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  • {{Infobox television | company = [[Thames Television]]
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  • {{Short description|British television director}} ...[[w:Television director|Television director]] and [[w:television producer|television producer]]
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  • {{short description|Scottish actor}} ...fficer]] [[w:Mr. Mackay|Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[w:situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[w:Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''.
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  • ...anet McLuckie Brown''' (14 December 1923{{spaced ndash}}27 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, [[comedian|comedian]] and [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressi ...Be Wise|Folly to Be Wise]]'' (1952), and then appeared in several British television series, such as ''The [[Eric Barker]] Half-Hour'' (1952), ''[[How Do You Vi
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  • {{Infobox television | company = [[Thames Television]] (TV pilot), [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] (TV series)
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  • His parents were the Scottish [[w:Congregational church|Congregational]] minister, psychologist and acade ...e's Howard - BBC1 Stand-Up|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref name=peggyevansobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.
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  • {{Short description|English comedy writer and performer}} | occupation = Comedy writer
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  • | television = ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' ...l of Jeffrey Fairbrother in the first five series of the [[BBC]] situation comedy ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''.
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  • {{Infobox television episode * [[Stanley Baxter]] as Scottish Tourism Agent
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  • {{Infobox television | genre = [[Comedy|Comedy]]
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  • | portrayer = [[w:Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] ...by [[w:David Renwick|David Renwick]] and portrayed by [[w:Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]]. The character epitomised the archetypal grumpy old
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  • ...vejoy]]'' (1991) and comedy shows like ''[[Yes Minister]]'', he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as ''[[w:Princess Caraboo (film)|Princess Car In 1971, with [[John Fortune]], he published the comedy classic ''[[w:A Melon for Ecstasy|A Melon for Ecstasy]]'', about a man who
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  • ...bn=0330367757}}</ref> In 1986 he won the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance]] for his stage role in the play ''[[When We Are Married]]''.<r ...ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/ericsykes.htm |title=Television Heaven - TV Greats - Eric Sykes |access-date=29 July 2009 |archive-url=http
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  • | awards = [[w:British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]]<br />1997 [[w:Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Awar ...Scotland|BBC Scotland]] and later became known for his British television comedy shows ''[[The Stanley Baxter Show]]'', ''[[The Stanley Baxter Picture Show]
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  • MacDonald was born in [[Manchester]], the son of Scottish heavyweight wrestling champion [[Bill MacDonald (wrestler)|Bill MacDonald]] ...Episode 5 - Number Engaged|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
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  • {{Infobox television | genre = [[Comedy television]]
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  • ...5904/http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPYLARKS-Eric-Morecambe-Ernie-Wise-MI5-UK-SPY-COMEDY-Vintage-US-Movie-Flyer-/311389748652 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is subtit ...Cavendish – who had managed to infiltrate SCHLECHT. After a few set-piece comedy interludes, the tune is identified and the plot switches to a performance o
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  • ...a Scottish actor. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric "offbeat" scientist, teacher and ...derson's ''[[if....]]'' (1968). In 1970, he appeared in the popular Thames Television series ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'' as The Groper, a de-registered doc
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  • | nationality = Scottish ...tish people|Scottish]] comedy actress and [[revue]] artist who appeared in television and film roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/
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  • ...3/data.pdf {{Bare URL PDF |date=December 2021}}</ref><ref>British Film and Television Yearbook, 1970, ed. Peter Noble, p. 337</ref> (14 October 1919 – 13 May 1 Sloan was born in [[Hertfordshire]], England, the son of a Scottish Free Church Minister, and educated at [[Dulwich College]]. He entered the [
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