• Terry Jones
  ...was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. ...ive [[w:aphasia|aphasia]], he gradually lost the ability to speak and died in 2020 from [[w:frontotemporal dementia|frontotemporal dementia]] at the age
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• June Whitfield
  ...vember 1925 – 29th December 2018", so it is understood that Whitfield died in the early hours of Saturday 29 December 2018.}} was an English radio, telev ...es)|Beggar My Neighbour]]'', which ran for three series. She also appeared in four [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films: ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1
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• Terry Wogan
  | caption = Wogan at the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]] in 2015 ...'Television presenting:'''{{plainlist|*''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]''<br>(1971, 1973–1978, 1980–2008)
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• Peter Sallis
  ...bruary 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor, mainly known for his work in television. ...''[[First of the Summer Wine]]''. Although Sallis was born and brought up in London, the characters of Wallace and Clegg were both [[w:Northern England|
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• Dennis Potter
  ...ed as one of the most influential and innovative dramatists to have worked in British television. ...he United States|Hollywood]] studios. Potter died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1994.
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• Sid James
  | caption = James in the early 1970s ...ompassed radio, stage and screen, he was best known for his numerous roles in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] film series.<ref>{{Cite web |last
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• Denis Gifford
  | occupation = Film and comic historian, comic artist and writer, non-fiction writer, radio and television ...s of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, early film history, horror films, science-fiction films, early radio history.
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• Dad's Army
  ...{ubl|[[Situation comedy|Situation comedy]]|[[Historical fiction|Historical fiction]]}} | starring = '''Listed in closing credits:'''{{plainlist|
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• The Goodies
  ...Bill Oddie]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], [[Graeme Garden|Graeme Garden]] <br />in a screenshot from the title sequence <br />of the BBC television series ...ll Oddie|Bill Oddie]] (b. 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their [[The Goodies (TV series)|eponymous television comedy show]] from 197
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• Albert Finney
  |caption = Finney in 1966 ...previously directed him in the theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.
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• Douglas Adams
  | genre = [[Science fiction]], [[comedy]], [[satire]] ...xy (film)|feature film]]. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in [[Radio Academy|The Radio Academy]]'s Hall of Fame.<ref name="radioacad">{{
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• Patrick Troughton
  ...es ''[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1972–1973, 1983 and 1985. ...in roles, many of the productions Troughton performed in between 1947 and 1971 were amongst those either never recorded or [[w:Wiping|destroyed]] by UK br
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• Jon Pertwee
  ...al Intelligence Division]] during the [[w:World War II|Second World War]]. In his early career, he worked as a stage comedian, which included performing ...tish game show)|Whodunnit?]]'' (1974–1978), and played the title character in ''[[w:Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1979–1981 and 1987
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• Mervyn Johns
  | caption = Johns in ''[[The Halfway House]]'' (1944) ...ology series]], including his final role in [[BBC One]]'s 1979 [[detective fiction]] drama series ''[[Shoestring (TV series)|Shoestring]]'' as the Reverend Ja
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• Spike Milligan
  ...is childhood, relocating in 1931 to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spi ...World War]], beginning with ''[[Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall]]'' (1971). He also wrote comical verse, with much of his poetry written for children
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  {{short description|Science fiction series}} ...}}</ref> or '''''tHGttG''''') is a [[comic science fiction|comedy science fiction]] franchise created by [[Douglas Adams]]. Originally [[The Hitchhiker's Gui
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• Kenny Everett
  ...in [[w:BBC radio|BBC radio]]'s newly-created [[w:BBC Radio 1|BBC Radio 1]] in 1967. It was here he developed his trademark voices and surreal characters ...aceous figure was often used to comic effect. Rocos would be his assistant in the 1987 BBC gameshow ''Brainstorm''. He was a highly versatile performer,
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• Monty Python's Flying Circus
  ...e series followed and elaborated upon the style used by [[Spike Milligan]] in his groundbreaking series ''[[Q... (TV series)|Q5]]'', rather than the trad ...unlike anything else on British television at the time. Much of the humour in the series' various episodes and sketches targets the idiosyncrasies of [[C
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• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
  ...973, with eight episodes. An hour-long 25th anniversary show was broadcast in 1989, comically introduced as "full frontal radio". ...ain." Basing the show's title on the phrase used to recover from a mistake set the tone for the series as an irreverent and loosely produced comedy show.<
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• Dirk Bogarde
  ...rs, six novels, and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. ...ander of the Order of Arts and Letters]] in 1990 and a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1992.
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