Main Cast
Arthur Lowe - Captain George Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier  - Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Clive Dunn - Lance Corporal Jack Jones
John Laurie (JL) - Private James Frazer
Arnold Ridley (AR) - Private Charles Godfrey
Ian Lavender (IL) - Private Frank Pike
James Beck (JB) - Private Joe Walker
Graham Stark (GS) - Private Joe Walker
Larry Martyn (LM) - Private Joe Walker 

BBC Announcer - John Snagge

Click on the episode title to hear the spoken introduction

Episode 1: The Man and the Hour
Recorded: Sunday 3rd June 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 28th January 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 30th January 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
The Man - Mr Mainwaring. The Hour - 11.30am, 14th May 1940, when the Manager of Swallows Bank, Walmington-on-Sea, answers his country's call and forms a Platoon of Local Defence Volunteers to defend our island home.
With: AR, JB, IL, JL and Timothy Bateson (Elliott / General Wilkinson / G.H.Q. Driver).
TV: The Man and the Hour, Series 1 (1968)

Episode 2 : Museum Piece
Recorded: Thursday 7th June 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 4th February 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 6th February 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
The determination of Captain Mainwaring and his Platoon to fight to the last man in defence of our island shores is marred only by one small detail - a total lack of weapons.
With: JB, JL, IL and Eric Woodburn (George Jones).
TV: Museum Piece, Series 1 (1968)

Episode 3:  Command Decision
Recorded: Thursday 21st June 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 11th February 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 13th February 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Mr Mainwaring, self-appointed Commander of his Platoon of L.D.V., puts the defence of the realm before his own personal pride - and nearly comes a cropper.
With: JL, JB, Geoffrey Lumsden (Colonel Square) and David Sinclair (the G.H.Q. Driver).
TV: Command Decision, Series 1 (1968)

Episode 4:  The Enemy Within the Gates
Recorded: Thursday 21st June 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 18th February 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 20th February 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Captain Mainwaring and his men triumph over the problems of security, Fifth Columnists and German parachutists - and make a profit.
With: JB, AR, IL, Carl Jaffe (Captain Winogrodzki) and David Sinclair (the German Airman).
TV: The Enemy Within the Gates, Series 1 (1968)

Episode 5:  The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage
Recorded: Friday 6th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 25th February 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 27th February 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
When the bells ring out signalling the invasion, Captain Mainwaring calls on his men for their supreme effort - only to find that half of them have gone to the Pictures.
With: JL, AR, IL, Bill Pertwee (the A.R.P. Warden), Nan Braunton (Cissy Godfrey) and Percy Edwards (Percy the Parrot).
TV: The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage, Series 2 (1968)

Episode 6: The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones
Recorded: Friday 6th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 4th March 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 6th March 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard use their initiative and convert Corporal Jones's Butchers van into a machine of war.
With: JL, JB, Bill Pertwee (the A.R.P. Warden), Pearl Hackney (Mrs Pike), Richard Davies (the Volunteer), Elizabeth Morgan (Mrs Lennon) and Diana Bishop (Miss Meadows).
TV: The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 7: Sgt.Wilson's Little Secret
Recorded: Friday 13th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 11th March 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 13th March 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
The freedom of the world pales into insignificance for Sergeant Wilson when his own freedom is threatened.
With: JB, AR, IL, Bill Pertwee (the A.R.P. Warden) and Pearl Hackney (Mrs Pike).
TV: Sgt Wilson's Little Secret, Series 2 (1969)

Episode 8: A Stripe for Frazer
Recorded: Friday 13th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 18th March 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 20th March 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Captain Mainwaring's promotion of Private Frazer also promotes a state of none-too-friendly rivalry with Corporal Jones.
With: JL, JB, IL, Geoffrey Lumsden (Corporal-Colonel Square), Michael Knowles (Captain Bailey)
TV: A Stripe for Frazer, Series 2 (1969)
N.B. This is the last episode that James Beck recorded, and is his last work on Dad's Army. The character of Walker does reappear but not until The Showing Up of Corporal Jones in which the part is taken over by Graham Stark.

