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- *[[Blackadder, Scottish Borders]], a Scottish village *[[Blackadder Water]], a river in the Scottish Borders1 KB (147 words) - 11:30, 16 September 2022
- | portrayer = [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] ...Grave]]'', created by [[David Renwick]] and portrayed by [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]]. The character epitomised the archetypal grumpy old8 KB (1,260 words) - 08:00, 27 August 2024
- '''Private James Frazer''' is a fictional [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] platoon member and undertaker, first port ...and is a dour, trouble-stirring, exaggerating, wild-eyed [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[undertaker]]<ref name=webber75>Webber, Perry, Croft, p. 75</ref> (forme10 KB (1,613 words) - 09:00, 15 February 2023
- | nationality = Scottish '''The Krankies''' are a Scottish comedy duo who enjoyed success as a [[cabaret]] act in the 1970s and on tel12 KB (1,722 words) - 16:07, 25 August 2024
- '''Mr Eric Praline''' is a fictional character from the television show ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', pl ...ncredulous tone and exaggerated, somewhat high-pitched English accent with Scottish elements. Ross describes Praline's character as "slightly creepy", with a "7 KB (1,091 words) - 07:58, 3 September 2024
- ...tober 2018 her debut novel, "Josephine: An Open Book" was published. It is fictional but partly based on her own experiences. ...et fellow actor [[Kenneth More]] on the set of ''[[Some People (film)|Some People]]'' in [[Bristol]] in 1962. After starting an affair, More divorced his wif7 KB (987 words) - 13:29, 25 August 2024
- ...mpo''' was a [[folk music|folk singer]] character, played by the [[English people|English]] [[comedian|comedian]] and [[actor|actor]] [[Kenneth Williams]], o *"''The Ballad of the Royal Scottish Pretender (Posselwaite Lament)''"8 KB (1,289 words) - 11:52, 21 February 2023
- '''Private Joe Walker''' is a fictional [[black market|black market]] [[spiv|spiv]] (or Wholesales Supplier, as he ...upplies" for members of the rival Eastgate platoon and various influential people, military or civilian; at one point, he offers to provide "a couple of bott8 KB (1,362 words) - 23:28, 19 February 2023
- '''Edmund Blackadder''' is the single name given to a collection of [[fictional characters]] who appear in the [[BBC]] mock-historical comedy series ''[[Bl ...restige and fortune. Blackadder is also usually one of the few intelligent people present at any given time and is usually surrounded by incompetent, slow-wi26 KB (3,837 words) - 12:16, 8 February 2023
- ...he [[Permanent Secretary]] for the Department of Administrative Affairs (a fictional department of the [[British government]]). In the last episode of ''Yes Min ...,000,000 worth of military installations due to a lack of understanding of Scottish law). In 1964, he was brought into the newly formed Department of Administr17 KB (2,554 words) - 20:29, 24 February 2023
- ...e to the Galaxy]]'' and is [[Mornington Crescent (game)#Origins|one of the people credited]] with creating the bizarre panel game [[Mornington Crescent (game ...ntially played a fictional version of himself from the first series with a fictional version of writer [[Douglas Adams]].17 KB (2,442 words) - 08:58, 1 February 2023
- ...or |network=[[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]] |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref>}} is a fictional character from the British [[science fiction]] [[situation comedy]] ''[[Red ==Fictional history==26 KB (4,047 words) - 19:41, 24 August 2024
- ...lklands War]] when a small British colony is invaded by its neighbour, the fictional country of Maguadora, whose dictator General Mosquera is played by [[Herber ...m from nuclear bombs, and plans to reduce unemployment by pushing employed people off of cliffs, creating new jobs. Despite the fact he is clearly insane, th9 KB (1,441 words) - 17:50, 14 February 2023
- {{short description|Fictional character in Red Dwarf}} '''Kryten''' is a [[w:fictional character|fictional character]] in the British [[w:science fiction|science fiction]] [[w:situat34 KB (5,346 words) - 12:48, 16 January 2023
- ...g = [[Bernard Cribbins|Bernard Cribbins]]<br />[[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]]<br />[[Angus Barnett]]<br />Vivienne Martin ...on]] and starring [[Bernard Cribbins|Bernard Cribbins]], [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]], [[Angus Barnett]] and Vivienne Martin. It was writ38 KB (5,701 words) - 12:07, 15 February 2023
- ...ker) and Lennie Godber (played by Beckinsale), who are serving time at the fictional [[HM Prison|HMP]] Slade in [[Cumberland]]. ...abuse when he first arrived at Slade Prison. Fletcher, in reference to his Scottish upbringing, frequently calls him "Jock". Upon arrival, he was an angry youn25 KB (3,832 words) - 10:52, 25 August 2024
- ...r]]''.<ref name="bfi.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efa5d96|title=Glynn Edwards|publisher=British Film Institute|access-d ...|canal boat]] converted into a [[houseboat]], named "Winchester" after the fictional private members' bar that he had run in the ''Minder'' television series, w17 KB (2,509 words) - 10:53, 17 February 2023
- ...h maths can you do? Do you know any history? What is the point in training people to do things that none of us can do? The system seems designed to qualify y <blockquote>Staffrooms are funny places, full of articulate, mad people. They have a tremendous sense of black humour, but there's a layer of dust34 KB (5,287 words) - 00:09, 19 February 2023
- ...967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' (1967), the suave crimefighter [[The Falcon (fictional character)|The Falcon]] during the 1940s (a role eventually bequeathed to h ...who was born in Saint Petersburg, of mostly German, but also Estonian and Scottish (Sanders wrote of his mother's descent from "the Thomas Clayhills of Dundee23 KB (3,363 words) - 11:29, 23 December 2022
- Innes was born in [[Danbury, Essex|Danbury]] in Essex. His Scottish father was a [[warrant officer]] in the [[British Army]], and Innes spent h ...ortrayed Dirk McQuickly (a character based on [[Paul McCartney]]), and the fictional group briefly performed 'I Must Be In Love', a suitably Beatlesque pastiche29 KB (4,238 words) - 10:37, 26 January 2023