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- Simpson retired from scriptwriting in 1978 around the time Kathleen, his first wife, died. He th ...nd carer, I am deeply saddened to lose Alan after a brave battle with lung disease."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38906672|8 KB (1,111 words) - 12:05, 6 February 2023
- ...ormer]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Driving Instructor]]'' and ''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]''.<ref name="Sky"/> From 1985 to 1986, Booth appeared as pub landlord Ted Pilkington in the short-li13 KB (1,884 words) - 07:53, 17 March 2023
- ...(World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] to France and made broadcasts from the [[First Battle of El Alamein|battle of El Alamein]]<ref>{{cite web |url ...a special programme in July 1962 showing the first live television signal from the [[United States|United States]] via the [[Telstar|Telstar]] satellite.17 KB (2,516 words) - 15:33, 24 August 2024
- Aherne narrated the [[Channel 4]] reality television series ''[[Gogglebox]]'' from its inception in 2013 until 8 April 2016. Aherne died of cancer at the age ...bs/broadcasters1.html |archive-date=19 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From the age of two, Aherne was brought up in [[Wythenshawe]], [[Manchester]].<r30 KB (4,150 words) - 15:07, 18 January 2023
- ...04}} Formby also had a successful recording career and made the transition from music hall to [[revue]] in 1916. ...n|Formby was not alone in developing a chest complaint: the mortality rate from bronchitis was 20% higher in the north west than the rest of the country.{{38 KB (5,859 words) - 16:01, 22 September 2024
- ...in ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with [[Kenneth Branagh]] as director, he performed Shakespe ...red a relationship.<ref name=more/> The family occasionally received money from a wealthy relation, and Briers' maternal grandparents paid for his educatio35 KB (5,232 words) - 09:15, 13 January 2023