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Dad's Army Series 9
Episode 5 of 6

Classic wartime sitcom. Mainwaring's motley crew is put in charge of a vital telephone line. They awake to find a bomb enmeshed in the wires.

31 minutes

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Sat 5 Aug 2023 19:45
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards

    Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?

Credits

Capt Mainwaring Arthur Lowe
Sgt Wilson John Le Mesurier
Cpl Jones Clive Dunn
Private Frazer John Laurie
Private Godfrey Arnold Ridley
Private Pike Ian Lavender
Chief Warden Hodges Bill Pertwee
Producer David Croft
Director Bob Spiers
Writer Jimmy Perry
Writer David Croft

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Nov 1977 20:10
    ±«Óãtv One London
  • Sat 13 Sep 2008 19:00
    ±«Óãtv Two England, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Northern Ireland & Scotland only
  • Thu 18 Sep 2008 19:00
    ±«Óãtv Two Wales (Analogue) & Wales only
  • Sat 4 Jul 2009 21:00
    ±«Óãtv Two England, Scotland & Northern Ireland only
  • Sat 4 Jul 2009 22:00
    ±«Óãtv Two Wales
  • Sat 10 Apr 2010 20:00
    ±«Óãtv Two England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales only
  • Sat 26 Nov 2011 19:45
    ±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
  • Fri 2 Dec 2011 19:30
    ±«Óãtv Two Scotland
  • Sat 20 Jul 2013 19:40
    ±«Óãtv Two Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, HD & Wales only
  • Sat 25 Apr 2015 20:00
    ±«Óãtv Two England, Northern Ireland & HD only
  • Fri 1 May 2015 21:30
    ±«Óãtv Two Wales
  • Sat 19 Nov 2016 20:40
    ±«Óãtv Two HD, Wales, Scotland & England only
  • Sat 15 Sep 2018 18:30
    ±«Óãtv Two Wales, England & HD only
  • Sat 14 Nov 2020 18:30
    ±«Óãtv Two HD, England, Wales & Wales HD only
  • Fri 11 Dec 2020 19:00
    ±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Sat 5 Aug 2023 19:45
    ±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, England, Wales, Wales HD & 1 more only

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Letters from the actors, internal ±«Óãtv memos and photos from the first episode to the last.

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