Search results

From The Goon Show Depository

  • {{Infobox television season | first_aired = {{Start date|1972|2|20|df=yes}}
    4 KB (541 words) - 14:17, 11 March 2023
  • ...s an English-born Welsh actress who was best known for her work on British television, mostly notably for her role as Ivy in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. ...Company's first production, ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'', at Cardiff's New Theatre in 1962.<ref name="thestage"/>
    6 KB (839 words) - 16:24, 14 March 2023
  • {{Infobox television | num_series = 1 <!-- Or num_series. Increment when new seasons/series begin. See template documentation for more info. -->
    6 KB (780 words) - 21:10, 24 November 2022
  • | occupation = Television journalist ...19 August 1902 &ndash; 4 February 1987) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] television journalist and broadcaster.<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxfor
    6 KB (820 words) - 14:15, 11 March 2023
  • {{Infobox television | company = [[Thames Television|Thames Television]]
    14 KB (1,884 words) - 11:16, 14 February 2023
  • '''Bernard John Holley''' (9 August 1940 โ€“ 22 November 2021) was a British actor whose career spanned more than six decades. ...uch of Frost]]'', in 1999 and returned to play the role in 2003. His later television appearances included roles in ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[Do
    5 KB (704 words) - 10:45, 17 February 2023
  • | occupation = [[w:Television director|Director]], [[w:television producer|producer]], [[w:child actor|child actor]] ...BBC as a production assistant in 1966, Davies became a hugely influential television director and producer, specialising in comedy.
    10 KB (1,464 words) - 14:22, 23 December 2022
  • ...sode series was made for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] company [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] and shown in 1981-82. {{Aired episodes|num=76|title=The Goodies|finished=all|seasons=9|specials=2|uk=y}}
    20 KB (2,170 words) - 08:52, 6 February 2023
  • '''Roy Mitchell Kinnear''' (8 January 1934 โ€“ 20 September 1988) was a British [[character actor]]. He was known for his roles in films directed by [[Rich
    17 KB (2,669 words) - 16:26, 18 February 2023
  • ...rmy]], Beck became an actor. Prior to his broadcast roles he spent several seasons with the Unicorn Players <ref>The Stage, 1957</ref> based in Paignton, Devo ...nice]]'' in 1963, for which he gained positive reviews. He concentrated on television and was cast as a policeman in a 1965 episode of ''[[w:Coronation Street|Co
    10 KB (1,531 words) - 23:31, 5 January 2023
  • {{short description|British actor (1923-2008)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
    10 KB (1,553 words) - 12:51, 13 January 2023
  • ...elsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in [[British television science fiction]], he created the [[Dalek]]s and [[Davros]] for ''[[Doctor ...becoming a prolific writer for drama, working on many of the most popular British series of the 1960s and 1970s such as ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Aven
    20 KB (2,802 words) - 13:56, 11 March 2023
  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...rections officer|prison officer]] [[w:Mr. Mackay|Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[w:situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[w:Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''.
    11 KB (1,600 words) - 17:19, 18 January 2023
  • ...James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 &ndash; 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https:// ...'The Island'' at the [[w:Q Theatre]]. Also in 1937 he appeared in an early television production, ''Capital Punishment'', broadcast by the [[w:BBC|BBC]] from [[
    10 KB (1,589 words) - 13:02, 14 January 2023
  • {{Infobox television | company = [[w:London Weekend Television|London Weekend Television]]
    24 KB (3,676 words) - 09:01, 3 February 2023
  • ...Joyce (Yootha Joyce Needham)|work=npg.org.uk}}</ref> Joyce made her first television appearance in 1962 in an episode of ''[[Brothers in Law (TV series)|Brother ...tic]]'' (1965) as a villain. Joyce used her talent for playing villains in television series such as ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[The Avengers (T
    23 KB (3,496 words) - 14:31, 24 February 2023
  • ...e=7 December 2016}}</ref> He appeared in many [[film|feature films]] and [[television]] programmes, often in [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] or supercilious In 1960, Vernon appeared in an [[The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)|adaptation]] of [[A.J. Cronin]]'s novel, ''[[The Citadel (novel
    19 KB (2,803 words) - 23:41, 3 February 2023
  • {{Short description|British TV comedy screenwriters}} | nationality = British
    24 KB (3,398 words) - 16:39, 27 December 2022
  • | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | nationality = British
    20 KB (2,914 words) - 09:38, 19 April 2023
  • ...1 March 1983) was an English [[Film|cinema]], [[radio]], [[theatre]] and [[television]] [[actor]]. ...c.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av69503|title=Tragedy of King Lear, The ยท British Universities Film & Video Council|website=bufvc.ac.uk}}</ref>
    15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:15, 18 February 2023

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)