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  • ...o a shorter version with added laughter track and released on DVD in 2004. In the episode, [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]] becomes friends with the daughter of ...usin of the [[Elizabeth II|Queen]]. She also explains that her mother died in a skiing accident. Sensing a chance to make the Trotter family millionaires
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  • '''''The Ugly Duckling''''' is a 1959 British [[science fiction]] [[comedy]] film, directed by [[Lance Comfort]] and starring [[Bernard Bre ...nd her brother Henry Jekyll, who is a rather incompetent last-minute stand-in. They give a display of formation [[ballroom dancing]] with their brother V
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  • | birth_place = [[Ruscombe]], [[Berkshire]], England, UK ...ronets]]'' (1949) and for his portrayal of the omniscient valet [[Jeeves]] in [[The World of Wooster|1960s television adaptations]] of [[P. G. Wodehouse]
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  • ...h-produced film-comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in the UK. Many comedians have acknowledged him as a major influence. Hay was ...CKTON – William Thomson Hay</ref> By his late teens, Hay had become fluent in Italian, French and German and secured employment as an interpreter.<ref na
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  • ...ation in occupied France during World War II|German occupation of France]] in the Second World War, who has to deal with problems caused by a dishonest G ...featured cast members returning to reprise their original roles to perform in a special story after the conclusion of the programme, alongside a document
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  • ...Bill Oddie]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], [[Graeme Garden|Graeme Garden]] <br />in a screenshot from the title sequence <br />of the BBC television series ...ll Oddie|Bill Oddie]] (b. 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their [[The Goodies (TV series)|eponymous television comedy show]] from 197
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  • ...s too much... for one James Bond!" refers to Bond's ruse to mislead SMERSH in which six other agents are pretending to be "James Bond", namely, [[Baccara ...ire. The budget escalated as various directors and writers became involved in the production, and actors expressed dissatisfaction with the project.
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  • ...<br/>in their Flying Machines;<br/>Or, How I Flew from London to Paris<br/>in 25 Hours 11 Minutes ...agnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)|work=BFI Film Forever|access-date=20 October 201
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