Series Nine

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 75: Wake-Up Walmington     BBCDVD1602
Recorded: Friday 8/06/77
First broadcast Sunday 2/10/77, 8.10-8.40pm
Mainwaring believes that the people of Walmington have become apathetic to the threat of invasion, so he arranges for the platoon to masquerade as Fifth Columnists to test the town's reaction.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Geoffrey Lumsden (Captain Square), Sam Kydd (the Yokel), Harold Bennett (Mr Bluett), Robert Raglan (the Colonel), Charles Hill (the Butler), Jeffrey Holland (the Soldier), Barry Linehan (the Van Driver), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Alister Williamson (Bert), Michael Stainton (Frenchy). William Sully (Fat Man), Percy Hay-Green (2nd Yokel)

Episode 76: The Making of Private Pike     BBCDVD1602
Recorded: Friday 1/07/77
First broadcast Sunday 9/10/77, 8.10-8.40pm
Captain Mainwaring is given a staff car. It breaks down when Private Pike and a girlfriend borrow it to go to the pictures.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Jean Gilpin (Sylvia), Anthony Sharp (the Colonel), Jeffrey Segal (the Brigadier), Pamela Cundell (Mrs Fox), Janet Davies (Mrs Pike), Melita Manger (Nora).

Episode 77: Knights of Madness     BBCDVD1602
Recorded: Friday 22/07/77
First broadcast Sunday 16/10/77, 8.10-8.40pm
To help Wings for Victory Week, Mainwaring and the Platoon stage the Battle of St. George versus the Dragon.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Janet Davies (Mrs Pike), Olive Mercer (Mrs Yeatman), Eric Longworth (the Town Clerk), Fred McNaughton (the Mayor).
The Thetford ATC 1109 Squadron (Sea Scout Band)
Derek Ware, William Sully, Jimmy Lodge (Stuntmen)

Episode 78: The Miser's Hoard     BBCDVD1602
Recorded: Friday 24/06/77
First broadcast Sunday 23/10/77, 8.10-8.40pm
Frazer keeps his savings of gold sovereigns in a tin. Mainwaring thinks the money should be in a safe place - such as a bank - his bank!
With: Special Guest Appearance: Fulton Mackay (Dr. McCeavedy), Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Colin Bean (Private Sponge).

Episode 79: Number Engaged     BBCDVD1602
Recorded: Friday 15/07/77
First broadcast Sunday 6/11/77, 8.10-8.40pm
The Platoon are guarding a vital telephone line. They awake to find a bomb enmeshed in the wires.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Ronnie Brody (the G.P.O. Man), Robert Mill (the Army Captain), Kenneth MacDonald (the Army Sergeant), Felix Bowness (the Van Driver), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Stuart McGugan (the Scottish Sergeant), Bernice Adams (the A.T.S. Girl), Mike Harrington-Spier, Lyndon Redpath (Army Soldiers)
Jim Dowdall, Derek Ware (Stuntmen)

Episode 80: Never Too Old     BBCDVD1602
Recorded: Friday 29/07/77
First broadcast Sunday 13/11/77, 8.10-8.45pm
Love comes to Corporal Jones in this, the final episode of 'Dad's Army'.
With: Bill Pertwee (Chief Warden Hodges), Frank Williams (the Vicar), Edward Sinclair (the Verger), Pamela Cundell (Mrs Fox), Janet Davies (Mrs Pike), Colin Bean (Private Sponge), Joan Cooper (Dolly), Robert Raglan (the Colonel).
Wedding guests were played by husbands and wives of the cast and crew. Their names are sadly not listed in the BBC archives.

Series 9 Production Team

Producer : David Croft
Director : David Croft (e77 & 80), Bob Spiers (e75,76,78,79)
Production Assistant : Gordon Elsbury
Producer’s Assistant : Hilary West
Assistant Floor Manager : Susie Belbin
Floor Assistant : Judy Littler
Technical Manager 1 : Howard King
Technical Manager 2 : John Barnacle (e75), Brendon Carr (e76-80)
Sound Supervisor : Laurie Taylor
Tape/Gram Operator : Keith Bowden (e75,76,78,79), Mike Roberts (e77 & 80)
Costume Supervisor : Mary Husband
Make-Up Supervisor : Sylvia ThorntonDesigner : Tim Gleeson (e75,77 & 78), Geoff Powell (e76, 79 & 80)
Vision Mixer : Angela Beverage
Visual Effects : Martin Gutteridge (e75-77)
Film Cameraman : Peter Chapman (e75-77,79)
Film Sound : Graham Bedwell (e75-77,79)
Film Editor : John Dunstan (e75-77,79)