| series = [[Dad's Army]] | image = Private Godfrey Dads Army.jpg

| occupation = Electrician (by trade), corporal in the British Army, car washer, hospital porter, fork lift driver, taxi driver and mobile sale | nationality = British

| series = [[Dad's Army]] ...life-style/life/1166935/dads-army-actor-tom-rosenthal-life/amp|title=Dad's Army Private Pike: 'I've always been a stupid boy' | Express.co.uk|website=

| series = [[Dad's Army]] ...(stage show)<br/>[[Tom Courtenay]] (2016 film)<br/>[[Kevin Eldon]] (Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes)

{{Short description|British actor (1915–1984)}} ...in]]'', released in 1983.<ref>Brian MacFarlane (ed), ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', BFI/Methuen 2003</ref>

| caption = Rimmer, eager to take the opportunity to command an army, prepares to lead the good wax-droids into battle ...her =tv.com |access-date =2008-01-25}}</ref> It was first broadcast on the British television channel [[BBC Two|BBC2]] on 21 March 1991. Written by [[Rob Gran

...ant-Colonel Cliff Barnes.<ref>The Salvationist, 25 May 1991, The Salvation Army, p. 12</ref><ref>Who's Who in the Theatre, A Biographical Record of the Con ...ruits in the use of the bayonet, he rose to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] in tank transport. He spent several years work

...glish people|English]], after [[Acts of Union 1707|1707]] [[British people|British]] ...character. Each series of ''Blackadder'' is set in a different period in [[British history]], and each Baldrick character (as with the character of Edmund) is

...gentlemen's clothing departments in the flagship [[department store]] of a fictional chain called Grace Brothers. ...tations began airing [[rerun]]s of it in the mid-1980s, along with other [[British sitcom]]s. In 2004, it was ranked 20th in a television countdown of ''[[Bri

.../index.cfm?section=personnel&entry=listerdavid |title=Lister, David &#124; Personnel &#124; Space Corps Database |publisher=Red Dwarf |access-date=23 March 2009 ...'''Lister''', is a [[w:fictional character|fictional character]] from the British [[w:science fiction|science fiction]] [[w:situation comedy|situation comedy

...by and starred [[Richard Murdoch]] and [[Kenneth Horne]] as officers in a fictional [[RAF station]] coping with [[red tape|red tape]] and the inconveniences an The show followed ''[[ITMA]]'' as the most popular British radio comedy, and was succeeded by ''[[Take It From Here]]'' and ''[[The Go

...as a labourer in a [[cotton mill|cotton mill]] and a former [[British Army|army]] [[sergeant|sergeant]]. When Sykes was two, his father remarried and he ga ...Styles]]. Sykes also made his first screen appearance at this time in the army film comedy ''[[Orders Are Orders]]'' (1954), which also featured [[Sid Jam

...eries ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1970–1974), hosted the game show ''[[Whodunnit? (British game show)|Whodunnit?]]'' (1974–1978), and played the title character in ...ief Petty Officer]] Pertwee in ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' on [[BBC Radio]]. The fictional ship in the series HMS ''Troutbridge'' almost shared its name with the real

...d for him by [[Marriott Edgar|Marriott Edgar]], were absorbed into popular British culture, and Holloway developed a following for the recordings of his many ...Second World War, Holloway made short propaganda films on behalf of the [[British Film Institute]] and [[Pathé News]] and took character parts in a series o

...gus MacPhail]]. The story—based on a true event—concerns a shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island, the inhabitants of which have run out of whisky because of ...community runs through the film, and the story reflects a time when the [[British Empire]] was weakening.

...as one of the most influential and innovative dramatists to have worked in British television. ...[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] of the [[British Army]]<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/8NCN7%

| image = The British comedian Tommy Handley rehearses with actors from his ITMA show (cropped).j ''ITMA'' was an important contributor to British morale during the war, with its cheerful take on the day-to-day preoccupati

...ared on various [[BBC Radio]] shows, and made a successful transition into British films. He appeared in ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956), ''[[The Green Man ...a temporary position at Smithfield Market, where he earned 15 [[Shilling (British coin)|shillings]] a week as a junior transport clerk for the Union Cold Sto

| honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...ts National Service Association]] (ENSA), which provided entertainment for British forces and factory workers during the war.{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=22}} Sellers a

...rld was under threat from an invading army, he was tasked with creating an army of super-soldiers to fight them. Instead, he created (among other things) a ...[[Deep Thought (chess computer)|Deep Thought]] was named in honour of this fictional computer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2005-04-26/entertainm