# 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. 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 along with its radio-only sequel It Sticks Out Half a Mile.
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".

## 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" |