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  • ...f>according to his website</ref> with his uncredited appearance as Perkins in the film ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (1939). ...ices at St. Aldhelm's Church, and Croft later gave that name to the church in Dad's Army.
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  • ...are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians, and films), [[propaganda|propagandists]], [[protest]]ors, and other groups trying to ...[[Play (theater)|play]] by Harry Meredith that opened in [[New York City]] in August 1882]]
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  • ...co.uk/bottom/| url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2004, ''Bottom'' was ranked 45th in a BBC poll for ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]''.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web| u ...ers titled ''[[Hooligan's Island]]'' was cancelled in 2013. Mayall's death in the following year ended plans for a revival.
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  • ...d [[animal rights]] activist. Prior to his show business career, he served in the British army with [[Gurkha]] and special forces units. Travers was born in the suburb of Jesmond in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England,<ref name=NYT/> the son of Florenc
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  • | caption = Captain Blackadder in the Suffolk Regiment ...otable personality traits and characteristics throughout each incarnation. In a 2001 poll [[Conducting|conducted]] by [[Channel 4]], Edmund Blackadder wa
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  • | caption = Mitchell in 1978 ...]], 1981) and ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (BBC, 1985–92), and in the films ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1969) and ''[[T
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  • | distributor = [[EMI Films]] ...[[Terry Jones]], and [[Michael Palin]]) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. It was conceived during the hiatus betwee
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  • ...<br/>in their Flying Machines;<br/>Or, How I Flew from London to Paris<br/>in 25 Hours 11 Minutes ...agnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)|work=BFI Film Forever|access-date=20 October 201
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  • ...]], while in the "[[Absolutely Fabulous (series 4)#ep27|Gay]]" special and in series 5, it is performed by [[w:Debbie Harry|Debbie Harry]] and Edmondson. ...ng role as Edina's dotty, sarcastic, and often thieving mother who appears in nearly every episode. [[w:Jane Horrocks|Jane Horrocks]] as Edina's utterly
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  • ...levision]] (series 2 and 3) in Australia, and on [[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]] in New Zealand. ...theguardian.com/stage/2019/oct/29/ardal-ohanlon-interview-father-ted-death-in-paradise-standup-comedy-tour|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Guardian|la
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  • ...1930s, 1940s and 1950s, early film history, horror films, science-fiction films, early radio history. ...ollector, owning what was perhaps the largest collection of British comics in the world.<ref name="guide">{{cite web|title=Entry for Sunday Observer Chri
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  • | caption = Niven in 1973.<br />Photograph by [[w:Allan Warren|Allan Warren]] ...ink Panther]]'' (1963), and [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] in ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967).
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  • | caption = Johns in ''[[The Halfway House]]'' (1944) ...sh stage, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World War.
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  • |caption = Ustinov in 1986, photographed by [[Allan Warren|Allan Warren]] ...ame of its Graduate Society to [[Ustinov College, Durham|Ustinov College]] in honour of the significant contributions Ustinov had made as chancellor of t
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  • ...had been sold in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Ropers from moving in. [[Anthony Sharp]] appears in this episode, and Truffles, for the first time.
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  • Rushton was born 18 August 1937 in 3 Wilbraham Place, [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London, the only child of p ...iever'' Pan Books {{ISBN|1447210220}}</ref> On leaving the army, he worked in a solicitor's office for a short period.<ref name=Sherrin/>
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  • * [[HandMade Films]] ...cing for ''Life of Brian'' through the formation of his company [[HandMade Films]].<ref name="rolling stone">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/mus
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  • ...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt ...form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.
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  • | caption = Dors in 1968 ...names = Diana d'Ors<br>The Siren of Swindon<br>The Hurricane in Mink<br>The Blonde Bombshell
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  • | caption = Rickman in 2011 ...tre|Broadway]] in 1987, he was nominated for a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Tony Award]].
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