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  • ...pendent [[Irish Free State]], but with a significant portion to [[Northern Ireland]]. ...gan. The film was cast by [[Jo Gilbert]] and shot in [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland.
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  • | distributor = Circle Films (US)<br />[[Palace Pictures|Palace Pictures/Video]] (UK) ...6|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s – An Information Briefing|publisher=British Film Institute|date
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  • ...'s work, and a classic of its genre. The film had its first public showing in November 1937 and went on general release on 3 January 1938. ...d ramshackle rural [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[railway station]] in the (fictitious) town of Buggleskelly, situated on the border with the then
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  • ...ter|Benny Carter]] during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conduc ...ctober 2014}}</ref> He began piano lessons at the age of seven and trained in piano and composition under [[Bartlett and Robertson|Rae Robertson]] at the
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  • * Celandine Films ...tle=Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e742e39 |access-date=26 July 2021 |agency=BFI}}</ref>
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  • ...ritish dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. In addition to being an accomplished [[jazz]] trumpet player, he could play ma ...t the [[Royal Variety Show]]. As a singer, he released one charting single in 1960, the Christmas song "Little White Berry".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w
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  • ...by that of the producers, which is the United Kingdom, not the Republic of Ireland. Please do not change without discussion.---> ...levision]] (series 2 and 3) in Australia, and on [[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]] in New Zealand.
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  • ..., and on ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]'' from 2012 until his death in 2021. ...hannel 4's ''100 Greatest Stand-Ups'' in 2007, and he was upgraded to 19th in the updated 2010 list. He was a frequent guest on other panel shows, includ
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  • | starring = {{Plain list |<!-- According to end credits order in the film --> ...ributor = {{ubl|[[20th Century Fox]] (North America, United Kingdom and Ireland)|[[Cinergi Pictures|Sovereign Pictures]] (International)<ref>{{cite web|tit
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  • ...a one-cell brain. Anything not basically simple puzzles a goon. He thinks in the fourth dimension and his language is one step past babytalk. Goonery is ...n]], a compere and actor on BBC radio before the war who had found success in the radio comedy ''[[Danger - Men at Work!|Danger – Men at Work!]]'' and
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  • ...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt ...form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.
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  • In late 1951, producer [[Dennis Main Wilson]] was planning the new run of Goon ...how'' rather than ''Crazy People''. This is purely because everybody, both in and outside the business, refers to it as ''the Goon Show'' (or that ''Goon
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  • | image = Terry-Thomas in Where Were You When the Lights Went Out.jpg | caption = Terry-Thomas in ''[[Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?]]'' (1968)
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