| birth_place = [[Bridlington|Bridlington]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding of Yorkshire]], England ...eady middle-aged when films began production, he enjoyed increasing renown from [[World War II|World War II]] onwards as one of the British cinema's most f

...A TV Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Smiley's People (TV series)|Smiley's People]]''. Her film appearances included ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (195 ...''. Retrieved 27 September 2020.</ref> Reid was the daughter of [[Scottish people|Scottish]] parents and grew up in [[Manchester]], where she attended [[With

...000, reprising the character in the spin-off ''[[w:The Royal|The Royal]]'' from 2002 to 2003. ...50s, under the stage name of Bill Maynard {{snd}} the surname was inspired from seeing a billboard for the popular British confectionery, [[Maynards|Maynar

| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...as an English [[w:ventriloquist|ventriloquist]] and television entertainer from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was associated primarily with the dummies Lor

...English actor.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0638377|title=Geoffrey Bayldon}}</ref> After playing roles in many st Bayldon was born in [[Leeds]] and attended [[Bridlington School]] and [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] College of Architecture.<ref>{{cit

...987.<ref>Bright and Ross (2000), pp.&nbsp;183&ndash;186</ref> All episodes from this series were written by [[Roy Clarke]] and produced and directed by [[A *Wesley became a regular character from this episode onward (until 2002).

...House of Lords]] as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of [[Mencap]] from 1998 until his death. ...xperience with the White Rose Players at the opera house in [[Harrogate]]. From there he went into the Royal Air Force, eventually ending up as a volunteer

...oft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and originally broadcast on [[BBC1|BBC1]] from 31 July 1968 to 13 November 1977. It ran for nine series and 80 episodes in ...of age (hence the title ''Dad's Army'') or by being in professions exempt from conscription. Most of the platoon characters depicted in ''Dad's Army'' are

...ith [[Upper class|upper-class]] aspirations, who often dissociated himself from the other two, especially Compo, as he considered himself superior to them. ...Dewhurst.<ref name="The Man from Oswestry ep">{{cite episode|title=The Man from Oswestry|series=Last of the Summer Wine|credits=Roy Clarke (writer) & Sydne