The Recruit

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With Captain Mainwaring in hospital, the Vicar and the Verger spark unrest in the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard platoon. 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 Private Walker …. Larry Martyn Vicar …. Frank Williams Verger …. Edward Sinclair Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge Producer: John Dyas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976.