Line #1 YMMV/DixonOfDockGreen


1	* AdaptationDisplacement: ''Film/TheBlueLamp'' and Dixon's original fate are largely forgotten. Apart from by Matthew Graham, creator of ''{{Series/Ashes to Ashes\|2008}}'', who therefore, and by definition, rocks.
2	* RetroactiveRecognition:
3	** Vi Holliday in "A Little Bit of Luck" and Connie Tempest in "Helmet on the Sideboard" are played by Creator/AngelaDouglas, who would later be best known for her roles in the ''Film/CarryOnSeries''.
4	** Mary Crawford is played by Creator/AnnaDawson, who would later be best known for playing Violet in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.
5	** Knocker White is played by Creator/ArthurEnglish, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Harman in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed''.
6	** Doris Gray from "Tower of Strength" and Mrs. Nichols from "The Brimstone Man" are played by Creator/BrendaCowling, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Lipton in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.
7	** Percy Sinclair from "Ada" is played by Creator/BrianMurphy, who would later be best known for playing George Roper in ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' and ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred''.
8	** Henry Brandon from "The Complaint" and Clayton from "The Collectors" are played by Creator/BrianWilde, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Barrowclough in ''Series/{{Porridge}}'' and Foggy Dewhirst in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''.
9	** Pete from "The Hard Way" is played by Creator/ChristopherMitchell, who would later be best known for playing Gunner Parkin in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
10	** Four guest roles between 1961 and 1966 were played by Creator/DandyNichols, who would later be best known for playing Else Garnett in ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart''.
11	** David Newman from "The White Mercades" and Ray Glenn from "There's Your Story, There's My Story - And There's the Truth" is played by Creator/DavidGriffin, who would later be best known for playing Clive Dempster in ''Series/HiDeHi'' and Emmet Hawksworth in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.
12	** Dave from "Conspiracy of Silence" is played by Creator/DavidJanson, who would later be best known for playing Ken Richardson in ''Series/GetSomeIn'', Michael the postman in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'', and the second Herr Flick in ''Series/AlloAllo''.
13	** Norma Parker from "Fair Means or Foul" and Ruby Fisher from "S for Squealer" were played by Creator/DianaCoupland, who would later be best known for playing Jean Abbott in ''Series/BlessThisHouse''.
14	** Three guest roles from between 1972 and 1974 are played by Creator/DoremyVernon, who would later be best known for playing the Canteen Manageress in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed''.
15	** Mrs. Small from "A Kiss for the Constable" and Mrs. Benson from "Touch and Go" are played by Creator/DorisHare, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Butler in ''Series/OnTheBuses''.
16	** Kenneth Morley from "The Samaritan Act" and Murray from "Find the Lady" are played by Creator/EwanHooper, who would later be best known for playing Alec Foster in ''Series/HiDeHi''.
17	** Police Constable Cox from "The New Skipper" is played by Creator/FrankThornton, who would later be best known for playing Captain Peacock in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed''.
18	** Three guest roles from between 1965 and 1969 are played by Creator/JackSmethurst, who would later be best known for playing Eddie Booth in ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour''.
19	** Six guest roles from between 1961 and 1967 are played by Creator/JamesBeck, who would later be best known for playing Private Walker in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
20	** Three guest roles from between 1964 and 1967 are played by Creator/JanetDavies, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Pike in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
21	** Alan Hunt from "Pay-Off" is played by Creator/JeffreyHolland, who would later be best known for playing Spike Dixon in ''Series/HiDeHi''.
22	** Elsie Francis from "The Paperhangers" is played by Creator/JoanHickson, who would later be best known for playing Literature/MissMarple in ''Series/MissMarple1984''.
23	** Ray from "Obsession" is played by Creator/JohnChallis, who would later be best known for playing Boycie in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' and ''Series/TheGreenGreenGrass''.
24	** Detective Constable Greaves from "George Takes a Bowler" is played by Creator/JohnClegg, who would later be best known for playing Gunner Graham in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
25	** Iris Pettigrew from "Mr. Pettigrew's Bowler" is played by Creator/JudyCornwell, who would later be best known for playing Daisy in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.
26	** Marie from "The Key of the Nick" is played by Creator/JuneWhitfield, who would later be best known for playing June Fletcher in ''Happy Ever After'', June Medford in ''Series/TerryAndJune'', and Mother in ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous''.
27	** Three guest roles from between 1969 and 1971 are played by Creator/KateWilliams, who would later be best known for playing Joan Booth in ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour''.
28	** Five guest roles from between 1956 and 1960 are played by Creator/KennethCope, who would later be best known for playing Marty Hopkirk in ''Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased''.
