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- | distributor = [[British Lion Films|British Lion Films]]<br />Tudor '''''Brothers in Law''''' is a 1957 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[John and Roy Boulting|Roy Boult6 KB (803 words) - 11:03, 20 February 2023
- | distributor = [[Bryanston Films (UK)|Bryanston Films]]<br />[[British Lion Films]] ...n 1963,<ref>p. 223 Farmer, Richard ''Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema'' Edinburgh University Press; 1st edition February 16, 2021</ref> th5 KB (652 words) - 20:35, 11 February 2023
- | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} '''''Private's Progress''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] based on the novel<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show9 KB (1,244 words) - 08:52, 3 February 2023
- [[Category:1974 British novels]] [[Category:British autobiographical novels]]8 KB (1,235 words) - 22:09, 20 August 2022
- '''''Salt and Pepper''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Richard Donner]] and starring [[Sammy Davis J ...events that puts the unlucky Salt and Pepper onto a plot to overthrow the British government, with the girl's dying words the key.9 KB (1,242 words) - 15:24, 14 March 2023
- '''''The Mouse on the Moon''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]], the sequel to ''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse T ...ght. Maurice Spender (Terry-Thomas), a bumbling spy sent by the suspicious British, is given a tour of the ship, including the shower heads converted into [[V7 KB (1,057 words) - 22:46, 16 February 2023
- ...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 ...]]'', which won both the ''[[Evening Standard]]''{{'}}s [[Evening Standard British Film Awards|Peter Sellers Award for Comedy]] and a [[BAFTA Award for Best A10 KB (1,590 words) - 19:46, 10 September 2024
- | caption = Original British film poster | distributor = [[British Lion Films|British Lion Films]] (UK)12 KB (1,733 words) - 22:30, 28 March 2023
- '''''Our Man in Havana''''' is a 1959 British spy comedy film shot in [[CinemaScope]], directed and produced by [[Carol R ...s Wormold, a [[vacuum cleaner]] salesman, is recruited by Hawthorne of the British [[Secret Intelligence Service]] to be their Havana operative. Instead of re11 KB (1,637 words) - 14:50, 18 August 2024
- '''''The Mouse That Roared''''' is a 1959 British [[satire|satirical]] [[comedy film]] on a [[Ban The Bomb]] theme, based on [[Leonard Wibberley ...riety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=20 April 1960|page=47|title=Gag-Films Rule British Trade|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety218-1960–04#page/n200/mode12 KB (1,800 words) - 10:47, 25 August 2024
- '''''What a Carve Up!''''' is a 1961 British [[Comedy horror|comedy-horror film]] directed by [[Pat Jackson]] and starri ...led ''[[The Ghoul (1933 film)|The Ghoul]]'', was filmed in 1933 by Gaumont-British Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|title=What a Carve Up (No PLace Like Homicide)|url9 KB (1,412 words) - 10:26, 21 February 2023
- {{Short description|British writer and director}} | nationality = British13 KB (1,867 words) - 14:56, 10 January 2023
- ...'The Magic Christian''''' is a 1969 British [[Satire (film and television)|satirical]] [[farce]] [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film direct ...agazine)|Uncut]]|date=7 July 2017}}</ref> The film also features a host of British and American actors with brief roles in the film, many playing against type16 KB (2,349 words) - 12:56, 19 January 2023
- ...a Davis Frankau]], who would later become a celebrated writer of satirical novels.<ref>Aryeh Newman, "From Exile to Exit: the Frankau Jewish Connection", ''J ...], became a comedy writer and co-created the Channel 4 sitcom [[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/art12 KB (1,738 words) - 15:40, 24 August 2024
- ...web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150037784 |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> * [[Robert Hardy]] as British General14 KB (2,048 words) - 19:48, 21 August 2024
- '''''The Inbetweeners''''' is a British [[coming-of-age]] [[television in the United Kingdom|television]] [[teen si ...Awards]], the programme also won the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy.39 KB (5,294 words) - 22:21, 19 March 2023
- ...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 Salop34 KB (5,049 words) - 19:26, 4 September 2024
- {{Short description|British actor and presenter}} | honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]29 KB (4,217 words) - 13:07, 14 January 2023
- {{short description|1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer}} '''''Kind Hearts and Coronets''''' is a 1949 British [[crime film|crime]] [[black comedy film]]. It features [[Dennis Price]], [32 KB (4,698 words) - 23:10, 4 October 2024
- Humphries' other satirical characters include the "priapic and inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les P ...dy over the next decade. His first appearance at Phillip Street was in the satirical revue ''Two to One'', starring veteran Australian musical star Max Oldaker,67 KB (9,596 words) - 23:07, 6 February 2023