{{Short description|British author and historian}} ...[John Le Mesurier]], [[Woody Allen]] and [[Terry-Thomas]], and books about British television comedy such as ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[Yes, Minister]]'', ''[[On

...ies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|date=2016|publisher=[[Oxf [[Category:20th-century English male actors]]

...1956|1977|end=d.}}<ref>McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via G ...ors]], but most alumni only had modest film careers, regularly employed in British films but rarely if ever receiving star-billing. Female graduates of the p

...er 2020 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>"Colleano, British Actor, Weds", ''New York Times'' 11 January 1954: 19.</ref> ...' listed Shaw on a poll from over 2,000 readers as one of the most popular British female actors in the country (after [[Anna Neagle]], Jean Simmons, Jean Ken

...tt]]. The series references famous people of the time and criticises the [[British Army]]'s leadership during the campaign, culminating in the ending of its [ ...compiled by the [[British Film Institute]].<ref name="bfi"/> However, some historians and politicians have criticised it for presenting a critical view of the wa

| subject = 19th Century comics, early 20th Century comics, British/US comics of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, early film history, horror films, | nationality = British

| honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...'[[Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years]]''. He was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA]] for Best Actor for ''All Cr

...Michael Palin|Michael Palin]] wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'' and ''[[The Fro ...r ''[[The Frost Report]]'' and several other [[David Frost]] programmes on British television.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thefrostreport

...medy series ''Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh''. After [[w:Demobilisation of the British Armed Forces after the Second World War|demobilisation]] Horne returned to ...cast since his death. A 2002 BBC radio survey to find listeners' favourite British comedian placed Horne third, behind [[Tony Hancock]] and [[Spike Milligan]]

| image = The British comedian Tommy Handley rehearses with actors from his ITMA show (cropped).j ''ITMA'' was an important contributor to British morale during the war, with its cheerful take on the day-to-day preoccupati

...le="The Happiest Days of My Life": Mutual |work=Charlie Chaplin |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=28 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=htt ...or the American draft, but he was not summoned by either country.{{efn|The British embassy made a statement saying: "[Chaplin] is of as much use to Great Brit