• 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)
  ...shford, Kent|Ashford]], in 1936. He was educated at [[w:Eastbourne College|Eastbourne College]] and [[w:St Edmund Hall, Oxford|St Edmund Hall]]. ...f journal of the wife of Prime Minister [[w:Harold Wilson|Harold Wilson]]. From 1979 he repeated that success with ''[[w:Dear Bill|Dear Bill]]'', a series
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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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• Kathleen Harrison
  ...as Mrs. Judd in ''The Constant Flirt'' at the Pier Theatre, [[w:Eastbourne|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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• 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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• Arthur Brough
  ...pertory theatre in [[w:Folkestone|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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• List of Dad's Army episodes
  ...and the next seven series (Series 3 to Series 9) were broadcast in colour, from 11 September 1969 to 13 November 1977. Episodes ran for 30 minutes each, wi ...r) appeared in 59 episodes leading up to his sudden death in 1973, ranging from "The Man and the Hour" in 1968 to "Things that Go Bump in the Night" in 197
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