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- '''The Colonel''' is a recurring [[fictional character]] from the British television show ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', played by [[Graham Ch ...gidly mirthless personality and is always dressed in olive green [[British Army]] uniform. He occasionally makes appearances in the show, usually [[breakin6 KB (927 words) - 23:32, 3 February 2023
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- ...figures, and is remembered for his portrayal of detective [[George Bulman (fictional character)|George Bulman]] between 1976 and 1987 in the popular [[Granada T ...becoming an actor, Henderson was a dental technician in the [[British Army|Army]], a detective sergeant with the [[Essex Constabulary|Essex Constabulary]],9 KB (1,241 words) - 23:34, 17 February 2023
- |distributor=[[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...ure Hell of St Trinian's''''' is a 1960 British [[comedy film]] set in the fictional [[St Trinian's School]]. Directed by [[Frank Launder]] and written by him12 KB (1,895 words) - 16:01, 14 March 2023
- ...Rowan Atkinson]]. Although each series is set within a different period of British history, each character is part of the same familial [[dynasty]] and is usu ...the Third]]''), a shopkeeper (''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]''), to an army captain (''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''). Throughout each series, Blackadder26 KB (3,837 words) - 12:16, 8 February 2023
- {{short description|Fictional character from the sitcom Dad's Army}} | series = [[Dad's Army]]26 KB (4,150 words) - 17:13, 2 February 2023
- | image = The Thin Blue Line (British TV series).jpg '''''The Thin Blue Line''''' is a [[British sitcom]] which aired on [[BBC One]] from 1995 to 1996. It was created and w14 KB (1,926 words) - 00:05, 5 February 2023
- ...}}</ref> is a radio [[sitcom|sitcom]] about life aboard a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy]] [[Frigate#Modern Age|frigate]] named HMS ''Trou ...ohnston and writer [[Laurie Wyman]] both contemplated an Air Force- and an Army-themed sitcom before going to the BBC with ''The Navy Lark''. Wyman include14 KB (2,067 words) - 09:09, 10 February 2023
- '''''Carry On Up the Khyber''''' is a 1968 [[British comedy|British comedy]] film, the 16th in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carr ...rd Kipling|Kiplingesque]] movies and television series about life in the [[British Raj]], both contemporary and from earlier, Hollywood, periods. The title is15 KB (2,248 words) - 23:40, 14 February 2023
- ...ant-Colonel Cliff Barnes.<ref>The Salvationist, 25 May 1991, The Salvation Army, p. 12</ref><ref>Who's Who in the Theatre, A Biographical Record of the Con ...ruits in the use of the bayonet, he rose to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] in tank transport. He spent several years work20 KB (2,941 words) - 15:18, 27 December 2022
- {{About|the 1974 British TV series|the movie version|Porridge (film)}} '''''Porridge''''' is a [[British sitcom]], starring [[Ronnie Barker]] and [[Richard Beckinsale]], written by24 KB (3,563 words) - 09:01, 3 February 2023
- ...l)|Dave]] |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref>}} is a fictional character from the British [[science fiction]] [[situation comedy]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. Kochanski was t ==Fictional history==26 KB (4,051 words) - 23:41, 19 February 2023
- ...tor remembered for his lead role in the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British television]] sitcom ''[[Father, Dear Father]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// ...became a commissioned officer in the [[British Indian Army|British Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.obituaries/18 KB (2,657 words) - 09:54, 23 February 2023
- | director = [[Michael Mills (British producer)|Michael Mills]] '''''Get Some In!''''' is a [[British television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] about [[National Service in the United Kingdom|National Ser32 KB (4,828 words) - 10:03, 15 February 2023
- ...cert party]] based in [[Deolali]] in [[British Raj|British India]] and the fictional village of Tin Min in Burma, during the last months of the [[Second World W ...tationed at the Royal Artillery Depot in [[Deolali transit camp|Deolali]], British India, where soldiers were kept before being sent to fight at the front lin43 KB (6,697 words) - 23:48, 2 February 2023
- ...by and starred [[Richard Murdoch]] and [[Kenneth Horne]] as officers in a fictional [[RAF station]] coping with [[red tape|red tape]] and the inconveniences an Among the supporting cast were [[Sam Costa]] as the officers' [[Batman (military)|batman]], [[Maurice Denham]] in a multitude of roles,45 KB (6,842 words) - 23:35, 22 February 2023
- '''''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''''' is a British sitcom, starring [[Ronnie Barker]] and [[Richard Beckinsale]], written by [ ...ker) and Lennie Godber (played by Beckinsale), who are serving time at the fictional [[HM Prison|HMP]] Slade in [[Cumberland]].25 KB (3,836 words) - 15:55, 28 October 2022
- {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Dad's Army'' episodes}} ...//www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/dadsarmy_7771975.shtml|title=Dad's Army|publisher=[[w:BBC|BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2007082005159 KB (7,570 words) - 19:21, 16 March 2023
- '''Arnold Judas Rimmer'''<ref name="better than life episode"/> is a [[fictional character]] in the [[science fiction]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', played == Fictional history ==74 KB (11,572 words) - 22:34, 28 March 2023
- ...d for him by [[Marriott Edgar|Marriott Edgar]], were absorbed into popular British culture, and Holloway developed a following for the recordings of his many ...Second World War, Holloway made short propaganda films on behalf of the [[British Film Institute]] and [[Pathé News]] and took character parts in a series o56 KB (8,391 words) - 00:06, 23 February 2023
