• Robin Bailey
  ...so collaborated with Tinniswood on the television and radio series ''Tales from a Long Room'', playing the Brigadier, an eccentric [[cricket|cricket]]-love ...Harrison|Rex Harrison]] who had created the Higgins part in London and New York, on record and in the eventual film of the work. Bailey, like Harrison, was
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• George (Blackadder)
  ...ackadder]] ([[Rowan Atkinson]]). The character garnered positive responses from critics. ...t1=Della Cava|first2=Robert|last2=Bianco|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-03-27-hugh-laurie_x.htm|title=Laurie's polite — with a bit
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• Googie Withers
  |death_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia ...ess with a lengthy career spanning some nine decades in theatre, film, and television. She was a well-known actress and star of British films during the [[Second
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• Basil Dearden
  Dearden graduated from theatre direction to film, working as an assistant to [[Basil Dean]]. He la ...'' (1944), a drama set in wales, and wrote and directed ''[[They Came to a City]]'' (1944), based on a play by J.B Priestley.
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• Yellowbeard
  ...itle=Ahoy! Just Over the Horizon, A Fleet of Pirate Movies |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/09/movies/ahoy-just-over-the-h ...attacks the ship of [[inquisitor]] El Nebuloso and seizes a treasure hoard from the [[Spanish Main]]. Although his second-in-command Moon devised the attac
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• Ken Annakin
  ...is|last=Hevesi|date=24 April 2009|access-date=27 April 2009|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/arts/24annakin.html}}</ref> ...inspector in the city of Hull. Annakin subsequently decided to emigrate to New Zealand, and travelled around the world in a variety of jobs.<ref>FILMMAKER
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• Tony Hancock
  ...ck's Half Hour]]'', first broadcast on radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and personal bond with ...hs: JUN 1924 6d 231 KINGS N. - Anthony J. Hancock, mmn = Thomas</ref> but, from the age of three, he was brought up in [[w:Bournemouth|Bournemouth]] (then
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• Blake Edwards
  ...screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films. His best-known films include ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|B ...t=Stuart|last= Byron|date= August 5, 1971|page=56}}</ref> After graduating from [[Beverly Hills High School]] in the class of Winter 1941, Blake began taki
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• Four Weddings and a Funeral
  ...te=4 September 2019}}</ref> A 2017 poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine ranked it th ...tish fiancé. During the reception, Charles experiences further humiliation from several ex-girlfriends, including the distraught Henrietta, who angrily cla
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• Angela Morley
  ...16 |isbn=978-1-349-68713-8 |location=[[w:Basingstoke|Basingstoke]] UK; New York |pages=105–130 |chapter=Chapter 4: A Tale of Two Walters: Genre and Gende ...ews]]. Morley also received eight Emmy nominations for composing music for television series such as ''[[w:Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' and ''[[w:Dallas
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• David Frost
  * Television presenter ...t-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, [[journalist]], comedian and writer.
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• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
  | producer = Various ([[#Producers|see list]]) ...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
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• The Commitments (film)
  ...of the same name]] by [[Roddy Doyle]]. It was directed by [[Alan Parker]] from a screenplay written by Doyle, [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]]. Set ...aracters in the novel. [[Principal photography]] took place in [[Dublin]], from late August to October, 1990.
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• Angela Lansbury
  * United States (from 1951) * Ireland (from {{Circa|1970}})
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• Alan Rickman
  | birth_place = London, England<!--Only major city and country name, no districts or boroughs per instructions on Template:Inf ...9/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-british-actor-died-from-pancreatic-cancer-a6814686.html |archive-date=2016-01-15 |url-access=limite
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• Peter Cook
  ...p-british-performer-dies-at-57.html?searchResultPosition=9|work= [[The New York Times]]|title= Peter Cook, Madcap British Performer, Dies at 57|author= Mel ...a few cameo appearances but continued to be a regular performer in British television and film.
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• Kenny Everett
  | medium = Radio, television ...ped his trademark voices and surreal characters which he later adapted for television.
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• George Martin
  Martin's career spanned more than six decades in music, film, television and live performance. Before working with the Beatles and other pop musicia ...broke out St. Ignatius College students were evacuated to [[Welwyn Garden City]]. George's family left London, with him being enrolled at [[Ravensbourne S
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• The Goon Show series 10
  ...un, the cast were reluctant. And in mid-January, Spike was again suffering from anxiety neurosis and barely well enough to record the twelfth show, ''[[The ...of the country, Peter had a film commitment and Spike was still recovering from illness.
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• Tom Baker
  ...s on Sunday|date=28 April 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/arts/television/whats-on-sunday.html?_r=0&gwh=F8E52D6768623CB7D93EFF51A9A7FDFD}}</ref> ...s)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2004–2005). He also provided narration for the television comedy series ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]'' (2003–2
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