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Full Title - It ain't half daft for the BBC to ban my show for being racist: Dad's Army creator JIMMY PERRY on the BBC's refusal to show repeats of his other greatest hit" Here’s a funny thing, though it might not make you laugh. Dad’s Army, the show I created and co-wrote with David Croft, is repeated every Saturday and gets audiences of 2.2 million. But my favourite sitcom of all, the one that recaptures the most extraordinary era of my life, will never be screened again. It Ain’t Half Hot Mum has been deemed by the BBC too politically...

In Dad's Army, Bill Pertwee played a grumpy World War II air raid warden Bill Pertwee, who played Warden Hodges in Dad's Army, has died, his agent has confirmed. The 86-year-old also starred as PC Wilson in You Rang M'Lord? He also appeared in three Carry On films. Agent Meg Poole said he died peacefully on Monday with his family around him. He is survived by his son Jonathan. His Dad's Army character was a greengrocer who became chief air raid warden when World War II broke out. His catchphrase was: "Put that light out!"

THE nation's defence chief has endorsed plans to recruit older Australians into the military. But Defence head Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston today said there would be no over-55 infantrymen in frontline units. The proposal to raise the recruitment age is among a range of measures flagged today by Defence Minister Brendan Nelson as the Australian Defence Force struggles to attract and retain personnel. Air Chief Marshal Houston tody said the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) employed many over-55s in specialist areas and the reserve case by case. The time was right to consider lifting the retirement age of 55...

1. British soldiers preparing for war in the Gulf say they are underfed and ill-equipped. The Americans have labelled them "The Borrowers" and "The Flintstones" because of their lack of key supplies, it emerged today. Soldiers who could be fighting Saddam Hussein within days say they still want for a whole range of necessitiesincluding proper clothing, vehicles and guns, forcing them to go cap-in-hand to US colleagues. Some even claimed to have no respirators to protect against chemical attack. They were derided by Army commander General Sir Michael Jackson, in Kuwait today, who said his troops were ready for war,...