 Another well-known wearer of an "Anthony Eden" was Sergeant Arthur Wilson (played by John Le Mesurier) in "Dad's Army" (1968–77), the BBC TV comedy series about the wartime Home Guard, which Eden established in 1940.In one episode, Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), who, as manager of a bank, wore a bowler, told Wilson that his hair was too long.Wilson replied that "Mrs Pike [his lover] says it makes me look like Eden".