• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
  '''''The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer''''' is a 1970 British [[satire|satirical]] film starring [[Peter Cook]], and co-written by Cook, [[John Cl ...|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2009-10-14}}</ref> as well as parodying political figures of the time such as [[Harold Wilson]] and [[Enoch Powell]]. Cook ad
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• British comedy
  Throughout film, television, and radio, '''British comedy''' has become known for its consistently peculiar characters, plots, ...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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• The Mouse on the Moon
  | studio = Walter Shenson Films '''''The Mouse on the Moon''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]], the sequel to ''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse T
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• John Fortune
  ...i.org.uk/sift/series/32481 | title=Bremner, Bird and Fortune | publisher=[[British Film Institute]] | work=Film & TV Database | access-date=31 December 2013 | ...ame="Kennedy"/> in 1962, and as a regular member of the cast of the BBC-TV satire show ''[[Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life]]'', both alongside [[
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• Privilege (film)
  '''''Privilege''''' is a 1967 British [[comedy-drama]] [[musical film|music]] [[science fiction film]] directed b ...ncourage the success of Shorter to placate the masses and divert them from political activity. Shorter is consistently monitored and manipulated by handlers con
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• The Mouse That Roared (film)
  ...The Mouse That Roared]]'' (1955).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b0dc0d2|title=The Mouse That Roared (1959)|publisher=}}</re ...who had an arrangement to produce films for Columbia through his Highroad Films.<ref name="new">{{Cite news|title=PREMINGER BUYS TOP BEST-SELLER|author=R.
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• John Bird (actor)
  ...d and Fortune]]'' (1999–2010), on [[Channel 4]], which was nominated for [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Awards]]. ...ves, File It Cast and Crew Credits|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
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• Britannia Hospital
  {{short description|1982 British film by Lindsay Anderson}} ...ter]]<br />[[Graham Crowden]]<br />[[Joan Plowright]]<br />[[Jill Bennett (British actress)|Jill Bennett]]<br />[[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1946)|Marsha Hunt
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• Alf Garnett
  | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] ...' is a [[fictional character]] from the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' and its follow-
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• The Best of Sellers
  | genre = [[w:Comedy|Comedy]], [[w:satire|satire]] ...roles, [[w:satire|satirising]] the [[w:Social class in the United Kingdom|British class system]] and [[w:rock and roll|rock and roll]], and the album represe
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• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  {{Short description|1983 film by British comedy group Monty Python}} * Celandine Films
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• Poster
  ...are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians, and films), [[propaganda|propagandists]], [[protest]]ors, and other groups trying to ...been designed to attract the attention of passers-by, making us aware of a political viewpoint, enticing us to attend specific events, or encouraging us to purc
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• Willie Rushton
  ...years of [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|national service]] in the [[British Army|army]], where he failed officer selection.<ref name=Sherrin/> He later ==''Private Eye'' and the satire boom==
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• Peter Cook
  {{short description|British actor, comedian, satirist (1937–1995}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
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• Till Death Us Do Part
  '''''Till Death Us Do Part''''' is a British television [[sitcom]] that aired on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1965 to 1975. The ...f Garnett became a well-known character in [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British culture]], and Mitchell played him on stage and television until Speight's
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• Have I Got News for You
  {{short description|British television panel show}} ...teams. This style of presentation had a profound impact on panel shows in British TV comedy, making it one of the genre's key standard-bearers.
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• Oh! What a Lovely War
  {{Short description|1969 British musical film directed by Richard Attenborough}} '''''Oh! What a Lovely War''''' is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his direct
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• Monty Python's Life of Brian
  * [[HandMade Films]] ...ife-brian-1970-4 |title=''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (AA) |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=24 August 1979 |access-date=21 July 20
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• Neil Innes
  | genre = {{hlist|[[Parody music|Parody]]|satire|[[comedy rock]]}} ...pe on their [[BBC]] [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|television series]] and films, and is often called the "seventh Python" along with performer [[Carol Clev
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• Spitting Image
  | genre = [[Adult puppeteering]]<br />[[Political satire]]<br />[[Black comedy]] ...inment-arts-26329273 "Spitting Image creator John Lloyd: 'Television lacks satire'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403132129/http://www.b
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