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  • '''''Where There's a Will''''' is a 1936 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[William Beaudine]] and starring [[Will Hay]], In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about t
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  • ...e film was less commercially successful than its predecessors. A sequel, ''Christmas with the Huggetts'', was planned but never made. *[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6acbf154 The Huggetts Abroad] at BFI
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  • | caption = British pressbook ...icket''] at [[BFI Film & TV Database]]</ref> It was also one of the final films made by [[Gainsborough Pictures]] before the studio was merged into the [[R
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  • '''''Bernard and the Genie''''' is a 1991 British [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[comedy-drama]] [[television film]] directed by [[Paul Weiland]] and written by [[Richard Bernard and Josephus discuss the origins and meaning of [[Christmas]] and how the holiday has become commercialized over time, then they set ou
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  • | caption = Original British 1955 [[Film poster#Film poster sizes|quad film poster]] ...ctor at Sea (novel)|novel of the same name]]. This was the second of seven films in the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series, following the hugely pop
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  • ...ll Productions]] had collaborated on a film based on the book and aired on Christmas Day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/nov/30/broad ...the [[Chickenshed|Chickenshed Theatre Company]] called ''[[Badjelly's Bad Christmas]]'', with Badjelly the Witch, along with many other characters created by M
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  • ...te web |url=http://www.leonardrossiter.com/reginaldperrin/Xmas.html |title=Christmas Special, 1982 |last=Fisher |first=Paul |website=Reggie Online |access-date= ...mon |editor3-last=Down |editor3-first=Richard |chapter=''The Funny Side of Christmas'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ&pg=PA232 |pag
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  • {{Short description|British actress}} ...actress, best known for her various comic roles in numerous TV sitcoms and films in the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]].
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  • ...[comedy]] actor. He appeared in four [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry On'' films]]: ''[[Don't Lose Your Head]]'' (1966), ''[[Follow That Camel]]'' (1967), ' ...nd appeared in several of the comedy [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry On'' films]] and the sex comedy ''[[Adventures of a Private Eye]]'' (1977).
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  • | caption = British quad poster by Tom Beauvais ...d by Peter Frazer Jones.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bbc3ed1|title=George and Mildred (1980)|publisher=}}</ref>
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  • ...lm debut of [[Julie Christie]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a82f26e|title=Crooks Anonymous (1962)|website=BFI}}</ref><r ...ociety. He moves into a house with Babette, gets a job working as [[Father Christmas]] in a [[department store]] and refuses an offer by one of his old pals to
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  • '''''Personal Services''''' is a 1987 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Terry Jones]] and written by [[David Leland]] ...siness but soon attracts the notice of the police, who raid the house on [[Christmas Eve]].
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  • ...the 21st release in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). It tells a fictionalised story involving [[Sid James]] as ...as Specials#Carry on Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing) (1972)|1972 Carry On Christmas special]] and the 1973 stage show ''[[Carry On (film series)#Stage shows|Ca
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  • ..., the Huggett films proved popular and lucrative for the studio. All three films were directed by [[w:Ken Annakin|Ken Annakin]] and produced by [[w:Betty E. ...so appear, and return (playing different characters) in the three Huggetts films that followed.
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  • | image = The Crowded Day British theatrical release poster.jpg | distributor = [[Adelphi Films]]
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  • | num_episodes = 41 (including mini Christmas special) '''''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width''''' is a British television [[sitcom]] first broadcast in 1967 as a [[Television play|single
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  • '''''The Morecambe & Wise Show''''' is a [[British comedy|comedy]] [[sketch show]] originally produced by [[Thames Television] ...fact that Thames Television, through its film production company [[Euston Films]], was able to offer Morecambe and Wise the opportunity to make a film, per
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  • '''Talbot Nelson Conn “Tolly” Rothwell''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (12 November 1916 &ndash; 28 February 1981) was an English [[s ...he submitted a [[screenplay|screenplay]] to [[Carry On films|''Carry On'' films]] producer [[Peter Rogers]], he was already an established screenwriter.<re
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  • ...ITV Sitcom - British Comedy Guide|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> It aired for four series between 1958 and 1960. An add ...by [[C.M. Pennington-Richards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad1c48c|title=Inn for Trouble (1960)|publisher=}}</ref>
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  • ...hat brings the characters into contact with several figures significant to British history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)|url=http://www ...1999 interview, Richard Curtis described it as "an irreverent trek through British history – a time travel adventure story consisting entirely of people who
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