Dad's Army Wiki

As well as a television series spanning eighty episodes, Dad's Army was also a successful radio series; there were 67 radio episodes which were broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Dates shown are the episode's original air-dates. Since 2007, the full run of radio episodes has been regularly repeated on digital archive station BBC Radio 7, along with its radio-only spin-off It Sticks Out Half a Mile.

Although many of the television episodes were adapted to radio, the following were not: Gorilla Warfare, Ring Dem Bells, When You've Got to Go, Come in, Your Time is Up, The Face on the Poster, My Brother and I, The Love of Three Oranges, Wake-Up Walmington, The Making of Private Pike, Knights of Madness, The Miser's Hoard, Number Engaged & Never Too Old.

The last episode of the radio series (Ten Seconds from Now) was based on the 1972 Christmas Night with the Stars insert Broadcast to the Empire. Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn were the only cast members to appear in all 67 episodes of the radio series and despite James Beck still being alive for the recording of the adaptation of Battle School, his last work on the radio series was on the audio episode of A Stripe for Frazer.

Series 1[]

No Title Recorded First broadcast Overview
001 The Man and the Hour 1973-06-03 1974-01-28 The TV (or, in this case, big screen) equivalent of this episode was actually, despite sharing its name with the first television episode, the Dad's Army film
002 Museum Piece 1973-06-07 1974-02-04
003 Command Decision 1973-06-21 1974-02-11 (First appearance of Corporal Colonel/Captain Square, voiced by Geoffery Lumsden)
004 The Enemy Within the Gates 1973-06-21 1974-02-18
005 The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage 1973-07-06 1974-02-25
006 The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones 1973-07-06 1974-03-04
007 Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret 1973-07-13 1974-03-11 (First appearance of Mrs. Pike, voiced by Pearl Hackney)
008 A Stripe for Frazer 1973-07-13 1974-03-18 (James Beck's last radio episode as Private Walker)
009 Operation Kilt 1973-07-23 1974-03-25
010 Battle School 1973-06-28 1974-04-01 (Guest appearance by Alan Tilvern)
011 Under Fire 1973-07-27 1974-04-08
012 Something Nasty in the Vault 1973-07-23 1974-04-15
013 The Showing Up of Corporal Jones 1973-07-20 1974-04-22 (Graham Stark's first transmitted recording as Private Walker)
014 The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker 1973-07-20 1974-04-29
015 Sorry, Wrong Number 1973-07-27 1974-05-06 The TV equivalent is The Lion has 'Phones
016 The Bullet is Not for Firing 1973-07-26 1974-05-13
017 Room at the Bottom 1973-07-23 1974-05-20
018 Menace from the Deep 1973-07-24 1974-05-27
019 No Spring for Frazer 1973-07-26 1974-06-03
020 Sons of the Sea 1973-07-25 1974-06-10

1st Christmas Special[]

No Title Recorded First broadcast Overview
021 Present Arms 1974-07-18 1974-12-24 This is a combination of the TV episodes Battle of the Giants! and Shooting Pains (Larry Martyn's first transmitted recording as Private Walker)

Series 2[]

No Title Recorded First broadcast Overview
022 Don't Forget the Diver 1974-07-16 1975-02-11
023 If the Cap Fits... 1974-04-17 1975-02-18
024 Put That Light Out! 1974-04-30 1975-02-25
025 Boots Boots Boots 1974-04-16 1975-03-04 (Guest appearance of Erik Chitty)
026 Sergeant - Save My Boy! 1974-04-16 1975-03-11
027 Branded 1974-07-17 1975-03-18
028 Uninvited Guests 1974-04-18 1975-03-25
029 A Brush with the Law 1974-07-17 1975-04-01 (Larry Martyn's first recorded performance as Private Walker)
030 A Soldier's Farewell 1974-05-15 1975-04-08
031 Brain Versus Brawn 1974-04-30 1975-04-15
032 War Dance 1974-05-12 1975-04-22
033 Mum's Army 1974-05-12 1975-04-29 (First appearance of Mrs. Fox, voiced by Mollie Sugden)
034 Getting the Bird 1974-07-15 1975-05-06
035 Don't Fence Me In 1974-05-16 1975-05-13
036 The King Was in His Counting House 1974-05-15 1975-05-20
037 When Did You Last See Your Money? 1974-05-15 1975-05-27
038 Fallen Idol 1974-07-16 1975-06-03 (Last appearance of Captain Square)
039 A. Wilson (Manager)? 1974-04-17 1975-06-10
040 All is Safely Gathered In 1974-07-15 1975-06-17
041 The Day the Balloon Went Up 1974-04-18 1975-06-24

Series 3[]

No Title Recorded First broadcast Overview
042 Man of Action 1975-04-28 1976-03-16
043 The Honourable Man 1975-04-28 1976-03-23
044 The Godiva Affair 1975-05-05 1976-03-30
045 Keep Young and Beautiful 1975-05-12 1976-04-06
046 Absent Friends 1975-05-06 1976-04-13
047 Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel 1975-05-07 1976-04-20
048 The Great White Hunter 1975-05-30 1976-04-27 The TV equivalent is Man Hunt.
049 The Deadly Attachment 1975-04-30 1976-05-04 (Guest appearance of Philip Madoc)
050 Things That Go Bump in the Night 1975-05-07 1976-05-11
051 My British Buddy 1975-05-06 1976-05-18
052 Big Guns 1975-05-05 1976-05-25
053 The Big Parade 1975-05-02 1976-06-01
054 Asleep in the Deep 1975-05-09 1976-06-08
055 We Know Our Onions 1975-05-08 1976-06-15 (Guest appearance of Alan Tilvern)
056 The Royal Train 1975-04-29 1976-06-22
057 A Question of Reference 1975-05-12 1976-06-29 The TV equivalent is The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones.
058 High Finance 1975-06-27 1976-07-06
059 The Recruit 1975-05-01 1976-07-13
060 A Jumbo-Sized Problem 1975-06-18 1976-07-20 The TV equivalent is Everybody's Trucking.
061 The Cricket Match 1975-05-01 1976-07-27 The TV equivalent is The Test.
062 Time on My Hands 1975-04-29 1976-08-03 (Guest appearance of Erik Chitty)
063 Turkey Dinner 1975-05-02 1976-08-10
064 The Captain's Car 1975-05-09 1976-08-17
065 The Two and a Half Feathers 1975-05-08 1976-08-24
066 Is There Honey Still for Tea? 1975-07-11 1976-08-31
067 Ten Seconds from Now 1975-06-18 1976-09-07 The TV equivalent is Broadcast to the Empire.