Harold Snoad
- British
- Writer, director and producer
Press clippings
Harold Snoad obituary: BBC stalwart who directed classic comedies
Snoad's credits ranged from having been a call boy on Hancock's Half Hour to directing Dad's Army. His CV also included directing Are You Being Served? and Derek Nimmo in Oh Brother! and he spent eight years coaxing the best out of the notoriously neurotic Dick Emery.
The Times, 3rd July 2024Harold Snoad obituary
BBC comedy producer who directed the hit sitcoms Keeping Up Appearances and Ever Decreasing Circles.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 8th June 2024TV comedy powerhouse Harold Snoad dies
Prolific comedy producer Harold Snoad has died at the age of 88. His credits include The Dick Emery Show, Keeping Up Appearances and Dad's Army.
British Comedy Guide, 5th June 2024New book to shine a light on creation of 1970s sitcoms
Raising Laughter, a new book due to be published in September, will take a look at the creation of 1970s sitcoms. Writer Robert Sellers has interviewed a number of those involved in the shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th June 2021Dad's Army's 50 years of popularity
The director of many of the earliest episodes of Dad's Army, which is 50 years old, has said he doubts many of today's shows will last as long.
BBC, 31st July 2018In Comedy Connections (BBC1) it emerged that Roy Clarke, the writer, and Harold Snoad, the producer/director, were horns locked during its run. The BBC had to bring in a script editor to interpose his innocent body between the combatants.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 27th July 2004