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Ian Lavender was plucked from obscurity to star in Dad’s Army
Press Association News via AOL· 4 months agoAs the gormless Private Pike of Dad’s Army, Ian Lavender was anything but officer material. Yet his...
‘Don’t tell him, Pike’: Ian Lavender and the story behind the funniest Dad’s Army episode ever made
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoArthur Lowe as Captain George Mainwaring and Philip Madoc as a captured U-Boat commander in the...
Ian Lavender death: Dad’s Army Private Pike actor, dies aged 77
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIan Lavender, who played Private Frank Pike in BBC sitcom Dad’s Army, has died aged 77. The actor....
Dad’s Army star Ian Lavender dies aged 77
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIan Lavender, who played Private Pike in the hit TV show Dad’s Army, has died at the age of 77 Ian Lavender, the last surviving main cast member of Dad’s...
The pathos of Private Pike, an old soldier who represented the best of British
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe obituary pages often pay tribute to the last men and women who made a contribution to the war...
‘It reflected a time when we all behaved very well’: how Dad’s Army made Britain better
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt was a year of insurrection. In the streets of Paris and on the campuses of America, students were...
The children’s sitcom is dead – and that’s a real tragedy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoEarlier this week, the Scottish actress Gudrun Ure died at the age of 98. For any child who grew up...