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- .... He also played in The Tango Trio. Martin volunteered for the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1940, on his eighteenth birthday, serving as a ground crew technician ...and left him paralysed on his right side. He spent his last years in [[The Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond]], Surrey.10 KB (1,536 words) - 13:27, 22 December 2022
- ...l Service in the United Kingdom|National Service]] life in the [[Royal Air Force]], broadcast between 1975 and 1978 by [[Thames Television]]. Scripts were b * '''Corporal Wendy'''. A [[Women's Royal Air Force|WRAF]] corporal, married in the fourth series to Bruce Leckie. Played by Je32 KB (4,828 words) - 10:03, 15 February 2023
- ...[British Army|Army]] and ''Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh'' for the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF), all largely written and performed by serving members of the respec ...ref> Horne had been a contributor to an earlier BBC radio show for the Air Force, ''Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer'';<ref>Hackforth, p. 44</ref> Murdoch was well known45 KB (6,842 words) - 23:35, 22 February 2023
- ...nt at the [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] Award and the Team Award from the [[Royal Television Society]], UK in 1999. ...[[veranda]], [[shampoo]], [[Hair conditioner|conditioner]]), the [[British Royal Family]] (all except [[Prince Charles]], who he claims to be African, becau23 KB (3,340 words) - 17:48, 12 March 2023
- ...resents aggressively, often arguing with reporters and insulting guests on-air, and at one stage provoking a war between [[Australia]] and [[British Hong ...Street]] to beat up John Major, and after the close of the incident, the [[Royal Mail]] issues a [[commemorative stamp]] featuring the Queen and John Major31 KB (4,508 words) - 20:22, 19 September 2024
- ...80s. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay pub, the [[Royal Vauxhall Tavern]] (RVT), he gained a popular following among London's gay c ..."Grady" to "O'Grady" in a paperwork mistake when he joined the [[Royal Air Force]], and he kept the new name.{{sfnm|1a1=Simpson|1y=2008|1pp=2–3|2a1=O'Grad110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- ...0s, and became the UK's most popular entertainer during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless La ...w Cleaner Now", "Mr Wu's an Air Raid Warden Now" and "Mr Wu was in the Air Force".{{sfn|Fisher|1975|p=35}}}} Over the course of his career Formby went on to87 KB (13,680 words) - 07:53, 16 March 2023
- ...February 1940 and the show went on a nationwide tour that kept it off the air for nearly 18 months, except for one special edition in May 1940. Took note ...actors continued after a brief pause, the programme had been taken off the air and replaced with music.{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1999|p=36}}{{sfn|Worsley|1949|pp98 KB (14,826 words) - 00:03, 10 February 2023