• Jill Melford
  | spouse = {{marriage|[[John Standing]]|1961|1972|end=divorced}} She was married to actor [[John Standing]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/diamonds-and-pearl
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• Old Mother Riley in Society
  ...ter with old friend Tug Mulligan results in her reunion with Kitty; Tony’s family explains they’re not "[[high society (group)|high society]]" after all, m
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• Captain Cook (Blackadder)
  ...r gets him to paint a picture of a British soldier (resembling Blackadder) standing next to the body of a dead [[nun]] in a ruined French village. ...der, which the Captain refuses to grant. The next painting, Baldrick's "My Family and Other Animals", depicts vomit and is also rejected by Melchett. Blackad
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• Boycie
  ...the spin-off series ''[[The Green Green Grass]]'' in which Boycie and his family flee to the countryside to escape from the Driscoll Brothers. A younger Boy Boycie and Del share a loose friendship, but prefer to play a long-standing game of one-upmanship. They play each other at poker, in which they both ch
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• The Movies (The Goodies)
  Their attempt to remake [[w:Macbeth|Macbeth]] with less violence and more family interest is a complete failure, and leads to the three Goodies falling out * The Spanish town seen in the episode was a standing exterior set at [[w:Pinewood Studios|Pinewood Studios]]. It can also be see
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• The Chiltern Hundreds (film)
  ...)|Conservative Party]] candidate in his home [[constituency]], held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy ...mpaign as a Socialist candidate but is beaten once again, this time by the family butler Beecham ([[Cecil Parker]]) &ndash; a steadfast Conservative.
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• Inn for Trouble
  The Larkin family takes over a run-down country [[Pub|public house]], "The Earl Osbourne". Th Their efforts to rejuvenate business are impeded by the long-standing tradition of free beer being distributed by the local Earl. They try to tri
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• Home to Roost
  | 13 (2-6) || ''Any Questions?'' || 10 October 1986 || Henry is standing for councillor as an Independent, but can he convince first time voter Matt | 22 || ''Family Ties'' || 27 December 1987 || Henry's hopes of a quiet Christmas are dashed
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• Ealing comedies
  ...bers, all of whom are played by [[Alec Guinness]], in order to inherit the family dukedom and gain revenge on his snobbish relations. In ''[[Passport to Piml ...Passport to Pimlico'', switched to a rural setting, with a small community standing up for their local interests when their [[branch line]] is threatened with
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• Richard Dimbleby
  | relatives = [[Dimbleby family|Dimbleby family]] ...ve-date=27 March 2007 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Family detective | first=Nick | last=Barratt | date=3 February 2007 | access-date=
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• Ray Alan
  ...Parliament|MP]] for the town. At the end of his performance he received a standing ovation. ...game shows such as ''[[Celebrity Squares]]'', ''[[Give Us a Clue]]'', ''[[Family Fortunes]]'', ''[[3-2-1]]'', ''[[Bullseye]]'' and ''[[The Bob Monkhouse Sho
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• Private Godfrey
  | family = Lavinia (aunt)<br />Elsie (aunt)<br />Cissy Godfrey (sister)<br />Dolly G Godfrey is a long-standing friend of [[Sergeant Wilson]], and in the episode "[[High Finance (Dad's Ar
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• Angela Thorne
  ...he [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] and that his preceding ancestors had a long-standing connection with the [[Indian Army]].<ref name="rupert"/> ...t End revival of [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]]'s play ''Happy Family'', opposite [[Ian Ogilvy]] and [[Stephanie Beacham]]. In 1996 she starred i
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• Au Pair Girls
  Randi Lindstrom is assigned to the family of businessman Mr Wainwright. She is picked up by his son Stephen, who is i Christina Geisler is assigned to the Fairfax family. Learning that Christina is a virgin, their daughter Carol decides to take
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• Terry Collier
  | family = Cyril Collier (father)<br>Edith Collier (mother) ...tle during Terry's time away, he asks if "there is one pre-1967 brick left standing on top of another" and in the episode "I'll Never Forget Whatshername", Ter
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• Tony Booth (actor)
  Booth was born into a working-class family in Jubilee Road, [[Liverpool]], in 1931 and raised Catholic.<ref name="Guar ...yne]].<ref name="BBC"/> In 2001, Booth appeared in several episodes of ''[[Family Affairs]]'' playing Barry Hurst, [[Sadie Hargreaves]]' brother-in-law.<ref
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• On the Buses (film)
  ...at she is pregnant, resulting in her losing her job and forcing the Butler family to send back the items they can't afford to pay for. At the same time, Stan
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• Denis Norden
  ...fe Ginny (née Lubelsky), who was of Polish heritage.<ref name="ODNB"/> The family name was changed by deed poll to Norden while Denis was a child.<ref name=" ...e show's [[closing credits]] were shown, the studio audience gave Norden a standing ovation, which was followed by him then placing his trademark clipboard on
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• Brian Johnston
  ...[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[Military Cross|MC]], who managed the family coffee business, drowned at [[Widemouth Bay|Widemouth Sands]] near [[Bude]] After Oxford Johnston joined the family's coffee business, where he worked until 1939 but admitted years later that
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• Baldrick
  'Baldrick' is a rare personal and family name. It is Germanic in origin, and has been present in Britain all the way ...seen that he makes several attempts throughout history to raise his social standing, similar to Blackadder although the latter had much more success.
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