 A pilot for a sequel to Dads Army was recorded for BBC Radio in the  late 1970s with Arthur Lowe (qv) and John le Mesurier (qv). It  was called "It Sticks Out Half a Mile". In it, Mainwaring moves to  another seaside resort after the war. He wants a loan with the local  bank manager and discovers that the manager is now Wilson. He wants  to buy the local pier that has been closed since the war and  attempts (with Wilsons help) to buy it off the council. It did not  become a radio or TV series but the pilot is sometimes repeated on  the digital radio channel BBC7. "It Sticks Out Half A Mile" did  become a radio series after Arthur Lowe (qv)s death. In this  series, which was initially broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in the  mid