Harold Snoad, BBC stalwart who produced Keeping Up Appearances and scripted Dad’s Army on the radio – obituary

• Harold Snoad, who has died aged 88, was a hands-on BBC producer and director whose name became familiar to television viewers from numerous sitcom credits, from Oh, Brother! (1969), starring Derek Nimmo, to Keeping Up Appearances (1990-95), starring Patricia Routledge as the social-climbing Hyacinth Bucket (“pronounced Bouquet”). In addition, with the actor Michael Knowles, he scripted and directed 67 radio adaptations of episodes of Dad’s Army (1974-76).