Episode 9: Operation Kilt
Recorded: Monday 23rd July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 25th March 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 27th March 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
In their efforts to turn themselves into an efficient fighting force, Mainwaring and his men pit their wits against a detachment of Highland Infantry.
With: JL, IL, AR, Pearl Hackney (Mrs Pike) and Jack Watson (Captain Ogilvy).
TV: Operation Kilt, Series 2 (1969)

Episode 10: Battle School
Recorded: Thursday 28th June 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 1st April 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 3rd April 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Captain Mainwaring and his men undergo training for guerrilla warfare and get their first experience of live ammunition - from the wrong end.
With: JL, AR, IL, Jack Watson (Major Smith) and Alan Tilvern (Captain Rodrigues).
TV: Battle School, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 11: Under Fire
Recorded: Friday 27th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 8th April 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 10th April 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
When German high explosives rain down on Walmington-on-Sea, Captain Mainwaring and his men demonstrate their great resourcefulness and unearth a spy in their midst.
With: JL, AR, Pearl Hackney (Mrs Pike), Geoffrey Lumsden (Corporal-Colonel Square), Avril Angers (Mrs Keane) and David Gooderson (Mr Murphy).
TV: Under Fire, Series 2 (1969)

Episode 12: Something Nasty in the Vault
Recorded: Monday 23rd July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 15th April 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 17th April 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Captain Mainwaring & Sergeant Wilson fall upon an explosive situation when the Bank is broken into.
With: JL, IL, Bill Pertwee (the A.R.P. Warden), John Barron (Mr West), Frank Thornton (Captain Rogers) and Elizabeth Morgan (Janet King).
TV: Something Nasty in the Vault, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 13: The Showing Up of Corporal Jones  
Recorded: Friday 20th July 73
First Broadcast: Monday 22nd April 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 24th April 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Cpl. Jones must prove his fitness for the Home Guard by completing an assault course in 15 minutes.
With: JL, AR, Graham Stark (Private Walker) and Jack Watson (Major Regan)
TV: The Showing Up of Corporal Jones, Series 1 (1968)

Episode 14: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker
Recorded: Friday 20th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 29th April 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 1st May 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
When Private Walkers call up threatens the Platoon's Black Market supplies, Captain Mainwaring and his men scheme to avert this disaster
With: JL, AR, GS, Jack Watson (the Sergeant / the Brigadier), Judith Furze (the Chairwoman) and Michael Knowles (the Captain / Mr Rees)
TV: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker, Series 2 (1969)

Episode 15: Sorry, Wrong Number
Recorded: Friday 27th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 6th May 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 8th May 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Captain Mainwaring attempts to instruct the Platoon in the use of telephone boxes, hoping to improve communication between men on patrol and his H.Q. at the Church Hall. But when a German plane crash lands in the reservoir, Corporal Jones causes nothing but confusion!
With: JL, IL, GS, Bill Pertwee (the A.R.P. Warden), Pearl Hackney (Mrs Pike), Avril Angers (the Telephone Operator) and John Forest (Lieutenant Hope-Bruce)
TV: The Lion Has Phones, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 16: The Bullet is Not for Firing
Recorded: Thursday 26th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 13th May 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 15th May 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
When Corporal Jones and his Platoon waste their meagre ration of five rounds of ammunition per man, Captain Mainwaring takes action - a Court of Inquiry
With: AR, GS, Frank Williams (the Vicar), Michael Knowles (Captain Pringle), Timothy Bateson (Captain Marsh) and John Whitehall (all the Choir)
TV: The Bullet is Not for Firing, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 17: Room at the Bottom
Recorded: Monday 23rd July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 20th May 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 22nd May 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Exactly one year after Captain Mainwaring assumed command of Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard, Brigade Headquarters discover a slight irregularity - he's never had the authority.
With: JL, AR, John Ringham (Captain Turner) and Jack Watson (Sergeant Gregory)
TV: Room at the Bottom, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 18: The Menace from the Deep
Recorded: Tuesday 24th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 27th May 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 29th May 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
Marooned on the end of the pier with no food, no communication and no means of getting back to dry land, Captain Mainwaring and his doughty men face the horrors of the sea.
With: JL, IL, Bill Pertwee (the A.R.P. Warden) and David Sinclair (the 2nd A.R.P. Warden)
TV: Menace from the Deep, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 19: No Spring for Frazer
Recorded: Thursday 26th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 3rd June 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 5th June 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
When Private Frazer loses a vital part, Captain Mainwaring is prepared to waken the dead at this threat to the security of our island fortress
With: JL, AR, Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Joan Cooper (Miss Baker) and Timothy Bateson (Mr Blewitt / Captain Turner).
TV: No Spring for Frazer, Series 3 (1969)

Episode 20: Sons of the Sea
Recorded: Wednesday 25th July 1973
First Broadcast: Monday 10th June 1974, 6.15-6.45pm
& Wednesday 12th June 1974, 12.27-12.57pm
When Captain Mainwaring and his men take to the water, their plans go dangerously adrift.
With: IL, JL, AR and Timothy Bateson (Mr Maxwell and everybody else).
TV: Sons of the Sea, Series 3 (1969)