• Manuel (Fawlty Towers)
  '''Manuel''' is a fictional character from the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'', played by [[Andrew Manuel himself appeared on the audio adaptations of ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' as a linking [[narrator]], e
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• Private Walker
  ...nly on 6 August 1973. The character of Walker was one of the seven primary characters in the show. Following his character's departure (Walker was last mentioned ...es" is when the [[United States Army|American Army]] arrives at Walmington-on-Sea (with the comparatively well-off American troops already having plenty
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• The Krankies
  ...gure Ian Krankie (Ian), though in their comedy act they also portray other characters. Beginning in the 1990s, they regularly appeared as The Krankies in episode ...16 May 1947 in [[Queenzieburn]], [[North Lanarkshire]], Scotland, and Ian on 26 March 1947 in [[Clydebank]], [[Dunbartonshire]]. The two met in 1966, an
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• Humphrey Appleby
  ...he [[Permanent Secretary]] for the Department of Administrative Affairs (a fictional department of the [[British government]]). In the last episode of ''Yes Min ...a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]] award early on in the series in "The Official Visit". The Dean of Baillie describes him as
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• Basil Fawlty
  ...st/ITVProgs/2001/05/05/Y22090001/ |title=100 Greatest ... (100 Greatest TV Characters (Part 1)) |publisher=[[ITN Source]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/we ...chieving this dream, yet his job frequently requires him to be pleasant to people he despises – something he severely struggles with, referring with contem
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• Me²
  ...cliffhanger set by "[[Confidence and Paranoia]]"—there are now two Rimmers on board ''Red Dwarf''. The episode was [[remastered|remastered]], along with ...rrives in full uniform, including his medals for his long years of service on ''Red Dwarf'', to prepare for erasure, Lister asks him about his final word
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• Zaphod Beeblebrox
  ...od Beeblebrox''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|eɪ|f|ɒ|d|_|ˈ|b|iː|b|əl|b|r|ɒ|k|s}}) is a [[fictional character]] in the various versions of the [[comedy science fiction|comic s ...er, and great-grandfather are actually his direct descendants (see [[Minor characters in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth|Zaphod
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• Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)
  ...o series those parts were played by the cast themselves. Some of the white characters were also played by [[Amanda Holden]] and [[Emma Kennedy]]. ...ple|Indian]] doctor, Ahmed el Kabir) and [[Sophia Loren]], reprising their characters from the 1960 film, ''[[The Millionairess]]''. Sellers sings the song in a
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional)
  {{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (fictional)}} ...y. The guide is published by "Megadodo Publications", a publishing company on Ursa Minor Beta.
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• Doctor in the House
  | based_on = {{based on|''[[Doctor in the House (novel)|Doctor in the House]]''|Richard Gordon}} ...rd Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]] and Ronald Wilkinson, is based on [[Doctor in the House (novel)|the 1952 novel]] by Gordon, and follows a gro
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• Meltdown (Red Dwarf)
  ...It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC Two|BBC2]] on 21 March 1991. Written by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]], and directed b ...d – a theme park inhabited by wax-droids of famous real-life and fictional characters in human history.
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• High & Dry (1987 TV series)
  A television [[pilot episode|pilot]] was broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] on 2 August 1985. It starred [[Michael Elphick]] as Ron Archer, [[Richard Wils === Main characters ===
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• Cat (Red Dwarf)
  ...ss in extravagant clothing. He is simply referred to as "Cat" in lieu of a real name. == Fictional history ==
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• The Burkiss Way
  The show's humour was based on [[surrealism|surrealism]] and literary and media [[parody|parodies]], sprin ...5, spoofed [[science|science]], the second, on 1 January 1976 and repeated on 1 December that year, [[history|history]].
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• Confessions of a Window Cleaner
  ...Holiday Camp]]'', it concerns the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea, based on the novels written under that name by [[Christopher Wood (writer)|Christoph ...d housewives to even a lesbian love tryst, all the while with his main eye on successful police officer, Elizabeth Radlett, who will have none of Timmy's
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• Robin's Nest (TV series)
  | based_on = {{based on|''[[Man About the House]]''|Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke}} ...ouple in Robin's Nest, Richard O'Sullivan and Tessa Wyatt were a couple in real life at the time having one son, Jamie O'Sullivan.
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• Red Dwarf: The Promised Land
  ...kwave. Regrouping on ''Red Dwarf'', they learn that Rodon and his crew are on the ship, and have come to return the Anubis Stone, seeing it as worthless. ...odon, where he and Rimmer create a laser pointer aimed at Rodon so his own people attack him, causing his ship to lose control and hit an asteroid, destroyin
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• Porridge (1974 TV series)
  ...istmas specials. A feature film of the [[Porridge (film)|same name]] based on the series was released in 1979. ...ker) and Lennie Godber (played by Beckinsale), who are serving time at the fictional [[HM Prison|HMP]] Slade in [[Cumberland]]. The show's title is a reference
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• Kryten
  {{short description|Fictional character in Red Dwarf}} '''Kryten''' is a [[w:fictional character|fictional character]] in the British [[w:science fiction|science fiction]] [[w:situat
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• Chalk (TV series)
  ...alfast High. Two series, both written by [[Steven Moffat]], were broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] in 1997. Like Moffat's earlier sitcom ''[[Joking Apart]]'' ...t slot, with many episodes aired after 10pm. The first series was released on DVD in December 2008.<ref name="ott">{{cite news |first=Graham |last=Kibble
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