If they ask at the Pearly Gate, don't tell em your name Pike

Sorry to hear that. I loved that show as a kid.

RIP Pike...

That whole scene is fantastic. You often only see the Ian Lavender clip.

I loved that show as a kid.

Still do. And I enjoyed the recent film today. Just beautifully written and acted comedy. RIP

I think he was the last man standing. Played it brilliantly.

And I enjoyed the recent film today. Just beautifully written and acted comedy.

I was worried when the recent film came out, but it was brilliantly written and perfectly cast.

RIP Pike

The end of great era.

@morecashthandash which film, I can only find the 2016 one more recently

What a cast that show had! Not least Arnold Ridley. Wounded by shrapnel, bayonets, and a rifle butt in WW1. Literally at the sharp end. Served again in WW2. Then was in the real dad's army.
Ironically cast as a conscientious objector in the show.
"When we told Arnold that we'd written a part especially for him, he was absolutely delighted. When he read the script, he said, 'Jimmy, even if you just say quite simple things, it's good to mention "conchies"...because they went through hell, a lot of them; and a lot of them had high principles...I'm very honoured to play it.'..."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branded_(Dad%27s_Army)

RIP the cast.

One of my uncles is/was the accountant for one of the Dad's Army extras....

They both done quite well out of it. 

Yeah, RIP Pike.

One of my uncles is/was the accountant for one of the Dad’s Army extras….

My wife's uncle and the dairy man from the farm were extras in Dad's Army, filmed a lot around their farm here in Norfolk. He is just stood there looking slightly stunned in the background of an episode.

“When we told Arnold that we’d written a part especially for him, he was absolutely delighted. When he read the script, he said, ‘Jimmy, even if you just say quite simple things, it’s good to mention “conchies”…because they went through hell, a lot of them; and a lot of them had high principles…I’m very honoured to play it.’…”

That episode is one I'm not ashamed to say makes me well up. Well worth the watch.

Aw, the writing, the cast, the whole shows were just brilliant.

RIP Ian Lavender. 

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@morecashthandash which film, I can only find the 2016 one more recently

Not that recent then! I fear that cast will start going soon

Still a great watch. RIP Pike .

RIP Pike (Ian Lavender)

Dad's Army is one of my favourite sitcom, which I can never get tired of.

Sad news. That was a classic.

When I was a kid I lived on the same road as Ian Lavender and even then I’m pretty sure Dad told me he was the sole surviving member of the cast.

When I saw Dads Army as a kid in the 1970s it never dawned on me that Sargent Wilson was Pike’s dad.

Listening to the radio 4 repeats over the last few years makes me amazed how naive I was then.

When I was a kid I lived on the same road as Ian Lavender and even then I’m pretty sure Dad told me he was the sole surviving member of the cast.

Clive Dunn lived until 2012. Which I always find remarkable given that he played a silly old fart in the 70's!

Not least Arnold Ridley.

Just doing a bit of Wikipedia surfing on Dad's Army and found out Daisy Ridley is his great niece.

Clive Dunn was 48 when Dad's army started, one of the youngest cast members actually.

My favourite old/not old is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Grandpa Potts (Lionel Jefferies) was a year younger than his on screen son Caractacus (DvD)

Clive Dunn was 48 when Dad’s army started, one of the youngest cast members actually.

Yep - he had a career of playing doddery old fools due to his looks.

Arthur Lowe was born in Hayfield in the Peak District. As you go out of the village up towards the campsite, there's a blue plaque on one of the cottages there.

My grandpa had an enormous Betamax video recorder which he kept for years after you could no longer get tapes for them because all his Dad's Army episodes were on Betamax. He'd usually play a couple every day even though he'd seen them all a dozen times!

I loved it as a kid and it remained a great watch, you can't think of that many 70's comedies that aged so well. My eldest daughter loved it as a kid as much as I had. 

Philip Madoc , the German Captain in that episode was a really good actor too, I used to really enjoy the series he starred in, ‘A mind  to kill’, set, mostly in the Valleys.

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