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  • | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | death_place = [[w:Salisbury|Salisbury]], [[w:Wiltshire|Wiltshire]]
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  • ...comedy actor. Born and raised in [[Dhaka]], he moved to the United Kingdom from [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) in 1958 and appeared in several [[sitcom ...ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210926210851/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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  • ...and Pugh many were sceptical as to whether the marriage would last, apart from Jimmy Perry and his wife Gillian. After the wedding there was a whip-round [[Category:People from Murree]]
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  • ...al Military Academy Sandhurst]], serving with the [[East Surrey Regiment]] from 1952 to 1955,<ref name="auto">Contemporary Dramatists, ed. James Vinson, St ...]]'', in the 1958 and 1961 shows, along with [[Larry Stephens]], [[Maurice Wiltshire]], and Lew Schwarz in 1958, and Brad Ashton, [[Barry Took]], [[Marty Feldma
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  • ...=6 October 2013}}</ref> The original radio scripts were adapted by Maurice Wiltshire, who had previously co-written a number of radio episodes with [[Larry Step ...Telly Addicts|Telly Addicts]]''. However DVD compilations of all episodes (from unknown sources) are available on [[eBay|eBay]] and other outlets.<ref>{{ci
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  • | birth_place = [[Durrington, Wiltshire]], England ...Mulberry Smith in the long-running sitcom ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010.
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  • | birth_place = [[Semley]], [[Wiltshire]], England ...pporting roles.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba192a594|title=Robert Morley}}</ref> In 1939 he received an [[Academy
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  • ...est known for his appearances as "Mr Derek" in ''[[Basil Brush#Basil Brush from 1963 to 1984|The Basil Brush Show]]'' (1969–1973), [[Bernard Woolley]] in ...2. The character first appeared as the local police sergeant, then retired from the force and ran the post office before becoming a [[pub]]lican.<ref name=
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  • ...]'' (1978) and had a starring role in the [[Hammer horror]] film ''[[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1971). ...Sex Please, We're British]]'' (1973). The [[Hammer horror]] film ''[[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1971) gave Leon a dual starring role, as a reincarnat
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  • ...r]]''.<ref name="bfi.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efa5d96|title=Glynn Edwards|publisher=British Film Institute|access-d ..., and then by his father and stepmother, who ran a pub in [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]].<ref name=Guardian060618/><ref name=Metro7612606>{{cite news |url=https:/
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  • ...on|South East London]], in 1907. Educated at [[Marlborough College]] in [[Wiltshire]], Justice studied science at [[University College London]], but left after ...rapnel shell|shrapnel]] from a German shell), he was honourably discharged from the service with a pension.
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  • ...dio|radio]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] series, originally produced by the [[BBC]] from 1951 to 1960 and broadcast on the [[w:BBC Home Service|BBC Home Service]]. ...he fourth series was preserved in the [[BBC Sound Archive]] (as a tape dub from an acetate disc).
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  • ...309&dat=19880925&id=2a1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2478,2432896}}</ref> from which she graduated in 1952.<ref>[https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles?aos=actin ...ve-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819164004/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/6980/josephine-tewson-rip/ |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=1
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  • ..., or passengers being asked to assist in pushing the carriages, were taken from incidents on the Talyllyn Railway recounted in ''Railway Adventure''. ...erford and retired track layer Dan Taylor in running the train, volunteers from the village help to operate the station.
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  • ...]]'' (1950) and Police Sergeant Ruby Gates in the [[St Trinian's]] series (from 1954). She was a well-known broadcaster on radio and television. As a write ...e,'' Spring 2010, p. 11</ref> and lived in a cottage on the estate, a mile from the main house, in the early years of her marriage.<ref>Hampton (2002), p.
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  • ...e film ''[[Murder, She Said]]'', based on Agatha Christie's novel ''[[4.50 From Paddington]]'' and starring [[Margaret Rutherford]] as Miss Marple. ...highly rated TV series ''[[Our Man at St. Mark's|Our Man at St Mark's]]''. From 1970 to 1971 she played Mrs Pugsley in ''[[Bachelor Father (UK TV series)|B
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  • ..., television)<ref>{{cite book|title=Keeping up appearances. / Life Lessons from Onslow|oclc=313473236}}</ref> ...Church Hall and Vicarage)</small> <br /> [[Swindon|Swindon]], [[Wiltshire|Wiltshire]], England; <br />[[Oxford|Oxford]], England;<small> <br /> [[Bristol|Brist
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  • ...dea of a [[cabaret]] night. He persuaded the double acts and Sayle to move from the Comedy Store along with [[Arnold Brown (comedian)|Arnold Brown]], an ol ...n't You Kill My Mother-in-law?: The Story of Alternative Comedy in Britain from The Comedy Store to Saturday Live
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  • | death_place = [[Wiltshire|Wiltshire]], England ...his veteran's grant to attend the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] from 1947 to 1950. He studied piano and oboe, being interested in the music of R
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  • | birth_place = [[Swindon|Swindon]], [[Wiltshire|Wiltshire]], England ...tures|publisher=BBC}}</ref> at the Haven Nursing Home, Kent Road, Swindon, Wiltshire. Her mother Winifred Maud Mary (Payne) was married to Albert Edward Sidney
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