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  • <!-- This article uses BRITISH ENGLISH. Please do not change to American spellings! --> | comics =
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  • |honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] '''Joyce Irene Grenfell''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (''{{nee}}'' '''Phipps'''; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 19
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  • |data2 = British '''The Goodies''' were a trio of British comedians: [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] (1940–2020), [[Graeme Garden|Graeme Gard
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  • {{short description|British actor, comedian, satirist (1937–1995}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
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  • |honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]'', ''[
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  • ...e by music numbers - which featured a recurring set of highly identifiable characters acting out a surreal or strange adventure. The three stars were now well es ==New features and popular characters==
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  • ...script_larry_stephens/|title=Forgotten Hancock script rediscovered|website=British Comedy Guide|date=3 November 2015|access-date=7 November 2015}}</ref> In 19 ...e [[w:situation comedy|situation comedy]], with the humour coming from the characters and the circumstances in which they find themselves. Owing to a contractual
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  • ...simply '''''Monty Python'''''; sometimes abbreviated '''''MPFC''''') is a British [[surreal humour|surreal]] [[sketch comedy]] series created by and starring ...raditional sketch show format. The Pythons play the majority of the series characters themselves, along with supporting cast members including [[Carol Cleveland]
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  • {{short description|British comedy programme}} '''''Red Dwarf''''' is a British [[w:science fiction comedy|science fiction comedy]] franchise created by [[
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  • {{Short description|1975 British comedy film}} ...holy-grail-film | title=''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' (12A) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=28 August 2015 | access-date=24 Septe
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  • ...Milligan. Impersonator [[Peter Sellers]] headed the cast along with rising comics [[Harry Secombe]], [[Michael Bentine]] and [[Robert Moreton]], plus [[Doris ...mers whose strange new ‘goon’ humour would soon herald a new generation in British comedy.
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  • ...medy series ''Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh''. After [[w:Demobilisation of the British Armed Forces after the Second World War|demobilisation]] Horne returned to ...cast since his death. A 2002 BBC radio survey to find listeners' favourite British comedian placed Horne third, behind [[Tony Hancock]] and [[Spike Milligan]]
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  • ...n the year, was registered by the [[w:British Board of Film Classification|British Board of Film Classification]] on Wednesday 24 September and was on release ...I honestly do feel that the “Goons” have a much better balance with three comics and a straight man […] and that the foregoing series did show a decided o
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  • ...rs [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[John Major]] and the [[British Royal Family|British royal family]]. The series was the first to caricature [[Queen Elizabeth Th ...the 1980s, ''Spitting Image'' satirised politics, entertainment, sport and British popular culture of the era. At its peak, the show was watched by 15 million
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...–1978). Sellers's versatility enabled him to portray a wide range of comic characters using different accents and guises, and he would often assume multiple role
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  • ...ith Chaplin merchandise, he was featured in cartoons and [[Charlie Chaplin comics|comic strips]], and several songs were written about him.{{sfnm|1a1=Robinso ...le="The Happiest Days of My Life": Mutual |work=Charlie Chaplin |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=28 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=htt
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  • ...uide to the Galaxy (TV series)|a television series]], several stage plays, comics, [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)|a video game]], and a ...n", Adams is dressed in a [[List of recurring Monty Python's Flying Circus characters#Pepperpots|pepper-pot]] outfit and loads a missile onto a cart driven by [[
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  • {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} This is an episode summary of British [[TV comedy]] show ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|The Morec
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  • {{short description|British surreal comedy group}} ...], he renounced his American citizenship in January 2006 and is now only a British citizen. {{citation|place=DE|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/;art772
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