• St Trinian's School
  '''''St Trinian's''''' is a British [[gag cartoon]] comic strip series, created and drawn by [[Ronald Searle]] ...omedies implied that the girls at the school were the daughters of dubious characters, such as [[gangster]]s, crooks, and shady [[bookmaker]]s. The institution i
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• Bootsie and Snudge
  ...tion in the United Kingdom|national service]], and follows two of the main characters (played by [[Alfie Bass]] and [[Bill Fraser]]) after they returned to civil ...ague 'Bootsie' Bisley and Sergeant-Major Claude Snudge are two of the main characters in the successful sitcom ''The Army Game'' that aired from 1957 to 1961.<re
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• The Mouse on the Moon
  '''''The Mouse on the Moon''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]], the sequel to ''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse T ...replaced by [[Margaret Rutherford]] and [[Ron Moody]] for two of Sellers' characters. The third character, Tully Bascombe, was not present in the sequel. Likewi
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• British comedy
  ...ts, and settings, and has produced some of the most renowned comedians and characters in the world. ...cal cartoons." |source=—[[Punch and Judy]] showman Glyn Edwards.<ref name="British seaside">{{cite news|title=Punch and Judy around the world|url=https://www.
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• Denis Gifford
  | genre = Film history, comics history, radio history | subject = 19th Century comics, early 20th Century comics, British/US comics of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, early film history, horror films, science-fi
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• Johnny Speight
  ...1920 – 5 July 1998) was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British [[sitcom|sitcoms]]. He emerged in the mid-1950s. He wrote for radio comics [[Frankie Howerd]], [[Vic Oliver]], [[Arthur Askey]], and [[Cyril Fletcher]
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• Bottom (TV series)
  ...dy.<ref name="bsg1">{{cite web| url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/bottom/| title=British Sitcom Guide - Bottom| access-date=23 December 2008| archive-date=3 Februar ...diso]]'', released in 1999. A spin-off series featuring various ''Bottom'' characters titled ''[[Hooligan's Island]]'' was cancelled in 2013. Mayall's death in t
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• Bobby Ball
  {{short description|British comedian (1944–2020)}} ...y 1944 – 28 October 2020), known professionally as '''Bobby Ball''', was a British comic, actor, singer and television host. He was best known as a member of
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• Marvin the Paranoid Android
  ...urant at the End of the Universe is actually the stunt ship of the [[Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Hotblack Desiato|Disaster Area]] ...film, standing in a queue in the Vogon office on Vogsphere, where the main characters are trying to release Tricia, with various other life forms.
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• The Ministry of Silly Walks
  ...er-hatted]] [[civil servant]] in a fictitious [[United Kingdom|British]] [[British government departments|government ministry]] responsible for developing sil According to research, published in [[The BMJ|British Medical Journal]]<ref>Glenn A. Gaesser, David C. Poole, Siddhartha S. Angad
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• Yellowbeard
  ...uk/releases/yellowbeard-1970-3 | title=''Yellowbeard'' (PG) (CUT) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=28 July 1983 | access-date=24 Septemb '''''Yellowbeard''''' is a 1983 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Mel Damski]] and written by [[Graham Chapman]
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• Will Hay
  ...insborough Pictures|Gainsborough Pictures]], is often cited as the supreme British-produced film-comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in ...ields]]. He is widely regarded as one of the most prolific and influential British comedians of all-time.<ref name="bbc1976"/>
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• Peter Sallis
  {{Short description|British actor (1921–2017)}} ...he Summer Wine]]''. Although Sallis was born and brought up in London, the characters of Wallace and Clegg were both [[w:Northern England|Northerners]].
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• Ken Dodd
  ...dramatic roles. He performed on radio and television, and popularised the characters of the [[Diddy Men]]. ...h comics|comic]]: "Fool your teachers, amaze your friends—send [[Sixpence (British coin)|6d]] in stamps and become a ventriloquist!"<ref>{{cite news|url=https
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• Blackadder
  ...historical period, with the two [[protagonist]]s accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, e.g., [[Melchett (Blacka ...o find [[Britain's Best Sitcom]], ''Blackadder'' was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. It was also ra
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• Nicholas Parsons
  {{Short description|British actor and presenter}} | honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
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• Dad's Army
  ...S STILL IN EXISTENCE, SO PRESENT TENSE IS USED. --> a British television [[British sitcom|sitcom]] about the UK's [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] d ...in ''Dad's Army'' are over military age and the series stars several older British actors including [[Arnold Ridley]], [[John Laurie]], [[Arthur Lowe]] and [[
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• List of The IT Crowd episodes
  ...rowd]]'' is a [[Channel 4]] [[television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] which is set in [[London]]. It was written and directed by ...aracters#Roy Trenneman|Roy]] ([[Chris O'Dowd]]) and [[List of The IT Crowd characters#Maurice Moss|Moss]] ([[Richard Ayoade]]). The two, each believing that they
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• Robbie Coltrane
  ...tanding contribution]]" to film at the [[w:British Academy Scotland Awards|British Academy Scotland Awards]]. ...ers]], a role for which he received a [[w:British Academy Television Award|British Academy Television Award]] nomination.
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• Frankie Howerd
  ...atic Art]]. He began to entertain during [[World War II]] service in the [[British Army]]. It was at this time that he adapted his surname to Howerd "to be di ...s, including [[farce|stage farces]], [[Shakespearean comedy]] roles, and [[British sitcom|television sitcoms]]. At the start of the 1960s, he began to recover
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