Joan Savage, who has died aged 89, was an actress, singer and comedienne who made brief appearances in Dad’s Army and Coronation Street; a perennial blonde who beamed sincerity, she was a mainstay of light entertainment and a survivor of the music-hall tradition, performing nostalgic wartime turns well into the 1990s.
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Here he is, ladies and gentlemen, the little man with the big ears, always on the ball, don t let him steal your crisps, he ll get you all of a Twitter, it s Gary Lineker!