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- '''Mornington Crescent''' is an improvisational comedy game featured in the [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy panel show ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' (I ...uncing a landmark or street, most often a [[tube station]] on the [[London Underground]] system. The ostensible aim is to be the first to announce "[[Mornington C15 KB (2,339 words) - 16:08, 25 August 2024
- ...> He and [[Kenneth Williams]] were largely responsible for introducing the underground language [[polari]] to the [[w:United Kingdom|British]] public.<ref>{{cite ...est End]] production of ''[[w:The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]'', in 1954.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book12 KB (1,668 words) - 20:57, 8 January 2023
- ...le refers to [[Lavender Hill]], a street in [[Battersea]], a district in [[London SW11]], near to [[Clapham Junction railway station]]. ...ey crop''] Retrieved 19 April 2012</ref> It is one of fifteen films listed in the category "Art" on the [[Vatican's list of films|Vatican film list]].<re13 KB (1,974 words) - 10:28, 12 March 2023
- ...is |title=Between a Frock and a Hard Place: Camp Aesthetics and Children's Culture |journal=Canadian Review of American Studies |date=January 2005 |volume=35 ...e="MallaMcGillis2005" /> The visual style is closely associated with [[gay culture]].37 KB (5,131 words) - 18:16, 17 January 2023
- ...e British Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)]] in 1979.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id ...historyoffamilyo00stan|title=History of the Stansfeld Family of Stansfield in the Parish of Halifax and its numerous branches|year=1885|location=Leeds|pa38 KB (5,709 words) - 19:29, 24 August 2024
- | death_place = London, England ...s. He appeared in the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' and ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' film series as well as the long-running BBC radio comedy seri45 KB (6,314 words) - 23:31, 25 January 2023
- ...'Snetherswaite and Son''. Two film adaptations of the series were released in cinemas, ''[[Steptoe and Son (film)|Steptoe and Son]]'' (1972) and ''[[Step ...on. Albert Steptoe, a "dirty old man", is an elderly rag-and-bone man, set in his grimy and grasping ways. By contrast, his son Harold is filled with soc30 KB (4,523 words) - 14:13, 25 February 2023
- | caption=Morecambe (left) & Wise in their classic "skip dance" pose, performed to the song "[[Bring Me Sunshine ...[[Marriage]], [[everyday life]], [[current events]], [[popular culture|pop culture]]36 KB (5,818 words) - 11:29, 30 August 2024
- ...[[Alexei Sayle]], and broadcast on [[BBC Two]] for two series, first shown in 1982 and 1984. The show focused on the lives of four dissimilar students an ...as voted number 31 in the BBC's [[Britain's Best Sitcom|Best Sitcom]] poll in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/sitcom/top11to100.shtml|ar47 KB (6,918 words) - 23:04, 28 August 2024
- ...= The four main cast members of ''Journey Into Space: The World in Peril'' ...''Journey to the Moon'' – 18<br />''The Red Planet'' – 20<br />''The World in Peril'' – 20<br />''Operation Luna'' – 13<br />''The Return from Mars''66 KB (10,273 words) - 14:18, 29 December 2022
- | caption = Humphries in 2001 ...urd-moments-in-the-frocks-of-the-dame-20100914-15ar3.html "Absurd moments: in the frocks of the dame"] by Steve Meacham, ''[[Brisbane Times]]'' (15 Septe67 KB (9,596 words) - 23:07, 6 February 2023
- | alt = A group of performers in 1940s clothes, dressed warmly for a visit to northern Scotland | rec_location = {{ubl|London (s 1, 7–12)|Bristol (s 2)|[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], Wales (s 3–6)|[[L98 KB (14,826 words) - 00:03, 10 February 2023