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Radio Suffolk,3 mins
Ian Lavender’s ‘fascinating’ EastEnders stint
Available for over a year
The last surviving main cast member of Dad's Army, Ian Lavender, has died at the age of 77. He'd been living in Woolpit near Bury St Edmunds. In 2015 he talked to Lesley Dolphin about working on EastEnders as Derek Harkinson, a role he reprised in 2016 for a festive storyline.
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