• Fyfe Robertson
  | death_place = [[Eastbourne]], [[East Sussex]], [[England]] ...yfe Robertson''' (19 August 1902 &ndash; 4 February 1987) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] television journalist and broadcaster.<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB
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• Pollution (The Goodies)
  ...living inside while the entire country is polluted. When they travel to [[Eastbourne]], they notice how widespread the [[pollution]] is. They discover that the ...y garden ornaments and scarecrows which are made especially for wearing in people's hair. Birds also profit by being able to build nests in the hair.
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• Charlie Chester
  | birth_place = [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]], England ...io]] and television presenter and writer, broadcasting almost continuously from the 1940s to the 1990s. His style was similar to that of [[Max Miller (come
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• John Wells (satirist)
  ...Wells was born in [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]], in 1936. He was educated at [[Eastbourne College]] and [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford|St Edmund Hall]]. ...ong-running spoof journal of the wife of Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]]. From 1979 he repeated that success with ''[[Dear Bill]]'', a series of letters (
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• Ronald Frankau
  | death_place = [[Eastbourne|Eastbourne]] ...dio and films.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4db93a|title=Ronald Frankau|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Ronald Shiner
  ...''[[Bulldog Sees It Through]]'' (1940) with Jack Buchanan, ''[[The Missing People]]'' (1940) with [[Will Fyffe]], ''[[The Middle Watch (1940 film)|The Middle ...ilm parts remained small in ''[[They Flew Alone]]'' (1942), ''[[Those Kids from Town]]'' (1942), ''[[The Big Blockade]]'' (1942), ''[[The Black Sheep of Wh
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• Alf Garnett
  '''Alfred Edward "Alf" Garnett''' is a [[fictional character]] from the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom] ...d 1968, according to the film ''The Alf Garnett Saga'', despite resistance from Alf, the Garnetts were rehoused in a tower block in a new town on the edge
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• Roy Plomley
  ...sing the [[BBC Radio]] series ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', which he hosted from its inception in 1942 until his death. ...0s presenting ''Radio Normandy Calling'' from the stage of the Hippodrome, Eastbourne.]]
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• Leslie Henson
  ...7). After briefly serving with the [[Royal Flying Corps]], he was released from active service by the British government to help run a concert party called ...y]]'' in 1955. Henson's film career was intermittent, and he made 14 films from 1916 to 1956. The most notable of these was ''[[Tons of Money (1924 film)|T
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• Arthur Brough
  ...avilion, a repertory theatre in [[Folkestone]], Kent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Theatre to Club|url=https://www.leaspavilionarchive.org.uk/new-contribution ...ep companies in [[Theatre Royal, Aldershot|Aldershot]], [[Southend]] and [[Eastbourne]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portsmouth music scene|url=http://www.michaelcooper
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• Kathleen Harrison
  ...stage debut as Mrs. Judd in ''The Constant Flirt'' at the Pier Theatre, [[Eastbourne]] in 1926. The following year she appeared in London's West End for the fir ...' (both 1949), as well as a radio series, ''Meet the Huggetts'', which ran from 1953 to 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&ge
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• Tommy Cooper
  '''Thomas Frederick Cooper''' (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]]-born<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-22|title=Tommy Cooper, a great Wel ...herine Gertrude (''née'' Wright), Thomas's [[English people|English]] wife from [[Crediton]], [[Devon]].<ref name="exmem" /><ref>GRO Register of Marriages:
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• Captain Mainwaring
  {{short description|Fictional character from the sitcom Dad's Army}} ...g's lectures with a quip or a sly revelation that Mainwaring is benefiting from underhand deals. Mainwaring is particularly jealous of Wilson, who is more
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• Fanny Cradock
  {{short description|Restaurant critic, television celebrity cook and writer from England}} ...th_so_much_character_/ |title=Bournemouth: a town with so much character! (From Bournemouth Echo) |publisher=Bournemouthecho.co.uk |date=3 November 2010 |a
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• Trevor Bannister
  ...Mulberry Smith in the long-running sitcom ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010. ...ite news| last=Webber| first=Richard| title=What happened to... ? Mr Lucas from ''Are You Being Served?''|work=Daily Express| date=29 September 2007}}</ref
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• Robin Hood (script)
  ...it is not a transcription of the show, therefore there will be differences from any transcripts, or even the shows themselves, e.g. adlibs aren't included, |style="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 1em;"| But, to the poor people of England, hope is kindled by a magic name - Robin Hood!
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• Margaret Rutherford
  ...al Lunatic Asylum]]. Seven years later, on 26 July 1890, he was discharged from Broadmoor and reunited with his wife. He legally dropped his surname. ...on|Wimbledon]], South London, after her [[pregnant]] mother hanged herself from a tree.
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• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
  ...pt was most recently written by [[Iain Pattinson]], who worked on the show from 1992 until his death in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amandahowardas ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' developed from the long-running radio [[sketch show]] ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]
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• Last of the Summer Wine
  ...ears LOTSW">{{cite AV media| title = 30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine | people = Producer and director: Alan J. W. Bell | publisher = BBC One | date = 13 ...ital Spy 2007-07-17"/> and was praised for its positive portrayal of older people and [[Family-friendliness|family-friendly]] humour.<ref name="The Insider S
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• Bob Grant (actor)
  ...this was Grant's début. A production of the play was staged at the theatre from the 4{{Nbsp}}May 1953 for six days.{{R|"West Sussex County Times 1 May 1953 ...to Musical Theatre Mrs Wilson's Diary"}} After George Brown's resignation from the Government on 15{{Nbsp}}March 1968,{{R|"Birmingham Daily Post 16 March
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