which served as the pilot episode of The Sweeney. It opens Steven Berkoff's 1975 play East. In the 1985 EastEnders Sing-Along, it is sung by the cast with Gillian Taylforth singing the intro. The first verse and chorus is sung in Upstairs, Downstairs by the servants as part of their New Year's celebrations in Series 4, Episode 9, "Another Year." The group seems to mix up the line about the "special" and the old-time copper, but it may be because the butler, Mr. Hudson, serves as a "special." (See Series 4, Episode 3, "The Beastly Hun.") In an episode of The Archers broadcast on Monday 28 September 2015, the chorus is sung by Ruth Archer and her mother immediately before the latter's collapse from a stroke and subsequent death. An alternative third line is used - "Off went the van with me old man in it". In a commercial for American Express, Jerry Seinfeld is shown singing the song with others in an English pub, part of a montage showing the comedian's adjusting to British culture. It is sung by Mr. Bean in the 22nd episode of season 4 in animated series. Tessie O'Shea, Kay Kendall and the Pearly Kings and Queens, sang an excerpt of the song in the film London Town. In the comedy film Confessions from a Holiday Camp, the Lea family sing the song enroute to the holiday camp, drunkenly unaware that they've stumbled into a funeral car instead of a taxi. Notes and references External links Full song lyrics http://monologues.co.uk/musichall/Songs-D/Dont-Dilly-Dally.htm Comedy songs Music hall songs The Muppets songs 1919 songs Lonnie Donegan songs Songs with lyrics by Fred W. Leigh Songs with music by Charles Collins (songwriter) Songs about transport