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Pike was born in 1922, and is the youngest of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. He is aged 17 when the series begins, and as such, he is not old enough to join the army, although presumably he has reached, or is nearing, his 18th birthday when he is about to receive call-up papers in When You've Got to Go; in the event, it is revealed that he has a rare blood type that excludes him from military ...
Jones and Pike are out on patrol and whilst recreating a childhood prank, Pike gets his head stuck in the park gates.Mainwaring is in the church hall, conducting an interview and photo session with Mr Cheeseman, a member of the local press who is temporarily joining the platoon to report on its activities.
Wilson and Mrs Pike are having tea waiting for Frank to come home from his call-up medical. When Frank arrives home, his mother is unpleasantly surprised when he tells her that he has passed A1 (in spite of his chronically bad chest, his painful sinuses, his weak ankles and recently acquired nervous twitch), and has requested to be put in the RAF.
From getting stuck in a gate to upsetting the Germans, Private Frank Pike often got himself into predicaments. ‘Stupid boy’ – Ian Lavender’s best moments as Private Pike in Dad’s Army ...
Arthur Ian Lavender (16 February 1946 – 2 February 2024) was an English stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Private Pike in Dad's Army, a BBC sitcom set during World War II, of which he was the last surviving main cast member.
He admits that Pike originally called him Daddy, until told to call him Uncle (although the writers have confirmed that Wilson is Pike's biological father). In " Menace from the Deep " Jones brushes against Wilson while he is asleep, and he says without fully waking "Gently, Mavis".
Pike's bowling efforts are continually interrupted by Mainwaring, who is typically full of advice, although he is highly unsuccessful when he tries to demonstrate: his bowling is repeatedly hit, and after a long lecture on batting technique he is bowled by the first ball he faces from Pike.
Tensions rise when Sgt. Arthur Wilson’s close friendship with Mavis Pike, a local bank clerk, starts sparking rumors in the village of Walmington-on-Sea. The gossip takes a surprising turn when Mavis reveals that she’s pregnant, leading the Home Guard members—and especially Captain Mainwaring—to assume that Wilson is the father.