Dad's Army: Series 5, Episode 1 - Asleep In The Deep - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Pike (Ian Lavender), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Private Walker (James Beck), Chief A.R.P. Warden Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

A bomb hits Walmington's pumping station, where Walker and Godfrey are on watch. The efforts to free them from the wreckage are somewhat wasted after Mainwaring, Wilson, Pike, Frazer and Hodges are trapped with them... and then a broken pipe slowly floods the room with water.

Broadcast details

Date

Friday 6th October 1972

Time

8:30pm

Channel

BBC One

Length

30 minutes

Recorded

Friday 26th May 1972 at BBC Television Centre

Cast & crew

Cast

Arthur Lowe	Captain Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier	Sergeant Wilson
Clive Dunn	Lance Corporal Jones
John Laurie	Private Frazer
Arnold Ridley	Private Godfrey
Ian Lavender	Private Pike
James Beck	Private Walker
Bill Pertwee	Chief A.R.P. Warden Hodges
Colin Bean	Private Sponge

Writing team

Jimmy Perry	Writer
David Croft	Writer

Production team

David Croft	Director
David Croft	Producer
Paul Joel	Production Designer
Bud Flanagan	Theme Tune Vocals