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- ↑ Dad's Army on BBC Radio 4 extra – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009v6h3/episodes/2010
- ↑ It Sticks Out Half a Mile on BBC Radio 7 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072tn6
- ↑ Croft, David; Perry, Jimmy; Webber, Richard (2000). The Complete A-Z of Dads Army. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-1838-4