Croft, David – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:07:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Croft, David – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Dads Army Lost Tapes Cdx1 Unabridged https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/dads-army-lost-tapes-cdx1-unabridged/ Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/dads-army-lost-tapes-cdx1-unabridged/ Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn and Ian Lavender star in a collection of rediscovered Dad’s Army gems. Published for the first time, these four instalments of Dad’s Army have been brought together from a variety of archive sources, and in each case represent something unique. ‘A Stripe for Frazer’ is the surviving TV soundtrack from an episode whose film recording has long been missing in action; ‘Santa on Patrol’ and ‘The Cornish Floral Dance’ are two mini-episodes produced in 1968 and 1970 for BBC TV’s Christmas Night With the Stars; finally, ‘The Boy Who Saved England’ is a mini-episode written by Jimmy Perry and starring Ian Lavender, recorded as part of BBC Radio 2’s Last Night at the Paris programme in 1995. With a supporting cast including Arnold Ridley, John Laurie, James Beck, Bill Pertwee and Frank Williams, this is a fine quartet of episodes you’re not likely to have seen or heard before. Don’t panic! Duration: 1 hour approx.

]]> Dads Army Comp Radio Series One x11 CDs https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/dads-army-comp-radio-series-one-x11-cds/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/dads-army-comp-radio-series-one-x11-cds/ Twenty episodes from the first BBC Radio series plus an hour-long Christmas special, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn.

In 1973 the BBC adapted its hit TV series for radio, featuring the original TV cast and characters. Three series were broadcast between 1974 and 1976, with episodes adapted from their TV counterparts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.

Now you can enjoy once again these unique recordings, with a supporting cast including John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley and Ian Lavender. Among the twenty-one episodes are The Man and the Hour, The Battle of Godfrey’s Cottage, Sgt Wilson’s Little Secret, Something Nasty in the Vault, The Menace from the Deep and No Spring for Frazer.

Also included is a sixteen-page PDF booklet with comprehensive programme history, synopses for all Series One episodes, original transmission dates, photographs and cast biographies.

10 CDs. 10 hrs 10 mins.

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