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- ...ess-date=17 November 2008}}</ref> was a British actor who appeared on both television and stage. Among his roles was that of Norman Warrender in the 1980s sitcom ...ef name=guardian>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/nov/18/television-television Obituary in ''The Guardian'']. Retrieved 9 September 2014</ref>7 KB (966 words) - 15:57, 25 August 2024
- ==Film and television== ...film)|Lisztomania]]'' (1975),<ref name=NYT/> and [[Gene Wilder]]'s ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]'' (1977).<ref name=NYT/>8 KB (1,194 words) - 16:38, 28 September 2024
- ...h actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. ...oubleshooters]]'', ''[[Space: 1999|Space: 1999]]'' and ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]''.10 KB (1,502 words) - 20:34, 7 February 2023
- {{Infobox television episode | series = [[Red Dwarf]]7 KB (1,146 words) - 12:59, 18 February 2023
- {{Infobox television episode | series = [[Red Dwarf]]9 KB (1,461 words) - 17:34, 8 February 2023
- ...g parts: over the years he played himself or presenter characters in film, television and radio productions. Jacobs finally stepped down as a [[BBC Radio 2|BBC R ...ace adventure series ''[[Journey Into Space]]''. He played 22 parts in the series.<ref>Paul Donovan. ''The Radio Companion'', London: HarperCollins, 1991, p114 KB (2,082 words) - 20:46, 24 February 2023
- ...ertainment Maggs produced six seasons of the gently satirical radio comedy series''[[The News Huddlines]]'' between 1989 and 1991. Between 1990 and 1992 he produced three series of ''[[Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel]]'', an updated version of a 1932 [[13 KB (1,867 words) - 14:56, 10 January 2023
- ...ros]] for ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as well as the series ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' and ''[[Blake's 7]]''. ...recurring character of Davros in ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' (1975). His series ''Survivors'' and ''Blake's 7'' have been described as "much-loved [[cult f20 KB (2,802 words) - 13:56, 11 March 2023
- {{Infobox television '''''The Army Game''''' is a British television [[sitcom]] that aired on [[ITV Network|ITV]] from 19 June 1957 to 20 June 119 KB (2,380 words) - 23:34, 19 February 2023
- {{Short description|Television series}} {{Infobox television16 KB (2,444 words) - 11:06, 10 January 2023
- ...r 75 British films, he is best remembered as the [[First Doctor]] in [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which he played from 1963 to 1966.<ref name="meyric ...poverty stricken illegitimate child and hard-drinking womaniser to one of television's most iconic characters |last=Retter |first=Emily |work=[[Daily Mirror|The30 KB (4,389 words) - 16:27, 22 December 2022
- ...ted list|item_style=padding: 0.1em 0; line-height: 1.3em|item1_style=white-space:nowrap|Louis Grad (as professional dancer)|"The Dancer with the Humorous Fe ...ontrol of Associated Communications Corporation, the parent company of his television and other interests, to [[Robert Holmes à Court]], an Australian. Lord Gra31 KB (4,437 words) - 11:26, 24 August 2024
- ...as Zaphod Beeblebrox, from the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|TV adaptation]]. ...e various versions of the [[comedy science fiction|comic science fiction]] series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]].21 KB (3,398 words) - 16:02, 25 August 2024
- ...ne's act by ''Picture Post'' dated 5 November 1948. Only one of this first series (and very few of the following three in which he did not appear) has surviv ...tine's designs and Richard Dendy moulded them in latex rubber. He sold the series to the BBC for less than they had cost to make. He then spent two years tou21 KB (3,155 words) - 12:27, 12 December 2022
- ...ing British [[w:science fiction on television|science-fiction television]] series ''[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in ...is appearances, including most of his personal favourites, remain [[w:Lost television broadcast|missing]] to this day.47 KB (6,913 words) - 23:34, 2 January 2023
- | show_name = Journey Into Space | image = Journey Into Space cast.jpg66 KB (10,273 words) - 14:18, 29 December 2022
- {{Infobox television ...n = {{Based on|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''|Douglas Adams}}35 KB (5,396 words) - 23:55, 13 February 2023
- ...here in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''—initially a BBC Radio series by [[Douglas Adams]]—who are responsible for the destruction of the Earth ...(in the film, the Vogon bureaucracy is centred on Vogsphere). In the radio series it is said that "Their highly domed nose rises above their small piggy fore19 KB (2,933 words) - 14:59, 16 March 2023
- ...cember 2003) was an English comedian, writer and actor. He was the host of television game shows including ''[[The Golden Shot]]'', ''[[Celebrity Squares]]'', '' ...''[[Hotspur (comic)|Hotspur]]'', ''[[Wizard (DC Thomson)|Wizard]]'' and ''Adventure''.<ref name="Guardian obit" /> He established a comics writing and art part29 KB (4,199 words) - 23:06, 13 February 2023
- ...= {{Unbulleted list|''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1970–1974)|''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1979–1981, 1987–1989)|''[[The Navy Lark]]'' (1959 ...ith ''Doctor Who'' by appearing at many [[fan convention]]s related to the series and giving interviews. He also performed a [[Solo performance|one-man show]42 KB (6,389 words) - 22:59, 10 September 2024