The Big Parade

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Captain Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides his Home Guard platoon must attempt to catch one! The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Private Frazer …. John Laurie Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee The Verger …. Edward Sinclair Private Walker …. Larry Martyn Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge Producer: John Dyas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.