29	** A porter from "Sgt. George Dixon" and a dealer from "The Unwanted" are played by Creator/KennethWaller, who would later be best known for playing Old Mr. Grace in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' and Grandad in ''Series/{{Bread\|1986}}''.
30	** Bernie Leach from "The Flemish Giant" is played by Creator/LarryDann, who would later be best known for playing Sergeant Peters in ''Series/TheBill''.
31	** Jimmy Humphrey from "The Black and the White" and a coffee bar attendant from "The Climber" are played by Creator/LarryMartyn, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Mash in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed''.
32	** Mr. Kemp from "Act of Violence" is played by Creator/LennardPearce, who would later be best known for playing Grandad in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''.
33	** Five guest roles from between 1962 and 1972 are played by Creator/LeslieDwyer, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Partridge in ''Series/HiDeHi''.
34	** Liz Rowley from "On a Moody Complaint" is played by Creator/LindaRegan, who would later be best known for playing April Wingate in ''Series/HiDeHi''.
35	** Three guest roles from between 1957 and 1958 are played by Creator/LizFraser, who would later be best known for appearing in four ''Film/CarryOn'' films.
36	** Four guest roles from between 1958 and 1965 are played by Creator/MelvynHayes, who would later be best known for playing Bombardier Beaumont in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
37	** Jimmy from "A Little Bit of Luck" is played by Creator/MichaelBates, who would later be best known for playing Blamire in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' and Rangi Ram in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
38	** Six guest roles from between 1964 and 1967 are played by Creator/MichaelRobbins, who would later be best known for playing Arthur Rudge in ''Series/OnTheBuses''.
39	** Mrs. Knight from "Guilty People" is played by Creator/PamelaCundell, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Fox in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
40	** Clifford Abel from "Routine Check" and Keith Stapledon from "Dragons' Teeth" are played by Creator/PatrickMower, who would later be best known for playing Rodney Blackstock in ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}''.
41	** Jane Taylor from "Two Children" is played by Creator/PaulineQuirke, who would later be best known for playing Sharon Theodopolopodous in ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather''.
42	** Miss Nash from "A Fine Art" is played by Creator/PenelopeKeith, who would later be best known for playing Margo Ledbetter in ''Series/TheGoodLife'' and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in ''Series/ToTheManorBorn''.
43	** A young man from "Wingy" is played by Creator/RobinAskwith, who would later be best known for playing Timmy Lea in the ''Film/ConfessionsOfASeries''.
44	** A shoe-shop assistant from "A Quiet Sunday" is played by Creator/RobinStewart, who would later be best known for playing Mike Abbott in ''Series/BlessThisHouse''.
45	** Ron Fielding from "Everybody's Business" is played by Creator/RogerLloydPack, who would later be best known for playing Trigger in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' and Owen Newitt in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.
46	** Dorothy Lang from "The Undercover Man" is played by Creator/RosalindKnight, who would later be best known for playing Beryl Merit in ''Series/GimmeGimmeGimme'' and Horrible Grandma in ''Series/FridayNightDinner''.
47	** Three guest roles from between 1957 and 1971 are played by Creator/RoseHill, who would later be best known for playing Madame Fanny in ''Series/AlloAllo''.
48	** A hospital porter from "Breaking Point" is played by Creator/TalfrynThomas, who would later be best known for playing Private Cheeseman in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
49	** Eddie Farrell from "The Climber" is played by Creator/TrevorBannister, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Lucas in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed''.
50	** An extra from "Nightmare" is played by Creator/VickiMichelle, who would later be best known for playing Yvette Carte-Blanche in ''Series/AlloAllo''.
51	** Jean David from "The Outlaws" and Barbara Walker from "Nightmare Hours" are played by Creator/WendyRichard, who would later be best known for playing Miss Brahms in ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' and Pauline Fowler in ''Series/EastEnders''.
52	** Bruce Treadgold from "The Hot Seat" is played by Creator/WilliamMervyn, who would later be best known for playing the Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever in ''Series/AllGasAndGaiters''.
53	** Five guest roles from between 1965 and 1972 are played by Creator/WindsorDavies, who would later be best known for playing Sergeant Major Williams in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum''.
54	** Five guest roles from 1964 to 1969 are played by Creator/YoothaJoyce, who would later be best known for playing Mildred Roper in ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' and ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred''.
55	** Creator/PaulDarrow appears in guest roles in the episodes "Cat-Walk" (1974) and "Jackpot" (1976), the latter as Cockney villain Tony Kingsley, two years before his debut in his famous role as Kerr Avon in ''Series/BlakesSeven''.

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