Private Pike Private Pike Private Frank Pike is a fictional Home Guard private and junior bank clerk; he was appointed as the platoon's information officer by Captain Mainwaring in The Man and the Hour. He is frequently referred to by Captain Mainwaring as "stupid boy". In the BBC television sitcom "Dad's Army" he was portrayed by Ian Lavender. Pike was born in 1922, and is the youngest of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. Aged 17 when the series begins, 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
ECT (TV programme) ECT (TV programme) ECT (an abbreviation of Extra Celestial Transmission) is a British television music programme dedicated to hard rock and metal music genres. Ten episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 between 12 April 1985 and 14 June 1985. It aired on Friday evenings (17:30 to 18:10) as part of Channel 4’s Friday Zone that also included Paintbox (18:10 to 18:20) and Soul Train (18:20 to 19:00). It preceded two other UK TV programmes aimed at fans of rock and heavy metal: Power Hour (1988–90) and Raw Power (1990-93). The shows were recorded at Wembley Studios and produced by Keith