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  • ...7|end=d.}}<ref>McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google ...s '''Audrey Gwendolene Clark''') was an English actress who accumulated 30 film credits, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, before moving into television work
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  • {{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
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  • '''''Whack-O!''''' is a British sitcom TV series starring [[Jimmy Edwards]], written by [[Frank Muir]] and ...t". In 1959 a film was made based on the show, called ''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up!]]''. The series was revived in colour with updated scripts in
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  • ...1 0672 BRENT - Erik Chitty, born 8 July 1907</ref>), was an English stage, film and television actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/r6 ...University Press|OUP]]}}</ref><ref name=bfi/> He appeared in the [[Musical film|TV musical]] ''[[Pickwick (TV movie)|Pickwick]]'' for the [[BBC]] in 1969.<
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  • ...1947) and ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'' (1947). Shaw was in ''[[Holiday Camp (film)|Holiday Camp]]'' (1947) which introduced the Huggett family, although she ...t.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230551834 |title=FILM NEWS FROM ENGLAND AND AMERICA |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issu
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  • {{Infobox film | director = [[Jack Conway (film-maker)|Jack Conway]]
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  • {{Infobox film | image = Passport to Pimlico film.jpg
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  • | 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
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  • ...ember 1989, shortly before [[Armistice Day]]. Apart from the one-off short film ''[[Blackadder: Back & Forth]]'' made a decade later, it was the last episo The episode depicts its main characters' final hours before a major British offensive on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] of the [[Fir
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  • {{About|the TV series|the first spin-off film|On the Buses (film)}} '''''On the Buses''''' is a British television [[w:British sitcom|sitcom]] that was broadcast on [[w:ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] from 1969
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  • {{Infobox film | image = Whisky Galore film poster.jpg
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  • | nationality = British ...|CBE|MC}} (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed '''Johnners''', was a British [[cricket]] commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prom
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  • ...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
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  • | occupation = Film and comic historian, comic artist and writer, non-fiction writer, radio and | genre = Film history, comics history, radio history
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  • {{short description|1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer}} {{Infobox film
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  • ...gues. Some other targets included the [[British Monarchy|monarchy]], the [[British Empire]], [[nuclear deterrence]], advertising, [[public relations]] and pro ...s a good expression of the sorrow felt in Britain.<ref>{{cite news|title=A British Program Honoring Kennedy Shown Over NBC|date=25 November 1963|newspaper=The
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  • In the film ''[[And Now For Something Completely Different]]'' (1971), the sketch ends ...gh at!" before proceeding with the sketch. This version can be seen in the film ''[[Pleasure at Her Majesty's]]'', albeit with the ending removed.
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  • ...hout the use of punch lines. He made his directorial debut with the Python film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Holy Grail]]'', which he co-directed wi ...ru|BAFTA Cymru]] Awards for his outstanding contribution to television and film. After living for several years with a degenerative [[w:aphasia|aphasia]],
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  • ...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]]
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  • {{Infobox film | released = {{Film date|df=y|1979|08|17|United States|1979|11|08|United Kingdom}}
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