Excusing Private Godfrey

11.00, BBC Radio 4
The joke used to be that all the Dad’s Army cast died in quick succession, but none of them were spring chickens when they started – that was the whole point of the programme – so we shouldn’t be surprised. That means they all had fascinating careers before they ventured to Walmington-on-Sea, the most varied of which was doubtless that of Arnold Ridley, given he was 72 when it started. Here’s what he did for the rest of his life.

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