DON'T PANIC YOU PLONKER
Daily Star|February 07, 2024
'Del' was cast as Dad's Army Jones
STEVE HUGHES
DON'T PANIC YOU PLONKER

SIR David Jason has told how he was handed a lead role in Dad's Army before a BBC boss confessed he'd already given the job to Clive Dunn.

The 84-year-old said he was told he had got the part to play Lance Corporal Jones, inset above, by show creator David Croft after an audition.

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