<P> Lowe, Le Mesurier, Laurie, Beck, Ridley and Lavender (wearing Pike's signature scarf) appeared as guests in a 1971 edition of The Morecambe & Wise Show on BBC2 in the Monty on the Bonty sketch, with Lowe as Captain Bligh and the others as crewmen on HMS Bounty . </P> <P> The cast appeared in a 1974 public information film, in character but set in the modern day, showing how to cross the road safely at Pelican crossings . </P> <P> Lowe, Le Mesurier, Dunn, Lavender and Pertwee, and Jones' van, appeared in character at the finish of the 1974 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run . </P> <P> Lowe, Le Mesurier and Laurie again made a cameo appearance as their Dad's Army characters in the 1977 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special . As Elton John is following incomprehensible instructions to find the BBC studios, he encounters them in a steam room . On leaving, Mainwaring calls him a "stupid boy". </P>

How many of the cast of dad's army are alive