• British comedy
  ...to as the father of the political cartoon.<ref name="Guardian"/> With his satirical works calling the king (George III), prime ministers and generals (especial ''See'' [[w:British comedy films|British comedy films]] ([[w:Cinema of the United Kingdom|Cinema of the United Kingdom]]).
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• Ian La Frenais
  ...composing songs for a weekly [[List of satirical television news programs|satirical programme]] on [[Tyne Tees Television]] and then moved to London where he w ...Lads]]'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'' (directed by Clement) and '
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• Whoops Apocalypse (film)
  [[Category:1986 films]] [[Category:Apocalyptic films]]
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• Britannia Hospital
  | studio = [[EMI Films]]<br>[[British Lion Films]] ...ham Crowden]], whom he had had a run-in with in ''O Lucky Man''. All three films have characters in common. Some of the characters from ''if....'' that did
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• Whoops Apocalypse
  [[Category:1980s British satirical television series]] [[Category:1980s British sitcoms]]
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• Alexei Sayle's Stuff
  ...s episodes also feature sketches based around BBC2 presentation, including satirical continuity announcers and faux trailers. * ''Hooray for British Films'' – a satirical attack on the then dire state of the British film industry
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• Sheila Steafel
  ...to the Secret Garden]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba04b523c|title=Sheila Steafel}}</ref> ...70s and 1980s, she was a cast member on the weekly [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] satirical show ''[[Week Ending]]'', providing the voices of many characters and imper
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• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  * Celandine Films ...tle=Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e742e39 |access-date=26 July 2021 |agency=BFI}}</ref>
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• Malcolm McFee
  ...ase Sir! (film)|Please Sir!]]''. McFee had made his film debut in the 1969 satirical anti-war musical ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https: ...| accessdate=17 November 2011}}</ref> He was the reporter and clown in the 1980s BBC schools science programme Science Workshop.<ref>{{cite web | url=http:/
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• Denis Norden
  ...scripts. He also wrote scripts for [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films. He presented television programmes on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] for many ye ...]'' (1961–1963) which were vehicles for Jimmy Edwards. They also wrote the satirical sketch ''[[Balham, Gateway to the South]]'' for the [[BBC Third Programme]]
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• Lance Percival
  ...ish actor, comedian and singer, best known for his appearances in [[Satire|satirical comedy]] television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to improvise c ...he also appeared in several British comedy films including the [[Carry On films|Carry On]] film ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962) (replacing [[Charles Hawtr
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• Boulting brothers
  ...of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s. They produced many of their films through their own production company, '''Charter Film Productions''', which ...<ref name="bfi1">{{cite web |title=Ripe Earth |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69d70b54 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=8 Apri
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• Ronnie Corbett
  ...''[[The Two Ronnies]]''. He achieved prominence in [[David Frost]]'s 1960s satirical comedy programme ''[[The Frost Report]]'' (with Barker) and subsequently st ...rjack'']] and [[The Saint (TV series)|''The Saint'']], and appeared in the films [[You're Only Young Twice (film)|''You're Only Young Twice'']], ''[[Rockets
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• Willie Rushton
  ...ish cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]''. ...view/article/63998, accessed 23 Aug 2015]</ref> He also contributed to the satirical magazine ''The Wallopian'', (a play on the school magazine name ''The Salop
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• Roy Kinnear
  ...ber 1988) was a British [[character actor]]. He was known for his roles in films directed by [[Richard Lester]]; including Algernon in [[The Beatles]]' ''[[ Kinnear made his stage debut in 1955, and came to prominence in the [[BBC]] satirical comedy series ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'' in 1962. He went on to app
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• Nicholas Parsons
  ...ury (British game show)|Sale of the Century]]'' during the 1970s and early 1980s. In the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in many supporting roles in British films. In the late 1960s, he portrayed David Courtney in the American sitcom ''[[
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• Peter Cook
  ...nce]]. Following the success of the show, the duo appeared together in the films ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966) and ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1 ...Eight]]'', before finding prominence in his own right in a four-man group satirical stage show, ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'', alongside [[Jonathan Miller]], [[Ala
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• Millicent Martin
  ...e female singer of topical songs on the weekly [[BBC Television]] [[satire|satirical]] show ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'' (known as TW3; 1962–1963), and ...al Broadway production of ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'' in the 1980s and performing the revue ''[[Side by Side by Sondheim]]'' with Julia McKenz
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• Dame Edna Everage
  ...ooks including an autobiography, ''My Gorgeous Life'', appeared in several films and hosted several television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared a ...ife and Superstar", then "Megastar" and finally "Gigastar". Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Dame Edna became increasingly known in North America after multi
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• Anton Rodgers
  ...s long-running roles in the television sitcoms ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' in the 1980s and ''[[May to December]]'' from 1989 to 1994. ...e|Wilde]] and [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]. He appeared in films such as ''[[The Man Who Haunted Himself]]'' (1970), ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)
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