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  • ...h the long-running pantomimes produced by [[Howard & Wyndham]] in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Aberdeen.<ref>Alhambra Glasgow by Graeme Smith, published 20 ...of performances of the famed ''Five Past Eight'' shows staged each summer at the [[Alhambra Theatre Glasgow|Alhambra Theatre]].<ref name="bbc" />{{sfnp|
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  • | birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland | death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
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  • ...arious publishers. He wrote his first novel, a whodunit called ''[[Weekend at Thrackley]]'',<ref>London, Skeffington & Son, 1934: ASIN: B00E7BZG7K</ref> ...scriptwriter in the variety department in London under [[Eric Maschwitz]] at £250 per year. After a three-month training course, he was sent to the [[A
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  • ...s = dead}}</ref> He was educated at [[Edinburgh Academy]] and then trained at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. Seton began his acting career in the chorus line at Drury Lane Theatre<ref name=":0" /> and starred in [[Ralph Ince]]'s film ''
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  • | alma_mater = [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] ...vil Service]] in [[Liverpool]] before training as an actor at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]. After graduating in 1967, he appeared in reper
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  • ...te</ref> was an English broadcaster, involved in production and management at [[BBC Radio]] where he held many executive positions, including Head of Lig ...ealand]] and Broadway in September 1964. Hatch was later a student teacher at [[Bloxham School]], Oxfordshire.<ref>'A Shining Light', A history of Bloxha
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  • ...y revival]]. Moody earned a [[Golden Globe Award]] and an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for the film, as well as a [[Tony Award]] nomination for ...2007}}</ref><ref>In his most recent autobiography, Moody cites attendance at two schools based in Harringay. Hornsey and Tottenham were both used as alt
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  • | awards = '''[[British Academy Television Awards|Best Comedy Programme or Series]]'''<br>1995 ''[[Father T ...e to the Galaxy]]'' and is [[Mornington Crescent (game)#Origins|one of the people credited]] with creating the bizarre panel game [[Mornington Crescent (game
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  • * [[w:Italia Conti Academy|Italia Conti Academy]] * [[w:London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art|London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]]}}
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  • | education = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...ed while playing [[rugby union]] with the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] in 1942, at the age of 38. [[Scotland Rugby League]] have named their Student Player of
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  • ...d in the [[Royal Air Force]] as a mechanic before enrolling in the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], from which he was later expelled for responding to rock- ...Dudley Sutton, actor best known for Lovejoy|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref> At a reunion of the three surviving stars of the earlier film in London on 17
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  • | alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ...[Croydon|Croydon]], joined by her grandmother. She completed her education at [[Croydon High School|Croydon High School]].
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  • ...o several other European countries.<ref>The mentioned DVD clearly supports at least Sweden and Finland</ref> He had a major resurgence during the late 19 ...om]]|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=caden /> He was educated at [[Newbridge College]], [[Terenure College]], and the [[Catholic University
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  • ...ve-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128003725/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/paul_merton/|url-status=live}}</ref> ...m-1541587.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After leaving school, Merton worked at the [[Tooting]] employment office as a clerical officer<ref name="Autobiogr
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  • ...[[head girl]]. She won a [[scholarship]] and attended [[Newnham College]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], where she studied Economics, then History, ...kewell was TV presenter for ATV’s Sunday Break, Southern Television’s Home at 4.30, BBC’s Meeting Point and the BBC series The Second Sex.
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  • ...952 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]''. She won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe Award]] for her role as the ...with a [[chamber pot]], before slashing his own throat with a pocket knife at an inn in [[Matlock, Derbyshire]] on 4 March 1883.<ref name="Ind">{{cite ne
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  • ...contribution]]" to film at the [[w:British Academy Scotland Awards|British Academy Scotland Awards]]. ...role for which he received a [[w:British Academy Television Award|British Academy Television Award]] nomination.
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  • ...73) <br /> ''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]'' (1967) <br /> ''[[How to Irritate People]]'' (1968) <br /> ''[[Marty (TV series)|Marty]]'' (1968-1969) <br /> ''[[Br ...''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', he moved into television with ''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]'', working together with old Cambridge friends [[John
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  • | caption = Rushton at a charity cricket match,<br />May 1976 ...ngs Castle|Blandings]] country. The sort of place you go to die, not to be educated".<ref>"Obituaries: William Rushton", ''The Daily Telegraph'' page 21, 12 De
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  • | image = Alan Rickman at BAM -17.jpg | alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
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