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Title: Harold Edward Snoad
Post by JohnW on Jun 4^th, 2024, 1:19am

Harold Edward Snoad (b. 28 August 1935) a British television producer, writer and director, died on Sunday 2nd June 2024.

He joined the BBC in 1957, after working in the theatre, and had numerous roles including that of a "call boy" for an episode of Hancock's Half Hour in 1960. His first directing role came with Dad's Army (starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn) although he'd already served as Production Assistant for the first two series, and was responsible for choosing the town of Thetford in Norfolk as the site for the location filming. The first episode to be directed by Snoad was "The Lion has phones" which was first broadcast on 25 September 1969 and attracted 11.3 million viewers.

Best known for producing and directing the television sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances" (starring Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift) he also directed and produced the final two series of "Ever Decreasing Circles" (starring Richard Briers and Peter Egan) replacing the show's previous director, Sydney Lotterby, as well as "Don't Wait Up" (starring Tony Britton and Nigel Havers).

Snoad married Anna Christine Cadwallader in 1957, the marriage producing one daughter. On 6 July 1963, Snoad married Jean Green, and the couple had two daughters.

A member of the 'Dad's Army Appreciation Society', following the death of Bill Pertwee in 2013, Snoad became the society's Vice President - with Frank Williams as the President - frequently attending events with the society as both a special guest and speaker.