Handwritten Dad's Army script sells for £6,500

The script sold for more than expected

A handwritten script from the much loved sitcom Dad's Army has sold at auction for £6,500.

The script recently featured on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and was sold as part of an annual New Year's Eve British comedy, film and TV auction at Bristol's Auctioneum.

It was handwritten by the show's co-creator David Croft for an episode entitled 'Sgt - Save My Boy!', which sees Private Pike stranded on a mined beach and in need of rescue by the platoon.

Auctioneer Andrew Stowe said the script exceeded the estimated sale price, seeing the hammer come down at £6,500, which including fees will see the buyer pay a total of £7,800.

The 34-page manuscript had been expected to fetch about £5,000.

It was sold with a separate letter by Mr Croft that said: "I can write better than this but in trying to keep up with my thoughts, legibility goes out of the window."

Some of the other items sold during the auction include a production used 'Peckham Springs' label from Only Fools and Horses and an original chicken coop prop from Chicken Run by the Bristol based animation studio, Aardman animations.