• Up Pompeii (film)
  ...[[England]] and is based on characters that first appeared in the British television [[sitcom]] ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (1969–1975). ...of+box+office+hits+swern+childs&pg=PA268|title=British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure: The Boundaries of Pleasure|first=Sue|last= Har
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• The Squirrels (TV series)
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• Queenie Watts
  ...; 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 ...on|Poplar]], which she ran in real life and in which she starred in the TV series ''[[Stars and Garters]]'' (1963).<ref name=hammer>{{Cite book|url=https://b
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• Lucky Feller
  {{Infobox television | company = [[London Weekend Television]]
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• The Krankies
  | occupation = Television presenters, <br />comedians, singers ...appeared as The Krankies in episodes of the [[BBC Television|BBC]] comedy series ''[[French and Saunders]]''. Wee Jimmy Krankie often used the [[catchphrase
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• Robin Stewart
  ...character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''. Stewart acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his British film
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• Man About the House
  {{Infobox television | company = [[Thames Television|Thames Television]]
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• Odd Man Out (British TV series)
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• Michael Robbins
  ...eg Varney]]'s comedy capers at the bus depot. Robbins also appeared in the series film spin-offs, ''[[On the Buses (film)|On the Buses]]'', ''[[Mutiny on the ...[[Man About the House]]'', ''[[Oh Brother!]]'', ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'', ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'', ''[[The New Statesman]]'
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• Valerie Leon
  ...[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' film series and two [[James Bond (film series)|James Bond]] films, ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]] ...ch gained her substantial publicity. She also became known globally as a [[sex symbol]] due to her glamorous looks and attractive figure, and was often re
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• Stephen Lewis (actor)
  ==Television== ...-set sitcom ''[[The Grimleys]]''. He also appeared in ''[[Manhunt (1969 TV series)|Manhunt]]'' in a rare villainous role. He and [[Bob Grant (actor)|Bob Gran
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• Bill Maynard
  | genre = Comedy, television ...eengrass in the long-running television series ''[[w:Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' from 1992 to 2000, reprising the character in the spin-off '
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• Confessions of a Window Cleaner
  '''''Confessions of a Window Cleaner''''' is a 1974 British [[sex comedy]] film, directed by [[Val Guest]].<ref name=leach132>Leach, p.132</ref> Like the other films in the ''Confessions'' series; ''[[Confessions of a Pop Performer]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Driving Inst
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• There's a Girl in My Soup
  ''''' There's a Girl in My Soup''''' is a 1970 British [[romantic comedy]] film based on the [[There's a Girl in My Soup (play)|stage play of the sa ...The British Comedy Society|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
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• Brian Wilde
  ...e|work=BFI}}</ref> His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years. ...964), ''[[The Jokers]]'' (1967) and ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), and on television in ''Room at the Bottom'' (1966–67) as Mr Salisbury.
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• Cissie and Ada
  ...[Les Dawson]] and the comic actor [[Roy Barraclough]] on television in the 1970s and 1980s. ...start mouthing silently to each other about such unmentionable matters as sex or illness."</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Statue Appeal for Comedian Dawson
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• Valentine Dyall
  ...o the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' radio series}}}} ...as "The Man in Black", the narrator of the [[BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] horror series ''[[Appointment with Fear (radio)|Appointment with Fear]]''.
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• Come Play with Me (1977 film)
  ...comedy-cinema-given-new-life-as-steakhouse-a3630131.html|title=Former 'sex comedy' cinema given new life as steakhouse|work=London Evening Standard|date=8 Se ...eet 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,
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• David Nobbs
  | genre = Comedy ...was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s television series ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'', adapted from his own novels.
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• Deryck Guyler
  .../news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/468894.stm|title=Deryck Guyler: British comedy stalwart|work=BBC News|date=8 October 1999|access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> ...er 1947. Guyler remained with the show until Handley died in 1949 when the series ended.
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