• Bob Grant (actor)
  ..., Stratford, in 1967, and starred in the satirical play ''[[Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)#Harold Wilson: Mrs. Wilson's Diary|Mrs Wilson's Diary]]'' as | ''[[Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)|Mrs. Wilson's Diary]]''
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• The Two Ronnies
  ...779.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Obituary: Ronnie Barker |publisher=BBC News |date=4 October 2005 |access-date=18 September 2010}}</ref> ...rl=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/ronnie-hazlehurst-the-man-who-set-the-bbc-to-music-dies-aged-79-39581
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• Blackadder: Back & Forth
  ....co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/445805.stm Blackadder back to the future]'', BBC News, 13 September 1999</ref> Joining Atkinson and Robinson are other main cast ...co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/419247.stm Blackadder's millennium duel]'', [[BBC News]], Friday, 13 August 1999</ref>
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• Whoops Apocalypse (film)
  The beginning of the film parodies the [[Falklands War]] when a small British colony is invaded by its neighbo ...he series, as well, and another gay military character. The following mock news story was used in both, as well, "A woman who secured a lock of [[Frank Sin
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• Carry On (franchise)
  ...inment/6524729.stm |title=Carry On quip tops one-liner poll |publisher=BBC News |date=4 April 2007}}</ref> However, this line had originally been used by [ ...inment/4987704.stm |title=Vinnie Jones in new Carry On film |publisher=BBC News |date=16 May 2006 |access-date=21 October 2007}}</ref> At the 50th annivers
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• Jonathan Miller
  ...te news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2045941.stm|title=BBC NEWS – Entertainment – Miller: Master of all trades|publisher=BBC|date=14 Ju ...{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/obies/index/1965/|title=New York News, Food, Culture and Events |work=The Village Voice}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|ur
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• Father Ted
  ...9–102|doi=10.4000/etudesirlandaises.2999|issn=0183-973X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Power|first=Ed|title=Careful now: Will we ever stop talking about Fath ...panel of comedy experts for ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref>[https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-09/fawlty-towers-and-father-ted-top-list-of-britains-favourite-sitc
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• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  ...TP.php Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Box Office Data, DVD Sales, Movie News, Cast Information]. The Numbers. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> ...the first two television series, ''Holy Grail'' is an original story that parodies the legend of [[King Arthur]]'s quest for the [[Holy Grail]]. Thirty years
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• The Archbishop
  Some time later, news arrives that the wealthy Lord Graveney is on his deathbed. Edmund, fearing [[Category:Religious parodies and satires]]
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• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
  ...contracting coronavirus |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/tim-brooketaylor-dead-dies-79-coronavirus-a4412831.html |website=[[Evening ...aring]] and the Scottish TV presenter [[Fyfe Robertson]], Oddie's frequent parodies of the game-show host [[Hughie Green]], and Cleese's occasional but manic i
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• Harry H. Corbett
  ...rsals and forgetting his lines and movements.<ref name="dirtytruth">{{cite news |first=David |last=Barrie |title=The dirty truth: The tortured world of Ste ...[[Sooty]] puppeteer, [[Harry Corbett]], instead.<ref name="HonGame">{{cite news |first=Gyles |last=Brandreth |title=The Honours Game |url=https://www.teleg
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• Terry Wogan
  ...w |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8241101.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=7 September 2009 |access-date=9 September 2009}}</ref> ...status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912064836/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4503018.stm |archive-date=12 September 2017 |d
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• The Italian Job
  ...el Caine reveals ending to the Italian Job|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3533647/At-last-Michael-Caine-reveals-ending-to-the-Italian-J The popularity of ''The Italian Job'' led to several parodies and allusions in other films and productions, including the 2005 episode of
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• The Burkiss Way
  ...our was based on [[surrealism|surrealism]] and literary and media [[parody|parodies]], sprinkled with puns. A sketch in Lesson 28 featuring unsubtle references to [[News anchor|newscaster]] [[Reginald Bosanquet|Reginald Bosanquet]]'s [[alcoholis
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• Oh! What a Lovely War
  ...nts of [[World War I]] using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's [ ...mith family although in the end it was not possible to arrange.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/len-d
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• Oh, Mr Porter!
  ...to Buggleskelly by bus, while being warned of a terrible danger by locals, parodies that of the [[Tod Browning]] film, ''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film) ...ki>[n]</nowiki>o love interest to mar the comedy";<ref name=variety>{{cite news
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• The Goodies (TV series)
  ...ast=Low|title=Why fame seems funny to manic trio|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Arts/Why-fame-seems-funny-to-manic-trio/2005/02/22/1109046918239.html|work= Other episodes featured parodies of contemporary pop music composed by Oddie, some of which went on to subst
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• The Benny Hill Show
  During his television career, Hill performed impersonations or parodies of such American celebrities as [[w:W. C. Fields|W. C. Fields]], [[w:Orson ...ll Show'' would usually air for 60–90 minutes every night before the 20:30 news programme.
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• Spitting Image
  ...rchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403132129/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26329273 |date=3 April 2015 }}. BBC. Retrieved 2 Februar ...son]] and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2020-09-11/spitting-image-new-puppets-britbox/|title=Spitting Ima
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• Dudley Moore
  ...ry contrasted with Cook’s deadpan monologues.<ref name="double act">{{cite news |title=Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, The 25 best comedy duos|url=https://www.t ...-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1389041/Dudley-Moore.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-acc
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