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  • '''''The Captain's Table''''' is a 1959 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack L ...ordon]]. This was later adapted into the 1971 German film ''[[The Captain (1971 film)|The Captain]]'' starring [[Heinz Rühmann|Heinz Rühmann]].
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  • | released = 11 February 1971 ...d+the+limits+of+british+cinema%22&pg=PA1|title=EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema|first=Paul|last= Moody|publisher=Springer|date= Oct 19, 2018|isbn =
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  • '''''Take a Girl Like You''''' is a 1970 British [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[comedy drama]] film directed by [[Jonathan M Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 38, Iss. 444, (Jan 1, 1971): 32.</ref>
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  • | image = "To_Catch_a_Spy"_(1971).jpg | caption = Original British quad poster by [[Arnaldo Putzu]]
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  • ...title=Confessions of a Window Cleaner 1974 &#124; Britmovie &#124; Home of British Films |publisher=Britmovie |access-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web '''''Confessions of a Window Cleaner''''' is a 1974 British [[sex comedy]] film, directed by [[Val Guest]].<ref name=leach132>Leach, p.
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  • | nationality = British ...tish TV scriptwriter of British [[w:sitcoms|sitcoms]]. He has also written novels, plays and drama series (for both television and radio).
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  • ...films-tv-people/4ce2b6b3a784a |title=The Punch and Judy Man (1963) |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref> .../www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1944c77|title=Barbara Murray |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist
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  • ...ate=24 April 2022|access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref> He had written several novels which were rejected by publishers, before deciding to become a playwright.< ...nd won several [[Evening Standard British Film Awards|''Evening Standard'' British Film Awards]], although he admitted the screenplay was based on television
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Commander of Order of the British Empire|CBE]] .... Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> and "one of the most important figures in the British film industry".<ref name=guardian_batty>Batty D. [https://www.theguardian.c
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  • | caption = Front cover of the 1971 first hardback edition | release_date = 1971
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  • ..., two other features were scripted by Clement and La Frenais: ''[[Villain (1971 film)|Villain]]'', starring [[Richard Burton]], and ''[[Catch Me a Spy]]'', ...e Commitments (film)|The Commitments]]'', which won the [[Evening Standard British Film Awards|Evening Standard's Peter Sellers Award for Comedy]] and the [[B
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  • ...pleted his [[w:National Service|National Service]] in the [[w:British Army|British Army]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Weight |first=Richard |title=Porridge (BFI TV In the early 1970s, they worked on two other features: ''[[Villain (1971 film)|Villain]]'', starring [[Richard Burton]], and ''[[To Catch a Spy|Catc
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  • ...ead actor. During the [[World War II|Second World War]] he served in the [[British Army]], and returned to acting playing character roles in 1946; he made a n ...who must be obeyed") in the first television series of [[John Mortimer]]'s novels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/rumpole-of-the-bailey/|title=Ru
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  • | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|04|20|1897|09|03|df=y}} ...cil Parker''' (born '''Cecil Schwabe''', 3 September 1897 &ndash; 20 April 1971) was an English actor with a distinctively husky voice, who usually played
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  • {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} ...wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess ([[w:Lord Peter Wimsey|Lord
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  • ...and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama ''[[w:Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'', which ran for nine series ...ms-tv-people/4ce2b7cf03543|title=The Honour of the School (1970)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>
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  • ...=London, UK}}</ref> was an English actor best known for his appearances in British [[sitcom]]s such as ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the House ...sequel to the series, ''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1971). Evans enjoyed working with his fellow actors [[George Layton]], [[Geoffre
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  • ...Barker|work=BFI}}</ref> He is most remembered for his roles in the popular British ''[[Carry On (film series)|Carry On]]'' films, although he only appeared in He later became one of the most familiar faces in British comedy in his day. Barker gained his renewed start in show business during
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  • ...ge name '''Fred Karno''', was an English [[theatre]] [[impresario]] of the British [[music hall]].<ref name=up/> As a comedian of [[slapstick]] he is credited ...d slapstick comedy. We in Hollywood owe much to him."<ref>J. P. Gallagher (1971). "Fred Karno: master of mirth and tears". p. 165. Hale.</ref>
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  • ...nown as '''''The Assassination Bureau''''' in the United States) is a 1969 British [[Technicolor]] [[black comedy]] [[adventure film]], produced by [[Michael ...nultimate film of [[Basil Dearden]].<ref>Basil Dearden The Guardian 25 Mar 1971: 5</ref>
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