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  • | genre = Television ...[[Hallelujah! (TV series)|Hallelujah!]] (1981–1984)''<br>''[[Farrington of the F.O.]] (1986–1987)''
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  • ...ffice that a sequel, ''[[The Alf Garnett Saga]]'', followed in 1972.<ref>[[The Alf Garnett Saga]]</ref> ...d Else's shock, and they have a baby daughter, Rita, in 1942. The war ends in 1945 with a huge street party and Alf, characteristically, gets drunk.
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  • ...Edwards]] in a spin-off of his TV comedy series ''[[Whack-O!]]'', playing the seedy, alcoholic, [[School corporal punishment|cane-wielding]] headmaster o ...ience]], using his adult stage name, [[Mitch Mitchell]], and it also marks the first film appearance of [[Richard Briers]].
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  • {{infobox television ...white series, such as "Bus" based on 'Sykes and a Following' from 1964 and the episode "Stranger" with [[Peter Sellers]] based on 'Sykes and a Stranger' f
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  • ...//www.thetimes.co.uk/article/denise-coffey-obituary-q0sbpd8nr |newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=April 11, 2022|access-date=April 14, 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</r ...in [[Edinburgh]], then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She appeared in as many as 12 shows a week, many with quick changes.<ref name=":0" />
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  • {{Infobox television ...esents Morecambe & Wise'' (1st series)<br />''The Piccadilly Palace'' (6th series)
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  • {{Infobox television ...mes" and "Bill Kerr, the dim-witted Australian" roles that they had played in ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''.
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  • {{Infobox television | name = Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
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  • {{Infobox television | image = The Gnomes of Dulwich.jpg
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  • ...helor Father]]'' and ''[[Keep It in the Family (1980 TV series)|Keep It in the Family]]''. ...<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref> At the age of 17 she made her stage debut in a dramatised version of ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', playing Grace Poole.
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  • {{Short description|English actress of the 1960s and 1970s}} | caption = Gwen Watts as Iris in ''[[On the Buses]]'' (1969)
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  • ...t]], popular on [[BBC radio]] in the 1940s and 1950s when he was known as "The Voice of Them All". ...ed as compere at shows. He started mimicking radio personalities, such as the imaginary children impersonated by [[Harry Hemsley]], and developed a speci
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  • ...ht Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]" were both British Top 10 chart hits in 1962,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |title= Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams
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  • |image = "The Plank" (1967).jpg ...nington]]. The story was based on an episode of Eric Sykes' [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' from 1964, called "Sykes and a Plank".
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  • ...h [[comedian]] who achieved popularity following television appearances in the 1970s. He was best known for his 'faulty microphone' routine and for his ch ...il|accessdate=28 February 2013}}</ref> He grew up in the centre of Hull as the eldest of eight children.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co
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  • ...; 21 July 1923 &nbsp;– 25 January 1980) was an English actress of film and television, as well as an occasional singer.<ref name="BFI">[https://web.archive.org/w ...she sang the same songs from Portrait of Queenie, was released in 1966 on the UK Columbia label with catalogue number SX 6047.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https:/
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  • | caption = Braid as [[w:Nana Moon|Nana Moon]] in ''[[w:EastEnders|EastEnders]]'' ...known in her later years for playing [[Nana Moon|Victoria "Nana" Moon]] on the [[BBC One]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.
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  • | imagesize = Gladwin as Wally in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' | caption = Gladwin as Wally Batty in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
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  • {{Infobox television | image = Father, Dear Father (TV series).jpg
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  • ...n of a [[w:cleric|cleric]], Wells was born in [[w:Ashford, Kent|Ashford]], in 1936. He was educated at [[w:Eastbourne College|Eastbourne College]] and [[ ...vejoy]]'' (1991) and comedy shows like ''[[Yes Minister]]'', he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as ''[[w:Princess Caraboo (film)|Princess Car
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