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  • '''Christmas special'''<br> ==American version==
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  • ...1990 [[situation comedy|situation comedy]] radio show, adapted from a 1932 American radio show [[Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel|of the same name]]. The origin ...1932 episodes, and occasionally with additional jokes from Marx Brothers' films. The success of the first series led to another two series being produced.
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  • ...best known for his portrayals in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films. ...sgow Empire]], where they found they could get laughs by merely putting on American accents (English actors "died" there). After that, Joe Baker went to Americ
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  • ...it is among the most successful British programmes in the digital era, the Christmas and New Year specials entering the UK top 10 programmes of the year.<ref>{{ ...two-part finale, "A Wholly Holy Happy Ending", which was broadcast during Christmas 2006 and New Year 2007.
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  • ...ears Harold is once again at the bad end of poor planning, when he books a Christmas holiday abroad, but then finds his passport is out of date. His father must ...ly 1970s saw [[Steptoe and Son (film)|two feature films]], two 46-minute [[Christmas]] specials. In 2005, the play ''[[Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lan
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  • ...roduction began; his performance consists entirely of scenes from previous films (many of them deleted scenes). The newly shot material in the film stars [[ ...ese interview scenes provides flashbacks to scenes of earlier Pink Panther films (''[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]'', ''[[A Shot in the D
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  • * [[Working Title Films]] * [[Tiger Aspect Productions|Tiger Aspect Films]]
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  • ...e specially-written comedies on similar lines, and there were also serious films, particularly later in Walls's career. ...ved his focus away from the theatre and into cinema. He directed seventeen films between 1930 and 1938, acting in most of them. He directed his last, ''Old
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  • ...in 1951 as [[Scrooge (1951 film)|''Scrooge'']] in Great Britain and as ''A Christmas Carol'' in the United States. Though an accomplished dramatic actor, he is ...ctor Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1954). Later, he made fewer films and generally concentrated on stage work, including successful productions
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  • ...of [[The Rutles]], a parody of [[The Beatles]], but did not appear in the American TV film ''[[All You Need Is Cash]]'', based on the sketch.<ref>{{Cite book| ...film)|Krull]]'' (1983).<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee85c2f|title=David Battley|website=BFI}}</ref>
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  • ...an until 7 April 1976, spanning 39 episodes in six series. In addition, on Christmas Day 1973, a short special aired as part of ''All-star Comedy Carnival''. ...ammer Films]],<ref name="film">Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer films: An exhaustive filmography, McFarland, 1996. p375.</ref> though a [[George
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  • *[[Working Title Films]] *[[DNA Films]]}}
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  • ...Wolfe]], who wrote most of the episodes. It spawned three spin-off feature films and a stage version. Despite the writers' previous successes with ''[[The R ...sodes of ''On the Buses'' were broadcast over seven series. Three spin-off films were also released.
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  • Many of the Aldwych farces were made into films starring Lynn and Walls, and the two were ranked among the most popular Bri ...[[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s novel of the [[Summer Lightning|same name]]). Other films starring Lynn included ''[[In the Soup (1936 film)|In the Soup]]'' (1936) a
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  • * [[HandMade Films]] | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] (United States)<br />HandMade Films (United Kingdom)<ref name=bbfc />
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  • ...d ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'' (2012). He also directed two feature films: ''[[The Raggedy Rawney]]'' (1988) and ''[[Rainbow (1996 film)|Rainbow]]'' British films such as ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980) and ''[[Mona Lisa (1986 film)|M
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  • ...]'s [[Theatre Workshop]], Sutton became known for his unusual roles in two films directed by [[Sidney J. Furie]].<ref name=guardian/><ref name=theatricalia/ ...ll Factory]]'' (2004).<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f07a060|title=Dudley Sutton|website=BFI}}</ref>
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  • * [[Film4 Productions|Channel Four Films]] * [[Working Title Films]]
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  • * Celandine Films ...tle=Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e742e39 |access-date=26 July 2021 |agency=BFI}}</ref>
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  • ...which featured a backing group called the Keynotes. He also charted with "Christmas and You" (No. 23, 1956) and "[[The Story of My Life (Burt Bacharach and Hal ...ecame a straight actor with some success,<ref name="BBC"/> starring in the films ''[[Pirates of Tortuga]]'' (1961), ''[[Go to Blazes (1962 film)|Go to Blaze
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