‘Don’t tell him, Pike!’ How Ian Lavender gave Dad’s Army its most adored moment
Ian Lavender obituary
July 2018
Dad's Army at 50: the secret history of 'comedy's finest half-hour'
The leads hated the script and the BBC was terrified of offending veterans. But Dad’s Army became a TV phenomenon. We reveal how the Walmington warriors seized victory
November 2014
Ian Lavender 'deeply shocked' by yellow stripes on Pike's scarf in Dad's Army film
Actor who played Private Pike in sitcom – and who has cameo in new film – damns garment worn by young actor Blake Harrison as ‘like a banana split’
August 2014
My family values
Ian Lavender: My family values
Ian Lavender: 'Dad's Army cost me a career in the movies'
June 2009
Dad's Army: the best kind of comedy
Harry Phibbs
Harry Phibbs: The gentle humour of Dad's Army represents a continuing reproach to its brasher sitcom successors
June 2002
Permission to speak, sir?
He's been old since the 60s - but only because Clive Dunn earned his place in the comic pantheon playing dodderers like Corporal Jones in Dad's Army. He can still make 'em laugh though. Interview by Simon Hattenstone.
