Jones points out. If the female characters in Dad’s Army formed their own platoon they may well knock the old chaps for six. The terrifying Mrs Pike, lover of Sgt Wilson and doting mother to ...

"Dad's Army is still so loved ... In the episode, the character Private Pike finds himself stranded on a mined beach while the tide rises in the fictional town of Walmington on Sea and needs ...

Dad's Army hit our screens for the first time in 1968 ... making them more endearing to the audience. From Pike with his scarf to the wonderfully carefree Sergeant "Would you mind awfully falling into ...

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

Location filming for Dad's Army was almost all completed in Thetford, north Norfolk, near David Croft's country home. Jimmy Perry based Pike upon himself, having been a member of the Home Guard during ...