6 July 1976 | |
059 | The Recruit | 1 May 1975 | 13 July 1976 | |
060 | A Jumbo-Sized Problem | 18 June 1975 | 20 July 1976 | The TV equivalent is Everybody's Trucking |
061 | The Cricket Match | 1 May 1975 | 27 July 1976 | The TV equivalent is The Test |
062 | Time on My Hands | 29 April 1975 | 3 August 1976 | |
063 | Turkey Dinner | 2 May 1975 | 10 August 1976 | |
064 | The Captain's Car | 9 May 1975 | 17 August 1976 | |
065 | The Two and a Half Feathers | 8 May 1975 | 24 August 1976 | |
066 | Is There Honey Still for Tea? | 11 July 1975 | 31 August 1976 | |
067 | Ten Seconds From Now | 18 June 1975 | 7 September 1976 | The TV equivalent is Broadcast to the Empire |
References
- ^ a b Pertwee, Bill (2009). Dad's Army: The Making of a Television Legend. London: Conway Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 9781844861057.
- ^ Dad's Army on BBC Radio 4 extra – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009v6h3/episodes/2010
- ^ It Sticks Out Half a Mile on BBC Radio 7 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072tn6
- ^ Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dads Army. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-1838-4
External links
- "The Dad's Army Appreciation Society – The Radio Episodes". Retrieved 12 September 2010.
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