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Ian Lavender was plucked from obscurity to star in Dad’s Army
Press Association News via AOL· 3 months agoAs the gormless Private Pike of Dad’s Army, Ian Lavender was anything but officer material. Yet his...
“I wanted to define the archetype messiah rock star. That’s all I wanted to do”: the epic oral...
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDavid Bowie posing as ZIggy Stardust. More than half a century on from his creation, Ziggy Stardust...
‘Don’t tell him, Pike’: Ian Lavender and the story behind the funniest Dad’s Army episode ever made
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoArthur Lowe as Captain George Mainwaring and Philip Madoc as a captured U-Boat commander in the...
The children’s sitcom is dead – and that’s a real tragedy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoEarlier this week, the Scottish actress Gudrun Ure died at the age of 98. For any child who grew up...
The pathos of Private Pike, an old soldier who represented the best of British
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe obituary pages often pay tribute to the last men and women who made a contribution to the war...
Dad’s Army star Ian Lavender dies aged 77
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 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 story of Sky, the least rock’n’roll band of all time
Louder Sound via Yahoo News· 1 month ago. The British-Australian band Sky managed to evade being pigeonholed in a career that merged a wide...
Ian Lavender death: Dad’s Army Private Pike actor, dies aged 77
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIan Lavender, who played Private Frank Pike in BBC sitcom Dad’s Army, has died aged 77. The actor....
Ian Lavender Dies: ‘Dad’s Army’ Star Who Played Private Frank Pike In Beloved BBC Sitcom Was 77
Deadline via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIan Lavender, the last remaining cast member of beloved BBC sitcom Dad’s Army, has died. He was 77....
‘It reflected a time when we all behaved very well’: how Dad’s Army made Britain better
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt was a year of insurrection. In the streets of Paris and on the campuses of America, students were...