Ian Lavender (Pike from Dad's Army) RIP

[WouldBe]

Ian Lavender has died aged 77. RIP

 

[MrSki]

RIP Stupid boy.

 

[a_chap]

Ian Lavender's died? Don't tell him, Pikey.

 

[nightowl]

The last of the main cast of Dad's Army. RIP.

 

[sojourner]

Ian Lavender's died? Don't tell him, Pikey.

Beat me to it!

 

[Pickman's model]

the curse of dad's army strikes again

 

[danny la rouge]

Ian Lavender has died aged 77. RIP

His mum won’t like that!

 

[blossie33]

Yes, was sorry to hear, will always think of him as the 'boy' in Dad's Army even though he did plenty of other stuff afterwards.
RIP

 

[nino_savatte]

People have been trying to post this clip on Faecesbook, but it's being flagged as a contravention of the (the arbitrary and bizarre) community guidelines.

 

[Spymaster]

R.I.P. Pikey

 

[kalidarkone]

Oh no

 

[Chilli.s]

RIP

 

[cesare]

People have been trying to post this clip on Faecesbook, but it's being flagged as a contravention of the (the arbitrary and bizarre) community guidelines.

I always thought Philip Madoc was struggling to keep a straight face at that point

 

[cesare]

RIP Pike

 

[StoneRoad]

RIP
The last of the main cast ...

"Pike, your Uncle Arthur's looking for you !"

 

[MrSki]

 

[Maggot]

RIP

When he was on celebrity Mastermind.

 

[Spymaster]

I'd have expected this thread to be much longer.

Is it because only people of a certain age remember Pikey?

 

[Elpenor]

It gets repeated weekly!

 

[Spymaster]

It gets repeated weekly!

Fair point!

Along with Only Fools and Horses.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'd have expected this thread to be much longer.

Is it because only people of a certain age remember Pikey?

It is because so many fewer people post here now and after the horrors of 2016 many of those remaining have suffered celebrity death burnout syndrome

 

[Spymaster]

It is because so many fewer people post here now and after the horrors of 2016 many of those remaining have suffered celebrity death burnout syndrome

2016?

 

[hash tag]

It gets repeated weekly!

It's also on radio 4 extra quite regularly

 

[blossie33]

Ironically, my sister who lives in the south of Germany messaged me yesterday to say she had heard the news about Ian Lavender over there

 

[Idris2002]

Ironically, my sister who lives in the south of Germany messaged me yesterday to say she had heard the news about Ian Lavender over there

In Dusseldorf once I met a security guard who told me he'd grown up on the Dutch-German border, and had learned English by watching Dad's Army on the Dutch telly - it was his favourite tellybox thing, he said.

I was saying to Mrs. Idris that it's remarkable that Dad's Army was so good for long (I don't think I've ever seen a dud episode) given that this is a product of the same industry that gave the world "On the Buses".

 

[danny la rouge]

In Dusseldorf once I met a security guard who told me he'd grown up on the Dutch-German border, and had learned English by watching Dad's Army on the Dutch telly - it was his favourite tellybox thing, he said.

I was saying to Mrs. Idris that it's remarkable that Dad's Army was so good for long (I don't think I've ever seen a dud episode) given that this is a product of the same industry that gave the world "On the Buses".

Even Perry and Croft didn’t manage to produce another of the same quality. It’s the character acting that obviously provides so much of the success.

 

[Idris2002]

Even Perry and Croft didn’t manage to produce another of the same quality. It’s the character acting that obviously provides so much of the success.

Aye. A lot of what Lowe/Mainwaring does is just reaction shots - but with him it's not just reaction shots.

 

[Pickman's model]

2016?

2016.

 

[danny la rouge]

Aye. A lot of what Lowe/Mainwaring does is just reaction shots - but with it's not just reaction shots.

There’s a lovely line in the last ever episode where Mainwaring is discussing his wife with Wilson.

Mainwaring - “She led a very sheltered life, you know, Elizabeth…you know she hadn't even tried
tomato sauce before she met me?

I soon put that right.”

Wilson - “Marrying you must have opened up a whole new world for her!”

It’s very funny in their hands.

 

[Spymaster]

2016.

2016??