• Roger Kitter
  ...1949 – 3 January 2015) was an English actor, comedian and [[impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]], best known for playing [[Captain Alberto Bertorelli]] in | title=Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums
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• The Stanley Baxter Picture Show
  ...ith Baxter sometimes playing several roles in a single show. Amongst other hit ITV shows that Baxter did impressions of were ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' a * Barfe, Louis. ''Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment''. Atlantic Books Ltd, 2013.
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• Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)
  ...n was taken over by [[Mai Jones]], who was also responsible for such other entertainment shows as ''Saturday Starlight'' – ''Welsh Rarebit'' also featured from ti ...-rarebit-radio-hit-to-remember-91466-26885633/ |title=Welsh Rarebit, radio hit to remember |newspaper=[[South Wales Echo]] |location=Cardiff |publisher=[[
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• John Howard Davies
  ...' and ''[[Mr. Bean]]''. Davies was the producer of all four seasons of the hit [[w:BBC|BBC]] sitcom ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'', ...otel sign in each episode, as well as the slapstick device of having Basil hit Manuel on the head with a spoon.<ref name="Telegraph"/> Davies was producer
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• Crazy Gang (comedy group)
  ...ld]], and [[Nervo and Knox]] (with some input from Gray). They had all had entertainment success before the Crazy Gang but not of the same magnitude. It was natural ...r became their adopted home. In 1938 they appeared at the Palladium in the hit revue ''[[These Foolish Things (revue)|These Foolish Things]]'' alongside t
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• Bananaman (TV series)
  [[Category:HIT Entertainment]]
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• Porridge (film)
  | distributor = [[ITC Entertainment|ITC Films]] ...roduced by [[ITV Studios]]. In order for the rights to be granted to [[ITC Entertainment]] for the production, an agreement was reached that the BBC would have the
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• Don Estelle
  ...975 with a semi-comic version of "[[Whispering Grass]]",<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | title= British Hit Singles & Albums
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• Take a Letter, Mr. Jones
  ...American [[w:PBS|PBS]] stations, where ''Are You Being Served?'' is also a hit. A UK repeat of the series was shown on [[w:Film 24 (channel)|Film24]]<ref> ...uestar in 1995. A UK DVD of the series was released in 2009 by Simply Home Entertainment. UK channel [[w:Talking Pictures TV|Talking Pictures TV]] reshowed the seri
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• Lizbeth Webb
  ...the Bride'', but the British musical was not overshadowed by the American hit, enjoying a good reception from the critics<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www. ...anchester]] in 1949 and came to the West End in 1951, where it was another hit. Webb was praised for her singing of the ballads in the show.<ref name=Gua
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• Felix Bowness
  ...o was best remembered for his portrayal of the [[jockey]] [[Hi-de-Hi!#Main entertainment staff|Fred Quilley]] in the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]].'' ...At the [[D-Day]] landings in [[Normandy]], after his [[landing craft]] was hit and sunk, he only remembered waking in a French [[convent]]. During recover
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• Jack's the Boy
  ...dow]]", sung by Hulbert, which was released as a record and proved a major hit.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9NX_8KbH89oC&q=jack% ''British Pictures'' wrote, "As entertainment, it's curious. Hulbert and Courtneidge clown about nicely but it's hard to
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• Ruth Madoc
  ...ish Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Light Entertainment Performance]]. ...uth Madoc, actress who found fame as the lovelorn Yellowcoat Gladys in the hit sitcom Hi-de-Hi! – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2
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• Whoops Apocalypse (film)
  | distributor = [[ITC Entertainment]] ...Ronald Reagan]]'s entertainment career), died after asking a journalist to hit him in the stomach with a crowbar as a test of physical strength (a take on
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• The Return of the Pink Panther
  | studio = [[ITC Entertainment|ITC Entertainment]]<br />Jewel Productions<br />Pimlico Films<br>[[The Mirisch Company|Mirisc ...r Clouseau (film)|Inspector Clouseau]]'' (1968). The film was a commercial hit and revived the previously dormant series and with it Peter Sellers' career
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• Talbot Rothwell
  ...[[Arthur Askey]], [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]] and [[Terry-Thomas]]. His hit play ''[[Queen Elizabeth Slept Here|Queen Elizabeth Slept Here]]'' ran for ...territory. He saw the films as a continuation of [[music hall|music hall]] entertainment, [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] being a hero of his.
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• The Goodies (TV series)
  ...><ref>[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1975 Light Entertainment Programme] – information given by official BAFTA website</ref> ...on to substantial commercial success in the British charts, among them the hit single "[[Funky Gibbon]]" as well as character-based comedy. Some early ep
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• The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film)
  ...rles%20Crichton%20-%20Transcript.pdf|date=14 December 1988|website=British Entertainment History Project|page=23}}</ref> The film was a minor box office hit earning Bryanston a profit of £10,894.<ref>Petrie p 8</ref> ''Kine Weekly'
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• Man of the Moment (1955 film)
  ...b|url=https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/hugh-stewart|website=British Entertainment History Project|title=Hugh Stewart|date=22 Nov 1989}}</ref> It was one of s The film was a huge hit in Hungary with over two million of the population of ten million going to
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• David Croft (TV producer)
  ...Kingdom)|Major]]. When his military service ended he began working in the entertainment industry, as an actor, singer and writer.<ref>{{cite ODNB|author=Simon Morg ...o continue both writing partnerships for the rest of his career in several hit series including ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'', ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' and ''[[Y
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