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- | death_place = [[Conford|Conford]], [[Hampshire|Hampshire]], England ...f his work, but had used other accents to play a wide range of characters, in addition to several Welsh stereotypes.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https8 KB (1,206 words) - 23:30, 17 February 2023
- ...for the bands of Stan Atkins and Teddy Foster in the late 1930s, although in his late teens he was a trumpeter with Lew Foster.<ref name="Times2004">{{c ...[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Frank Sinatra]], he wrote jingles for commercials in the later 1950s.5 KB (808 words) - 23:44, 17 January 2023
- ...''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. It was first broadcast on 25 December 1987. In the episode, the Trotters search for the hidden gold legacy of [[List of On ...of [[Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)|Trigger]]'s niece, Lisa, who appeared in the episode "[[Tea for Three]]". Whilst there, Trigger's Aunt Reenie Turpin9 KB (1,387 words) - 18:10, 23 February 2023
- ...fourth episode of series 5, and was first broadcast on 21 September 1986. In the episode, Del and Rodney find themselves battling for the affections of ...tage and sings the song "[[Hey There]]" (though he pronounces it as "Ada") in tribute to his ailing wife Ada, and wins the talent contest.6 KB (1,020 words) - 10:24, 10 February 2023
- ...ocation shooting|on location]] in [[London]] and at [[Elvetham Hall]] in [[Hampshire]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Don Mingaye]]. I Chris Pepper (Lawford) and Charlie Salt (Davis) own a nightclub in [[Swinging London]], operating under the suspicious eye of the intrepid Ins9 KB (1,242 words) - 15:24, 14 March 2023
- | caption = in character as 'Leslie' in [[Catweazle]] | birth_place = [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]], England8 KB (1,194 words) - 16:38, 28 September 2024
- ...ess, he learned to manage a stammer and subsequently developed an interest in amateur theatricals, along with the Tomlinson family, including the young [ In [[w:World War II|World War II]], he volunteered for all services when the w21 KB (3,155 words) - 12:27, 12 December 2022
- ...uccessful run throughout the 1990s, and gained large mainstream audiences. In 2004, the show came 47th on the BBC's ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]'' poll,<r ...ck, very accessible characters, larger-than-life abnormal things happening in a very normal situation".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org20 KB (2,948 words) - 11:07, 17 August 2024
- | caption = Cradock in 1976 .../ref> She frequently appeared on television, at cookery demonstrations and in print with her fourth husband Major [[w:Johnnie Cradock|Johnnie Cradock]] w28 KB (4,177 words) - 20:32, 3 January 2023
- ...h-produced film-comedy, and in 1938 he was the third highest-grossing star in the UK. Many comedians have acknowledged him as a major influence. Hay was ...CKTON – William Thomson Hay</ref> By his late teens, Hay had become fluent in Italian, French and German and secured employment as an interpreter.<ref na33 KB (5,042 words) - 22:47, 18 March 2023
- ...tte Coleman]], [[David Bower]], [[Corin Redgrave]], and [[Rowan Atkinson]] in supporting roles. The film was made in six weeks, cost under £3 million,<ref name=BBCR4reunion>50 KB (7,069 words) - 15:31, 17 March 2023
- | caption = Frost outside [[10 Downing Street]] in April 2009 ...ministers serving between 1964 and 2016 and all seven American presidents in office between 1969 and 2008.<ref name="Jeffries"/>42 KB (5,950 words) - 00:03, 13 February 2023
- ...<br/>in their Flying Machines;<br/>Or, How I Flew from London to Paris<br/>in 25 Hours 11 Minutes ...agnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)|work=BFI Film Forever|access-date=20 October 20148 KB (7,067 words) - 22:57, 13 March 2023
- | caption = Chaplin in the early 1920s ...5 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.164 KB (24,245 words) - 14:14, 25 August 2024