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  • | studio = [[Film4 Productions|Channel 4 Films]] <br />[[Nelson Entertainment]] <br />[[TVS Television]] ...=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|date=2005}}</ref>
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  • ...' is a 1989 [[Cinema of United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy]]-[[fantasy film]] written and directed by [[Terry Jones]]. The film was inspired by Jo ...ave it 3 out of 5 and wrote: "Doesn't measure up to the best of the Python films, but it consistently entertains through the occasional gags that do not wor
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  • '''''The Knack …and How to Get It''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Richard Lester]] and starring [[Rita Tushingham]], [[R ...was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]], and the film was nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best
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  • ...m star Mary Millington honoured|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/659451/A-blue-plaque-for-a-blue-lady-Risqu-film-star-Mary-Millington-honour ...during this period by shooting short [[Softcore pornography|softcore]] sex films for the British [[8 mm film|8&nbsp;mm]] market, as well as hardcore, [[Porn
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  • ...ries and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. ...nd ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1
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  • In February 2018 she appeared in the daytime comedy drama ''[[Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators]]'' Episode 2 as ca ...to the Secret Garden]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba04b523c|title=Sheila Steafel}}</ref>
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  • ...a regular long running role alongside Bruce Forsyth in both series of the comedy ''[[Slinger's Day]]'' from 1986 to 1987, and, in 1991, he appeared in the f ...ce cast of ''[[The Light Princess]]'', a partly animated, hour-long family fantasy that aired on the [[BBC]] in 1978.<ref name=cartoon>{{cite news |url=http:/
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  • ...On]]'' films, and also regularly appeared on screen from the 1960s to the 1980s. ...ing roles, appearing in numerous television shows, theatre productions and films. The latter included ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' w
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  • |data4 = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch comedy]], [[surreal humour|surreal humour]] ...] from 1970 until 1982, combining [[sketch comedy|sketches]] and situation comedy.
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  • .../ref><ref>{{cite web | title = David Jason | url = https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16c38d9 | publisher = British Film Institute | access-date ...] (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]] (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and seven [[National Television Awards|Na
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  • ...don, England|date=3 January 1964|page=4}}</ref> Finney received 10% of the films earnings, which made him over $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Va ...965/ |archive-date=6 April 2019 }}</ref><ref name="guard"/> He returned to films with ''[[Two for the Road (film)|Two for the Road]]'' (1967) co starring [[
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  • ...1972). Other notable film roles include Private Brigg in the [[Comedy film|comedy]] ''[[The Virgin Soldiers (film)|The Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1969), Dennis in ...starred as Private Brigg in ''[[The Virgin Soldiers]]'', a [[comedy drama|comedy-drama]] film set during the [[Malayan Emergency]]. Bennett described the fi
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  • ..., November 2011 (Updated 6 March 2014)</ref> His television dramas mixed [[fantasy]] and [[reality]], the personal and the social, and often used themes and i ===Works for the BBC in the 1980s===
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  • ...orsyth attended [[the Latymer School]]. After watching [[Fred Astaire]] in films at the age of eight, he trained in dance in [[Tottenham]] and then [[Brixto ...years later, he played Swinburne in the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] fantasy film ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''.<ref name="Sellers"/> In 1976, he app
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  • ...an Gray]]'' (1945), earning various awards. She appeared in 11 further MGM films, mostly in minor roles, and after her contract ended in 1952, she began to ...in several theatrical productions and appeared in [[Children's film|family films]] such as ''[[Nanny McPhee]]'' (2005) and ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]'' (201
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