• Will Hay
  ...insborough Pictures]], is often cited as the supreme British-produced film-comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in the UK. Many comedia ...rl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a67M2nouJfA |title=Will Hay – Master of Comedy |website=YouTube |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |date=2 June 1976 |access-date=10 M
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• Kind Hearts and Coronets
  {{short description|1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer}} ...nd Hearts and Coronets''''' is a 1949 British [[crime film|crime]] [[black comedy film]]. It features [[Dennis Price]], [[Joan Greenwood]], [[Valerie Hobson]
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• Alfie (1966 film)
  | studio = Sheldrake Films '''''Alfie''''' is a 1966 British [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Lewis Gilbert]] and starring [[Michael Caine]].
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• John Bird (actor)
  ...r in film, television, theatre and radio for over 55 years. He appeared in films including ''[[Take a Girl Like You (film)|Take A Girl Like You]]'' (1970) a ...e It Cast and Crew Credits|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
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• Cicely Courtneidge
  ...had a long run in ''[[Under the Counter (musical)|Under the Counter]]'', a comedy in which she received glowing notices. Notable among her other successes w ...starring role was Eileen Cavanagh in the long-running [[Edwardian musical comedy]] ''[[The Arcadians (musical)|The Arcadians]]'', which she took over from [
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• Bill Travers
  ...Douglas Fairbanks Presents]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8784435e|title=The Heel (1953)|website=BFI}}</ref> ...le went to [[Dirk Bogarde]]. Travers briefly returned to Britain to make a comedy, ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]'' (1957), with his second wife [[Virginia
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• Ted Kavanagh
  ...adio scriptwriter and producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bacf61e28|title=Ted Kavanagh|website=2.bfi.org.uk|access-date ...That Man Again (film)|It's That Man Again]]'' (1943) and science fiction/ comedy ''[[Time Flies (1944 film)|Time Flies]]'' (1944).
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• Hello Cheeky
  | format = Comedy sketches ...oadcast on television - on the ITV network - in 1976. The format was short comedy sketches, often as short as one line, with occasional longer sketches.
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• Jimmy Perry
  ...e="Braxton2014" /> along with many actors that would later join him in his comedy writing career including [[Michael Knowles (actor)|Michael Knowles]], [[Col ==Comedy writer==
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• John Bluthal
  ...ingdom|Golden Age of British Television]], where he was best known for his comedy work in the UK with [[Spike Milligan]], and for his role as Manny Cohen in ...in 1960 for BBC television, and the long-running [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] comedy series ''[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]'' (1967–71) in which
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• Till Death Us Do Part
  ...[[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1965 to 1975. The show was first broadcast as a ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' [[Television pilot|pilot]], then in seven series until 1975. The series became an instant hit because, although a comedy, in the context of its time it did deal with aspects of [[working-class]] l
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• Jon Pertwee
  As an actor, Pertwee appeared in many comedy roles, including four films in the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' series, and he became widely k After the war, he began to work as a comedy actor on radio in ''Waterlogged Spa'', alongside [[Eric Barker]], and ''Puf
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• Dad's Army
  | genre = {{ubl|[[Situation comedy|Situation comedy]]|[[Historical fiction|Historical fiction]]}} ...in new Dad's Army |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 November 2018 |website=comedy.co.uk |access-date=9 November 2018 }}</ref>
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• Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)
  ...aming ''The Fosters'': jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |location=Manchester ...te neighbour (often in response to being called "nig-nog" or "Sambo"). The comedy invariably fixated on the "Blackness" of Bill and Barbie or rather, as Mali
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• Last of the Summer Wine
  * ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' ...[[VisionTV]] in Canada. ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is the longest-running comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running sitcom in the world.<ref name=
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• William Hartnell
  ...ade numerous stage and television appearances and acted in over 75 British films, he is best remembered as the [[First Doctor]] in [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[ ...8, he played the sergeant in the first [[Carry On (film series)|Carry On]] comedy film, ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''. He appeared as Will Buckley, another milit
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• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  {{Short description|1975 British comedy film}} | distributor = [[EMI Films]]
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• Peter Cook
  ...nce]]. Following the success of the show, the duo appeared together in the films ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966) and ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1 ...alia |date=3 January 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cook tops poll of comedy greats|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/02/arts.artsnews |work=T
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• List of Till Death Us Do Part episodes
  |Aired as an episode of ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''. Only an excerpt is known to exist. [[Gretchen Franklin]] pla ==Films==
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• Round the Horne main characters
  ...it very difficult for us to keep up the high reputation for sophisticated comedy we've never had.{{sfn|Took|Coward|2000|p=39}} ...the Horne'' Douglas Smith took the traditional role of a BBC announcer on comedy shows, introducing the programme and its component parts and reading the cr
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