List of Dad's Army radio episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the radio series of the British sitcom Dad's Army. The radio series, which ran from 1974-76, was written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the scripts of the television episodes written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and was produced by John Dyas.^[1] Dates shown are for the recording session followed by the original transmission on BBC Radio 4. Since 2007, the full run of radio episodes has been regularly repeated on digital archive station BBC Radio 4 Extra^[2] along with its radio-only sequel It Sticks Out Half a Mile.^[3]

Although most 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" and "Never Too Old".^[1]^[4]

Series 1

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Recorded	First broadcast	Notes
1	1	"The Man and the Hour"	3 June 1973	28 January 1974
2	2	"Museum Piece"	7 June 1973	4 February 1974
3	3	"Command Decision"	21 June 1973	11 February 1974
4	4	"The Enemy Within the Gates"	21 June 1973	18 February 1974
5	5	"The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage"	6 July 1973	25 February 1974
6	6	"The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones"	6 July 1973	4 March 1974
7	7	"Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret"	13 July 1973	11 March 1974
8	8	"A Stripe for Frazer"	13 July 1973	18 March 1974	Was the only existing version of this episode. Remade for TV in 2019 using new cast.
9	9	"Operation Kilt"	23 July 1973	25 March 1974
10	10	"Battle School"	28 June 1973	1 April 1974
11	11	"Under Fire"	27 July 1973	8 April 1974	Was the only existing version of this episode. Remade for TV in 2019 using new cast.
12	12	"Something Nasty in the Vault"	23 July 1973	15 April 1974
13	13	"The Showing Up of Corporal Jones"	20 July 1973	22 April 1974
14	14	"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker"	20 July 1973	29 April 1974	Was the only existing version of this episode. Remade for TV in 2019 using new cast.
15	15	"Sorry, Wrong Number"	27 July 1973	6 May 1974	The TV equivalent is "The Lion Has Phones"
16	16	"The Bullet is Not for Firing"	26 July 1973	13 May 1974
17	17	"Room at the Bottom"	23 July 1973	20 May 1974
18	18	"The Menace from the Deep"	24 July 1973	27 May 1974
19	19	"No Spring for Frazer"	26 July 1973	3 June 1974
20	20	"Sons of the Sea"	25 July 1973	10 June 1974

Christmas Special

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Recorded	First broadcast	Notes
21	-	"Present Arms"	18 July 1974	24 December 1974	The TV equivalent is the combined episodes "Battle of the Giants!" and "Shooting Pains".

Series 2

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Recorded	First broadcast
22	1	"Don't Forget the Diver"	16 July 1974	11 February 1975
23	2	"If the Cap Fits..."	17 April 1974	18 February 1975
24	3	"Put That Light Out!"	30 April 1974	25 February 1975
25	4	"Boots Boots Boots"	16 April 1974	4 March 1975
26	5	"Sergeant - Save My Boy!"	16 April 1974	11 March 1975
27	6	"Branded"	17 July 1974	18 March 1975
28	7	"Uninvited Guests"	18 April 1974	25 March 1975
29	8	"A Brush with the Law"	17 July 1974	1 April 1975
30	9	"A Soldier's Farewell"	15 May 1974	8 April 1975
31	10	"Brain Versus Brawn"	30 April 1974	15 April 1975
32	11	"War Dance"	12 May 1974	22 April 1975
33	12	"Mum's Army"	12 May 1974	29 April 1975
34	13	"Getting the Bird"	15 July 1974	6 May 1975
35	14	"Don't Fence Me In"	16 May 1974	13 May 1975
36	15	"The King Was in His Counting House"	15 May 1974	20 May 1975
37	16	"When Did You Last See Your Money?"	15 May 1974	27 May 1975
38	17	"Fallen Idol"	16 July 1974	3 June 1975
39	18	"A. Wilson (Manager)?"	17 April 1974	10 June 1975
40	19	"All is Safely Gathered In"	15 July 1974	17 June 1975
41	20	"The Day the Balloon Went Up"	18 April 1974	24 June 1975

Series 3

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Recorded	First broadcast	Overview
42	1	"A Man of Action"	28 April 1975	16 March 1976
43	2	"The Honourable Man"	28 April 1975	23 March 1976
44	3	"The Godiva Affair"	5 May 1975	30 March 1976
45	4	"Keep Young and Beautiful"	12 May 1975	6 April 1976	Repeats on BBC Radio now edit Pike's use of the word "nigger"
46	5	"Absent Friends"	6 May 1975	13 April 1976
47	6	"Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel"	7 May 1975	20 April 1976
48	7	"The Great White Hunter"	30 May 1975	27 April 1976	The TV equivalent is "Man Hunt"
49	8	"The Deadly Attachment"	30 April 1975	4 May 1976
50	9	"Things That Go Bump in the Night"	7 May 1975	11 May 1976
51	10	"My British Buddy"	6 May 1975	18 May 1976
52	11	"Big Guns"	5 May 1975	25 May 1976
53	12	"The Big Parade"	2 May 1975	1 June 1976
54	13	"Asleep in the Deep"	9 May 1975	8 June 1976
55	14	"We Know Our Onions"	8 May 1975	15 June 1976
56	15	"The Royal Train"	29 April 1975	22 June 1976
57	16	"A Question of Reference"	12 May 1975	29 June 1976	The TV equivalent is "The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones"
58	17	"High Finance"	27 June 1975	6 July 1976
59	18	"The Recruit"	1 May 1975	13 July 1976
60	19	"A Jumbo-Sized Problem"	18 June 1975	20 July 1976	The TV equivalent is "Everybody's Trucking"
61	20	"The Cricket Match"	1 May 1975	27 July 1976	The TV equivalent is "The Test"
62	21	"Time on My Hands"	29 April 1975	3 August 1976
63	22	"Turkey Dinner"	2 May 1975	10 August 1976
64	23	"The Captain's Car"	9 May 1975	17 August 1976
65	24	"The Two and a Half Feathers"	8 May 1975	24 August 1976
66	25	"Is There Honey Still for Tea?"	11 July 1975	31 August 1976
67	26	"Ten Seconds from Now"	18 June 1975	7 September 1976	The TV equivalent is "Broadcast to the Empire"

References

^ ^a ^b Pertwee, Bill (2009). Dad's Army: The Making of a Television Legend. London: Conway Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 9781844861057.
^ Dad's Army on BBC Radio 4 extra – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009v6h3/episodes/2010
^ It Sticks Out Half a Mile on BBC Radio 7 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072tn6
^ Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dads Army. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-1838-4