• Badjelly the Witch
  | genre = [[Children's literature]] [[Category:1973 children's books]]
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• Bananaman (TV series)
  "'''Bananaman'''" is a British [[animation|animated]] [[comedy]] series which ran from 1983 to 1986. It was based on the [[comi ...gle.com/books?id=pBWSDgAAQBAJ&q=steve+bright+bananaman&pg=PA190 |title=The British Superhero |date=15 March 2017 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=9
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• Anthony Jackson (actor)
  ...and as Sid Abbott’s neighbour Trevor, in the sitcom ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''. ...rum.bcdb.com/forum/British_actor_Anthony_Jackson_dead_at_62_P71534/ |title=British actor Anthony Jackson dead at 62 |date=10 December 2006 |accessdate=30 Octo
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• Mr. Bean (character)
  | nationality = British ...Bean: The Animated Series|animated spin-off]], and two live-action feature films. He was created by [[Rowan Atkinson]] and [[Richard Curtis]], portrayed by
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• Eric Rogers (composer)
  ...wn for composing the scores for twenty-two ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films.<ref>{{cite book | last = Craggs | first = Stewart | title = Soundtracks : ...in 1963, ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' in 1972 and a hoard of other ''Carry On'' films. His final ''Carry On'' score was for ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' in 1978.
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• Ronnie Stevens (actor)
  ...Ronnie Stevens - Gifted and versatile character actor at home in theatre, films and television.] ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> ...ious British and Canadian voice actors as well as providing voices for the animated film ''Rarg''.
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• Inspector Clouseau
  ...New York City|New York, New York]] |isbn=0-7566-1033-8}}</ref> More recent animated depictions from the 1970s onward were redesigned to more closely resemble S ...llers, Clouseau's faux French accent became more exaggerated in successive films (for example, pronouncing "[[Room (architecture)|room]]" as "reum"; "[[Pope
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• Terry Scott
  ...[comedian]] who appeared in seven of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On films]]''.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book |last= Stevens |first= Christopher |ti ...[Carry On Up the Khyber]]'' (1968), playing main roles in six of the later films.
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• Brian Wilde
  ...ian Wilde|work=BFI}}</ref> His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years. ..., ''The Men from Room Thirteen'' ([[BBC]], 1959–61). He had minor roles in films such as ''[[Life for Ruth]]'' (1962), ''[[The Bargee]]'' (1964), ''[[The Jo
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• Dick Vosburgh
  {{Short description|American-British comedy writer and lyricist}} Throughout the 70s he was in the top tier of British comedy writers often partnering with Garry Chambers and [[Barry Cryer]] on
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• Alexei Sayle's Stuff
  '''''Alexei Sayle's Stuff''''' is a British television [[comedy sketch]] show which ran on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] for a total ...rtoon character. Viewers are shown a short extract from Sayle's very first animated appearance from fifty years previously, named "Steamboat Fatty" (spoofing '
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• Peter Sallis
  ...lace|Wallace]] in the [[Academy Award]]-winning ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' films and portrayed [[Norman Clegg|Norman "Cleggy" Clegg]] in ''[[Last of the Sum ...is film appearances include the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) and ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula
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• Victor Spinetti
  ...hout his 50-year career, including the three 1960s [[The Beatles|Beatles]] films ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', ''[[Help! (film)|Help ...c.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18148017 "Victor Spinetti, actor and star of Beatles films, dies"], BBC News, 19 June 2012</ref> But Harrison also later told him, "Yo
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• Lance Percival
  {{Short description|British actor and comedian (1933–2015)}} ...om|national service]] with the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] and was posted to Egypt. In 1955 he em
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• John Clive
  Clive was also an established British television and film actor. Beginning his career at the age of fourteen tour ...ing in two of the ''[[Carry On (film series)|Carry on]]'' series of comedy films; ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/c
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• Hermione Baddeley
  ...Mary Poppins]]''. She voiced Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in the 1970 Disney animated film, ''[[The Aristocats]]''. In 1975, she won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for ...e Hermione Baddeley|year=1984|page=16}}</ref> Baddeley was a descendant of British [[American War of Independence]] General [[Henry Clinton (American War of I
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• The Comic Strip
  {{Short description|Group of British comedians}} | nationality = British
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• And Now for Something Completely Different
  | director = [[Ian MacNaughton]]<br>[[Terry Gilliam]] (animated sequences) * Kettledrum Films
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• David Kelly (actor)
  ...Ignatius opposite [[Jimmy O'Dea]]. He went on to become a familiar face on British television with the [[BBC]] comedy ''[[Me Mammy]]'', opposite [[Milo O'Shea Kelly was in the voice cast of ''[[The Light Princess]]'', a partly animated, hour-long family fantasy that aired on the [[BBC]] in 1978.<ref name=carto
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• Julian Holloway
  {{short description|British actor}} '''Julian Holloway''' (born 24 June 1944) is a British actor. He is the son of comedy actor and singer [[Stanley Holloway]] and fo
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