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The Showing Up of Corporal Jones

Episode 5 of 6

Classic wartime sitcom. Corporal Jones is put to the test and the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard ensure that he is not found wanting.

31 minutes

Music Played

  • Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards

    Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?

  • Celebrity Orchestra

    Three Cheers

  • Geraldo and His Orchestra & Al Bowlly

    If Ever a Heart Was in the Right Place

  • Jack Payne & his band

    There'll Always Be an England

    Singer: Robert Ashley.
  • Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

    I'm Singing a Song For the Old Folks

  • Vera Lynn & Fela Sowande

    Wishing

  • Arthur Askey

    Good Morning

  • Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards

    Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?

  • Vera Lynn

    Wishing (feat. Fela Sowande)

Credits

Role Contributor
Captain George Mainwaring Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer John Laurie
Private Joe Walker James Beck
Private Charles Godfrey Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike Ian Lavender
Mrs Pike Janet Davies
The Brigadier Patrick Weddington
Major Regan Martin Wyldeck
Verger Edward Sinclair
Producer David Croft
Writer James Perry
Writer David Croft

Broadcasts

  • Wed 4 Sep 1968 20:20
  • Sat 29 May 2010 16:30
  • Sat 29 May 2010 18:30
  • Sat 21 Jan 2012 19:30
  • Sat 17 Aug 2013 19:40
  • Sat 6 Jun 2015 20:30
  • Sun 14 Jun 2015 17:45
  • Sat 4 Feb 2017 21:30
  • Sat 3 Nov 2018 20:30
  • Thu 8 Nov 2018 19:00
  • Sat 20 Feb 2021 18:30
  • Sat 20 Feb 2021 19:30
  • Sat 3 Jun 2023 20:40

Explore the history of Dad's Army in the 麻豆社 Archive

Letters from the actors, internal 麻豆社 memos and photos from the first episode to the last.