Harold Snoad
Encyclopedia
Harold Edward Snoad is a British television producer and director.
Beginning his career in the 1960s, he has worked on many comedy shows for the BBC
, including the sitcoms Dad's Army
, Are You Being Served?
, Ever Decreasing Circles
and Keeping Up Appearances
. With Michael Knowles
Snoad co-wrote the BBC Radio adaptations of Dad's Army, and together they created the Dad's Army spinoff
radio series It Sticks Out Half a Mile
Beginning his career in the 1960s, he has worked on many comedy shows for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, including the sitcoms Dad's Army
Dad's Army
Dad's Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. The series ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio series, a feature film and a stage show...
, Are You Being Served?
Are You Being Served?
Are You Being Served? is a British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. It was set in the ladies' and gentlemen's clothing departments of Grace Brothers, a large, fictional London department store. It was written mainly by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, with contributions by Michael Knowles and John...
, Ever Decreasing Circles
Ever Decreasing Circles
Ever Decreasing Circles is a British situation comedy which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1989.It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, and reunited them with Richard Briers, the star of their previous hit show, The Good Life. It was much less brash than most situation comedies,...
and Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. Centred on the life of eccentric, social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket , the sitcom portrays a social hierarchy-ruled British society...
. With Michael Knowles
Michael Knowles
Michael Knowles is an English actor and scriptwriter.-Career:Knowles is best known for his role as Captain Jonathan Ashwood, in the 1970s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum . He also played The Honourable Teddy Meldrum in the BBC comedy drama You Rang, M'Lord? , and starred in the sitcom Come Back Mrs...
Snoad co-wrote the BBC Radio adaptations of Dad's Army, and together they created the Dad's Army spinoff
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
radio series It Sticks Out Half a Mile
It Sticks Out Half a Mile
It Sticks Out Half a Mile was a BBC Radio sitcom created by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles as a sequel to the television war sitcom Dad's Army, for which Snoad and Knowles had written radio adaptations.-The pilot:...