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  • | death_place = [[Bedford Park, London]], England<ref>Gov.uk Wills and Probate 1858-1996, Surname "Bu ...nded gentry; Blake Butler's line, prominent in [[County Clare]], descended from [[Baron_Dunboyne#Barons_Dunboyne_(1324)|James Butler, 10th Baron Dunboyne]]
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  • ...roached in error. So successful was he however, that he stayed on the show from 1973 to 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/120449 ...Television|Channel Television]]'s ''Cyril Fletcher's TV Garden'', and ran from 1990 to 1992, for two years. He alleged defamation when Rowan Atkinson refe
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  • ...ee Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] directed by [[Jeremy Summers]] from a script by [[Philip Oakes]] and [[Tony Hancock]] for the [[Associated Brit ...nd Nevil the photographer ([[Mario Fabrizi]]), are a friendly community of people who pride themselves on their independence. This community is, however, fro
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  • '''''The Spon Plague''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the eighth series. ...e Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] master tape, the [[Pick of the
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  • ...music hall]] circuit. He became nationally known as a pioneer broadcaster. From 1924 onwards he was frequently heard on [[w:BBC|BBC]] [[w:variety show|vari ...Genome. Retrieved 12 June 2020</ref> The sketch remained in his repertory from 1921 to 1941, and according to Handley's biographer [[w:Ted Kavanagh|Ted Ka
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  • * [[Sam Kydd]] - as Bedford stage Manager (uncredited) ...Stewart (film editor)|Hugh Stewart]] read the story when he was recovering from [[jaundice]]. He bought the film rights and tried to finance the film throu
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  • ...)|Interlude]]'' (1968).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baba0736d|title=Janet Davies|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=htt She died on 22 September 1986, aged 59, from [[breast cancer]] which had metastasised to her lungs.<ref name=":1">[http:
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  • ...h-Irish actor.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f123863|title=Sam Kydd}}</ref> His best-known roles were in two major ...hese years he was awarded a pair of drama masks, made by the [[Red Cross]] from barbed wire.
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  • ...ttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peter-noble-1247788.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=sub ...ite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230551834 |title=FILM NEWS FROM ENGLAND AND AMERICA |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=11,818 |
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  • ...in ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000–05). From the late 1980s, with [[Kenneth Branagh]] as director, he performed Shakespe ...red a relationship.<ref name=more/> The family occasionally received money from a wealthy relation, and Briers' maternal grandparents paid for his educatio
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  • ...k is essentially a very sympathetic character, who inspires much affection from his ever-loving and patient wife, Betty. He also venerates the memory of hi ...ther George's modern electronically designed home. George receives a visit from Mr Fletcher, an American house builder, who may well offer George's employe
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Bedford|Bedford]], [[w:Bedfordshire|Bedfordshire]], England Barker was born on 25 September 1929 at 70 Garfield Street, [[Bedford]], [[Bedfordshire]], the only son of Leonard William Barker (always known i
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  • | cinematography = Terry Bedford ...er. The film's title is taken from the [[nonsense poem]] "[[Jabberwocky]]" from [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' (1871).<ref name="Sha
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  • ...rs to it as ''the Goon Show'' (or that ''Goon Show'') but never as ''Crazy People'' (which quite frankly could be applied to almost any comedy show).’ ...e show would be pre-empted on Tuesday 26 February to make way for speeches from the ''Pilgrims’ Dinner''. The Stargazers were also announced as appearing
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Bedford, England|Bedford]], [[w:Bedfordshire|Bedfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]] ...olled at the [[w:Fay Compton|Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art]] in 1933. From there he took a position in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut
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  • | cinematography = Terry Bedford ...Completely Different]]'', was a compilation of [[sketch comedy|sketches]] from the first two television series, ''Holy Grail'' is an original story that p
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  • ...adio comedy writer David Quantick. "It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their ...}}</ref> To this, Messiter added a rule disallowing players from deviating from the subject, as well as a scoring system based on panellists' challenges.<r
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  • ...= Those Magnificent Men<br/>in their Flying Machines;<br/>Or, How I Flew from London to Paris<br/>in 25 Hours 11 Minutes ...b83cf5f|title=Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)|work=BFI Film Forever|access-
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  • ...scure". ''Camp'' in this sense has been suggested to have possibly derived from the French term ''se camper'', meaning "to pose in an exaggerated fashion". ...onewall]] [[gay culture]] , where it was the dominant idiom. It originated from the understanding of gayness as [[effeminacy]].<ref name=newton /> Two key
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