- Playwright – Jimmy Perry & David Croft
- Venue – Harrogate Theatre Main Stage
- Director – Paul Dunstan
Cast
- Capt. Mainwaring – Alan Harwood
- Sgt. Wilson – Derek Newton
- L/Cpl. Jones – Paul Dunstan
- Pte. Frazer – Frank Moorby
- Pte. Walker – Steve Harwood
- Pte. Godfrey – John Wilford
- Pte. Pike – Rob Hastings
- Pte. Sponge – Ashley Timson
- Pte. Hancock – Bob Mallow
- Pte. Day – Chas. Marshall
- U-Boat Captain – Chris Rawson
- ARP Hodges – Ian Rattee
- Mr Yeatman, Verger – Richard Naylor
- Colonel/Vicar – John Colston
- Mr Gordon/Town Clerk – Stuart Kellett
- Mrs Fox – Joan Percival
- Ivy Samways – Pauline Chick
- Edith Parish – Catherine Bonello
- Miss Ironside – Gill McVey
- Mrs Gray – Judy Methven
- Mrs Pike – Alex Bird
- Waitress 1 – Sheila Lewis
- Waitress 2 – Gwynneth Hoyle
- Mrs Prosser – Angela Ponsford
- Platoon 2nd Rank – Ashley Timson, Bob Mallow, Stuart Kellett, Ken Swires
- German Submariners – Keith Preece, John Bonello,Graham Fairbank, Gavin Smith
- ARP Wardens – Keith Preece, Gavin Smith, Ken Swires, John Bonello
- Swimsuit Girls – Liz Hadley-Day, Cate Sudron, Catherine Bonello
They’re armed to the teeth, steadfast and ready to repel the advancing Hun. Or not, as the case may be…..….the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon led by the intrepid patriot Captain Mainwaring, along with the “stupid boy” Pike, “Don’t panic!” Jones, “We’re all doomed” Frazer, “May I be excused”Godfrey and “Do you think that’s wise ?” Sgt. Wilson. The memorable characters come to life again in this hilarious stage version of the classic television comedy. Taking charge of a captured German U-boat crew…. doing their best to behave like soldiers when Capt. Mainwaring introduces women into the platoon….testing their Morris dancing skills for a Lady Godiva fund-raising event … and excelling themselves in a rousing Floral Dance finale. Unsurprisingly, under those stressful conditions, the boys sometimes get over-excited and lose the plot ! Luckily, stirring war-time music from a squad of conscripts from Harrogate Band is there to provide relief from the un-military antics on stage.