YMMV / Dixon of Dock Green

• Adaptation Displacement: The Blue Lamp and Dixon's original fate are largely forgotten. Apart from by Matthew Graham, creator of Ashes to Ashes, who therefore, and by definition, rocks.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Vi Holliday in "A Little Bit of Luck" and Connie Tempest in "Helmet on the Sideboard" are played by Angela Douglas, who would later be best known for her roles in the Carry On... Series.
  • Mary Crawford is played by Anna Dawson, who would later be best known for playing Violet in Keeping Up Appearances.
  • Knocker White is played by Arthur English, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Harman in Are You Being Served?.
  • Doris Gray from "Tower of Strength" and Mrs. Nichols from "The Brimstone Man" are played by Brenda Cowling, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Lipton in You Rang, M'Lord?.
  • Percy Sinclair from "Ada" is played by Brian Murphy, who would later be best known for playing George Roper in Man About the House and George & Mildred.
  • Henry Brandon from "The Complaint" and Clayton from "The Collectors" are played by Brian Wilde, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Barrowclough in Porridge and Foggy Dewhirst in Last of the Summer Wine.
  • Pete from "The Hard Way" is played by Christopher Mitchell, who would later be best known for playing Gunner Parkin in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.
  • Four guest roles between 1961 and 1966 were played by Dandy Nichols, who would later be best known for playing Else Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part.
  • David Newman from "The White Mercades" and Ray Glenn from "There's Your Story, There's My Story - And There's the Truth" is played by David Griffin, who would later be best known for playing Clive Dempster in Hi-de-Hi! and Emmet Hawksworth in Keeping Up Appearances.
  • Dave from "Conspiracy of Silence" is played by David Janson, who would later be best known for playing Ken Richardson in Get Some In!, Michael the postman in Keeping Up Appearances, and the second Herr Flick in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • Norma Parker from "Fair Means or Foul" and Ruby Fisher from "S for Squealer" were played by Diana Coupland, who would later be best known for playing Jean Abbott in Bless This House.
  • Three guest roles from between 1972 and 1974 are played by Doremy Vernon, who would later be best known for playing the Canteen Manageress in Are You Being Served?.
  • Mrs. Small from "A Kiss for the Constable" and Mrs. Benson from "Touch and Go" are played by Doris Hare, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Butler in On the Buses.
  • Kenneth Morley from "The Samaritan Act" and Murray from "Find the Lady" are played by Ewan Hooper, who would later be best known for playing Alec Foster in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Police Constable Cox from "The New Skipper" is played by Frank Thornton, who would later be best known for playing Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served?.
  • Three guest roles from between 1965 and 1969 are played by Jack Smethurst, who would later be best known for playing Eddie Booth in Love Thy Neighbour.
  • Six guest roles from between 1961 and 1967 are played by James Beck, who would later be best known for playing Private Walker in Dad's Army.
  • Three guest roles from between 1964 and 1967 are played by Janet Davies, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Pike in Dad's Army.
  • Alan Hunt from "Pay-Off" is played by Jeffrey Holland, who would later be best known for playing Spike Dixon in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Elsie Francis from "The Paperhangers" is played by Joan Hickson, who would later be best known for playing Miss Marple in Miss Marple (1984).
  • Ray from "Obsession" is played by John Challis, who would later be best known for playing Boycie in Only Fools and Horses and The Green Green Grass.
  • Detective Constable Greaves from "George Takes a Bowler" is played by John Clegg, who would later be best known for playing Gunner Graham in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.
  • Iris Pettigrew from "Mr. Pettigrew's Bowler" is played by Judy Cornwell, who would later be best known for playing Daisy in Keeping Up Appearances.
  • Marie from "The Key of the Nick" is played by June Whitfield, who would later be best known for playing June Fletcher in Happy Ever After, June Medford in Terry and June, and Mother in Absolutely Fabulous.
  • Three guest roles from between 1969 and 1971 are played by Kate Williams, who would later be best known for playing Joan Booth in Love Thy Neighbour.
