It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC
It Sticks Out Half A Mile
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 2
- 1983 - 1984
- 14 episodes (1 series)
Radio spin-off from Dad's Army, with John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee returning as Wilson, Pike and Hodges. Stars John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee and Vivienne Martin.
Episode menu
Pilot - Loyal Support
George Mainwaring has returned to England, having been working in Switzerland. He is shocked to learn that Frambourne is demolishing the local pier. Mainwaring goes to the bank to get a loan so that he can buy the pier, and is startled to discover the bank manager is his former employee, Arthur Wilson.
Notes
Recorded: Sunday 19th July 1981.
Broadcast details
This episode has never been broadcast.
Cast & crew
| John Le Mesurier | Arthur Wilson |
| Arthur Lowe | George Mainwaring |
| Josephine Tewson | Miss Baines |
| Duggie Brown (as Dougie Brown) | Stephen Rawlings |
| Timothy Bateson | Guthrie |
| Anthony Sharp | Charles Hunter |
| Sydney Bromley | Percy Short |
| Hayden Wood | The Man |
| Harold Snoad | Writer |
| Michael Knowles | Writer |
| Jonathan James-Moore | Producer |