• In Loving Memory (TV series)
  | last_aired = {{End date|1986|03|27|df=yes}} ...r, where it ran for a further five series between 21 May 1979 and 27 March 1986.
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• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
  | genre = [[Comic science fiction]] ...originally published by [[Macmillan Publishers|Pan Books]] as a paperback in 1980. The book was inspired by the song [[Grand Hotel (album)|"Grand Hotel"
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• Tea for Three
  | airdate = {{Start date|1986|09|21|df=yes}} ...fourth episode of series 5, and was first broadcast on 21 September 1986. In the episode, Del and Rodney find themselves battling for the affections of
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• Not with a Bang
  ...ke Grady (actor)|Mike Grady]] was the only cast member to reprise his role in the television series. ...y on how scientists have apparently isolated the hormone that causes aging in humans. The chemical is then accidentally released from a vial and the eff
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• A Royal Flush
  | airdate = {{Start date|1986|12|25|df=yes}} ...o a shorter version with added laughter track and released on DVD in 2004. In the episode, [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]] becomes friends with the daughter of
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• David Nobbs
  ...ressed as Sunshine Desserts (1st September 2015) 001.jpg|thumb|right|A pub in [[Harrogate]], North Yorkshire dressed as Sunshine Desserts following Nobbs ...ng his career in comedy as a writer for ''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'' in the early 1960s.<ref name="bha obit">[https://humanism.org.uk/2015/08/09/bh
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• The Black Adder (Blackadder)
  ...shall|first=David W.|title=Mass market medieval: essays on the Middle Ages in popular culture |year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2922-6|page= ...t) resembles Elizabeth I (right) but the character is not explicitly named in the script.
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• Water (1985 film)
  ...ays Baxter Thwaites, a Governor who has 'gone native' (similar to his role in ''[[The Honorary Consul (film)|The Honorary Consul]]''), and [[Billy Connol ...House, French bottled water producers, and Cuban guerrillas take interest in the future of the island and threaten to destroy the cosy way of life enjoy
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• The Archbishop
  | alt = Prince Edmund, Baldrick and Lord Percy in purplse clerical cassocks ...the King to acquire lands from the [[Catholic Church]]. Most of the humour in the episode relies on [[religious satire]].
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• Peter Bull
  ...ish [[w:character actor|character actor]] who appeared in supporting roles in such films as ''[[w:The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]'', ''[[Tom ...el)|If I Were You]]'' at the [[w:Shaftesbury Theatre|Shaftesbury Theatre]] in 1933.
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• The Queen of Spain's Beard
  ...he Black Adder]]'', the first serial in the ''[[Blackadder]]'' series. Set in late 15th-century [[Kingdom of England|England]], the episode parodies the ...] who "singed the beard of the King of Spain" when he attacked the country in 1587.<ref>Lewis, p. 123</ref>
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• Roy Dotrice
  ...:Roy Dotrice during the shooting of Mister Lincoln.jpg|thumb|right|Dotrice in 1981]] ...itish actor famed for his portrayal of the [[antiquarian]] [[John Aubrey]] in the record-breaking solo play ''[[Brief Lives (play)|Brief Lives]]''.
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• Zaphod Beeblebrox
  ...er]] in the various versions of the [[comedy science fiction|comic science fiction]] series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]]. ...at-grandfather are actually his direct descendants (see [[Minor characters in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth|Zaphod Be
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• Cat (Red Dwarf)
  ...loves to dress in extravagant clothing. He is simply referred to as "Cat" in lieu of a real name. ...om stasis, Lister, the only known human being in existence, tells Holly to set a course for Fuchal, which is actually the archipelago of [[Fiji]], where L
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• Terry Jones
  ...was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. ...degenerative [[aphasia]], he gradually lost the ability to speak and died in 2020 from [[frontotemporal dementia]] at the age of 77.<ref name="Guardian"
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
  ...= The cover of the booklet included with<br />the Collector's Edition CD set release of<br />the first two ''Hitchhiker's'' radio series. | format = [[Comic science fiction]]
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• Michael Bentine
  ...ess, he learned to manage a stammer and subsequently developed an interest in amateur theatricals, along with the Tomlinson family, including the young [ In [[w:World War II|World War II]], he volunteered for all services when the w
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• The Two Ronnies
  ...nuary 2018 |station=[[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] |date=2018-01-01 }}</ref> In the audience was [[Bill Cotton]], the Head of Light Entertainment for the B ...ael Palin]], [[Terry Jones]] and [[Laurie Rowley (writer)|Laurie Rowley]]. In addition, Barker used the pseudonym [[Gerald Wiley]] when writing sketches.
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• Journey into Space
  ...= The four main cast members of ''Journey Into Space: The World in Peril'' | format = [[w:Science fiction|Science fiction]]
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• Come Play with Me (1977 film)
  ...Records|Guinness Book Of World Records]] as the longest-running screening in Britain. A [[w:blue plaque|blue plaque]] on the former cinema's site commem ...'[[The Nine Ages of Nakedness]]'', but it was to remain on the shelf while in the ensuing years he was declared bankrupt, was the subject of an [[obsceni
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