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  • ...' is the fifth British [[comedy film]] set in the fictional [[St Trinian's School]]. Directed by [[Frank Launder]], it was released in 1980.<ref>[https://web The film pokes fun at the [[w:Trades Union Congress|British trade union movement]] which had been responsible for the recent wave of st
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  • | distributor = [[British Empire Films]] ...e [[alternative title]] of '''''Education of Stanley Evans''''', is a 1972 British&ndash;Australian [[comedy film]] directed by [[James Gilbert (producer)|Jam
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  • * {{Marriage|[[Christopher Douglas (British actor)|Christopher Douglas]]|1987|2008|end=divorced}} ...status=live}}</ref> was an English character actress who had many roles in British television programmes, most notably as Daphne Warrender in the BBC sitcom '
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  • |studio=Winkle Productions<br />Quadrant Films<br />Izaro Films | distributor = [[EMI Films]]
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  • | studio = [[London Films]]<br>Individual Pictures | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}}
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  • | nationality = British ...am-april-olrich-pegram/ "In Memoriam: April Olrich Pegram"] ''Royal Ballet School'' (23 April 2014).</ref>
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  • | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...rinian's'' film series, with its plot seeing the students of the fictional school making plans to secure a place on a European tour, all while subsequently a
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  • {{Short description|British film creator}} ...eenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17b8221|title=Frank Launder}}</ref>
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  • ...ries was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of comedy films. Searle published his first St Trinian's School cartoon in 1941 in the magazine ''[[Lilliput (magazine)|Lilliput]]''. Short
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  • ...film, the third in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). It was released at the Plaza Cinema in London on 3 Septemb ...ting headmaster. He spots an advertisement for a headmaster of a brand new school near where he was born and decides to apply for the post.
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  • | nationality = British '''Douglas John Cardew Robinson''' (14 August 1917 – 28 December 1992) was a British comic, whose career was rooted in the [[music hall|music hall]] and [[Gang
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  • | education = [[Great Ayton Friends' School]] ...or. In 1952, he attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] preparatory school Parada for a short time before being expelled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://
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  • ...was an [[w:England|English]] character actor who appeared in nearly eighty films between 1947 and 1978. ...> but then retrained at the [[w:Central School of Speech and Drama|Central School of Speech and Drama]], and won his first film role in 1947, playing Mr Traf
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  • | image = If British poster.jpg | caption = British cinema poster
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  • | birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]] | citizenship = British
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  • Born in [[London]] in 1905, Desmond was educated at the [[Dame Alice Owen's School]] in [[Islington]]. Her brother, Fred Desmond, was a comedy acrobat from th ...e]]''.<ref name=busby>{{cite book |last=Busby |first=Roy |year=1976 |title=British Music Hall: An Illustrated Who's Who from 1850 to the Present Day |location
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  • | gross = $1,750,000 (US/Canada rentals)<ref>"Big Rental Films of 1969", ''Variety'', 7 January 1970 p 15</ref> '''''Salt and Pepper''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Richard Donner]] and starring [[Sammy Davis J
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  • ...eer by joining Oldham Rep straight after leaving [[Childwall]] Valley High School for Girls.<ref>''Who's Who On Television'', p 270. ITV Books in association ...me a regular face on British television and also appeared in a few British films. In the 1960s she made guest appearances on ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'', ''[[D
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  • {{short description|British-American actress and comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Carol Cleveland''' (born 13 January 1942) is a British-American actress and [[comedian]], particularly known for her work with [[M
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  • ..., the 17th release in the [[Carry On (franchise)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). It features series regulars [[Sid James]], [[Kenneth Willi ...nneth Williams]]), who is fervently pursued by his lovelorn colleague, the school's matron, Miss Haggard ([[Hattie Jacques]]). The girls soon leave for Balls
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