Series Eight

Main Cast
Arthur Lowe - Captain George Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier - Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Clive Dunn - Lance Corporal Jack Jones
John Laurie - Private James Frazer
Arnold Ridley - Private Charles Godfrey
Ian Lavender - Private Frank Pike


Episode 67: Ring Dem Bells     BBCDVD1601
Recorded: Thursday 3/07/75
First broadcast Friday 5/09/75, 8.00-8.30pm
Captain Mainwaring and the Platoon play the part of Nazi soldiers in a training film
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Jack Haig (the Landlord), Robert Raglan (the Colonel), Felix Bowness (the Special Constable), John Bardon (Harold Forster), Hilda Fenemore (Queenie Beal), Janet Mahoney (the Barmaid), Adele Strong (the Lady with Umbrella).

Episode 68: When You've Got to Go     BBCDVD1601
Recorded: Friday 6/06/75
First broadcast Friday 12/09/75, 8.00-8.30pm
Private Pike receives his call-up papers and, to the great alarm of his mother, he is passed A1.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Janet Davies (Mrs Pike), Eric Longworth (the Town Clerk), Freddie Earlle (the Italian Sergeant), Tim Barrett (the Doctor), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Frankie Holmes (the Fishfryer).

Episode 69: Is There Honey Still for Tea?     BBCDVD1601
Recorded: Thursday 26/06/75
First broadcast Friday 19/09/75, 8.00-8.30pm
Private Godfrey's cottage is condemned to be bulldozed because a new airstrip is to be built.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Gordon Peters (the Man with the Door), Robert Raglan (the Colonel), Campbell Singer (Sir Charles McAllister), Joan Cooper (Dolly) and Kathleen Saintsbury (Cissy), Jimmy Mac (Workman).

Episode 70: Come In, Your Time is Up     BBCDVD1601
Recorded: Thursday 10/07/75
First broadcast Friday 26/09/75, 8.00-8.30pm
While camping they discover a German air crew, in a dinghy on a lake and endeavour to bring it ashore.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Harold Bennett (Mr Bluett), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Tim Ball, Spencer Bradley, Allan Brennan, Anthony Brown, Andrew Bysouth, John Clark, John Daniels, Terry Kelly, Rae Parish, Paul Preston, Brian Smith, Paul Walker. (Sea Scouts & German Airman)

Episode 71: High Finance     BBCDVD1601
Recorded: Friday 30/05/75
First broadcast Friday 3/10/75, 8.00-8.30pm
Mainwaring decides that Jones must do something about the precarious state of his bank account.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Janet Davies (Mrs Pike), Ronnie Brody (Mr Swann), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Natalie Kent (Miss Twelvetrees).

Episode 72: The Face on the Poster     BBCDVD1601
Recorded: Thursday 17/07/75
First broadcast Friday 10/10/75, 8.00-8.30pm
Mainwaring's plans for a recruitment campaign suffer a set back when the photographs on the poster are mixed up and Jones is mistaken as an escaped prisoner of war
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Peter Butterworth (as Mr Bugden), Harold Bennett (Mr Bluett) (sic), Gabor Vernon (the Polish Officer), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Bill Tasker (Fred), Michael Bevis (the Police Sergeant).

Christmas Episode 73: My Brother and I     BBCDVD1603
Recorded: Friday 23/05/75
First broadcast Friday 26/12/75, 6.05-6.45pm
Captain Mainwaring gives a sherry party for local dignitaries. Unfortunately, an unwelcome guest arrives in the shape of Mainwaring's brother Barry.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Arnold Diamond (the Major-General), Penny Irving (the Chambermaid), Colin Bean (Private Sponge).

Christmas Episode 74: The Love of Three Oranges     BBCDVD1603
Recorded: Friday 10/12/76
First broadcast Sunday 26/12/76, 7.25-7.55pm
Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Platoon decide to help the Vicar with his Bazaar to raise money for comforts for the troops.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Pamela Cundell (Mrs Fox), Janet Davies (Mrs Pike), Joan Cooper (Dolly), Eric Longworth (the Town Clerk), Olive Mercer (Mrs Yeatman), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Jayne Tottman (Little Girl).

Series 8  & Christmas Specials Production Team

Producer : David Croft
Director : David Croft
Production Assistant : Jo Austin
Producer’s Assistant : Hilary West
Assistant Floor Manager : Anne Ogden
Floor Assistant : Richard Boden (e67-73), Judy Little (e74)
Technical Manager 1 : Howard King
Technical Manager 2 : Ron Bristow (e67), Arthur Relph (e68), Colin Widgery (e69,70 & 72), John Carter (e71 & 73),    Brendan Can (e74)
Sound Supervisor : Alan Machin (e67,68,70,72,73), Mike McCarthy (e69 & 74)
Tape/Gram Operator : Ian Tomlin (e68 & 71), Dave Thompson (e67,69,72 & 74)    Richard Davis (e70)
Costume Supervisor : Mary Husband
Make-Up Supervisor : Sylvia Thornton
Designer : Robert Berk, Barry Newberry (e74)
Vision Mixer : David Hanks (e67,69,70,72), Angela Beverage (e68,71, 73 & 74)
Visual  Effects : Peter Pegrum (e74)
Film Cameraman : Peter Chapman
Film Sound : Bill Chesneau
Film Editor : John Stothart