Dad's Army Zealand in 2004–05, starring Jon English. Several sections of this stage show were filmed and have subsequently been included as extras on the final "Dad's Army" DVD. In April 2007, a new stage show was announced with cast members including Leslie Grantham as Private Walker and "Emmerdale" actor Peter Martin as Captain Mainwaring. The production contained the episodes "A Stripe for Frazer", "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker", "Room at the Bottom" and "The Deadly Attachment". Many of the TV episodes were remade for BBC Radio 4 with the original cast, although other actors played Walker after James Beck’s
Dad's Army sent the script to Michael Mills, the BBC's Head of Comedy and the series was commissioned. In his book "Dad's Army", Graham McCann explains that the show owes much to Michael Mills. It was he who renamed the show "Dad's Army". He did not like Brightsea-on-Sea, so the location was changed to Walmington-on-Sea. He was happy with the names for the characters Mainwaring, Godfrey and Pike, but not with other names, and he made suggestions: Private Jim Duck became Frazer, Joe Fish became Joe Walker and Jim Jones became Jack Jones. He also suggested adding a Scot. Jimmy Perry had