  • Five guest roles from between 1956 and 1960 are played by Kenneth Cope, who would later be best known for playing Marty Hopkirk in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
  • A porter from "Sgt. George Dixon" and a dealer from "The Unwanted" are played by Kenneth Waller, who would later be best known for playing Old Mr. Grace in Are You Being Served? and Grandad in Bread.
  • Bernie Leach from "The Flemish Giant" is played by Larry Dann, who would later be best known for playing Sergeant Peters in The Bill.
  • Jimmy Humphrey from "The Black and the White" and a coffee bar attendant from "The Climber" are played by Larry Martyn, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Mash in Are You Being Served?.
  • Mr. Kemp from "Act of Violence" is played by Lennard Pearce, who would later be best known for playing Grandad in Only Fools and Horses.
  • Five guest roles from between 1962 and 1972 are played by Leslie Dwyer, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Partridge in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Liz Rowley from "On a Moody Complaint" is played by Linda Regan, who would later be best known for playing April Wingate in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Three guest roles from between 1957 and 1958 are played by Liz Fraser, who would later be best known for appearing in four Carry On films.
  • Four guest roles from between 1958 and 1965 are played by Melvyn Hayes, who would later be best known for playing Bombardier Beaumont in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.
  • Jimmy from "A Little Bit of Luck" is played by Michael Bates, who would later be best known for playing Blamire in Last of the Summer Wine and Rangi Ram in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.
  • Six guest roles from between 1964 and 1967 are played by Michael Robbins, who would later be best known for playing Arthur Rudge in On the Buses.
  • Mrs. Knight from "Guilty People" is played by Pamela Cundell, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Fox in Dad's Army.
  • Clifford Abel from "Routine Check" and Keith Stapledon from "Dragons' Teeth" are played by Patrick Mower, who would later be best known for playing Rodney Blackstock in Emmerdale.
  • Jane Taylor from "Two Children" is played by Pauline Quirke, who would later be best known for playing Sharon Theodopolopodous in Birds of a Feather.
  • Miss Nash from "A Fine Art" is played by Penelope Keith, who would later be best known for playing Margo Ledbetter in The Good Life and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To the Manor Born.
  • A young man from "Wingy" is played by Robin Askwith, who would later be best known for playing Timmy Lea in the Confessions of a... Series.
  • A shoe-shop assistant from "A Quiet Sunday" is played by Robin Stewart, who would later be best known for playing Mike Abbott in Bless This House.
  • Ron Fielding from "Everybody's Business" is played by Roger Lloyd-Pack, who would later be best known for playing Trigger in Only Fools and Horses and Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley.
  • Dorothy Lang from "The Undercover Man" is played by Rosalind Knight, who would later be best known for playing Beryl Merit in Gimme, Gimme, Gimme and Horrible Grandma in Friday Night Dinner.
  • Three guest roles from between 1957 and 1971 are played by Rose Hill, who would later be best known for playing Madame Fanny in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • A hospital porter from "Breaking Point" is played by Talfryn Thomas, who would later be best known for playing Private Cheeseman in Dad's Army.
  • Eddie Farrell from "The Climber" is played by Trevor Bannister, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Lucas in Are You Being Served?.
  • An extra from "Nightmare" is played by Vicki Michelle, who would later be best known for playing Yvette Carte-Blanche in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • Jean David from "The Outlaws" and Barbara Walker from "Nightmare Hours" are played by Wendy Richard, who would later be best known for playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders.
  • Bruce Treadgold from "The Hot Seat" is played by William Mervyn, who would later be best known for playing the Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever in All Gas and Gaiters.
  • Five guest roles from between 1965 and 1972 are played by Windsor Davies, who would later be best known for playing Sergeant Major Williams in It Ain't Half Hot, Mum.
  • Five guest roles from 1964 to 1969 are played by Yootha Joyce, who would later be best known for playing Mildred Roper in Man About the House and George & Mildred.
  • Paul Darrow appears in guest roles in the episodes "Cat-Walk" (1974) and "Jackpot" (1976), the latter as Cockney villain Tony Kingsley, two years before his debut in his famous role as Kerr Avon in Blake's 7.

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