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- ...her (film series)|The Pink Panther]]''' is a series of films featuring the fictional Inspector Clouseau, played by Peter Sellers, that began in 1963. ==People==3 KB (475 words) - 09:06, 26 December 2022
- | name = The Looney: An Irish Fantasy '''''The Looney: An Irish Fantasy''''' is a [[w:comic novel|comic novel]] by [[Spike Milligan]]. It w4 KB (540 words) - 19:55, 8 January 2023
- | nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]] '''Old Mother Riley''' is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by [[Arthur Lucan]] and from 196 KB (875 words) - 08:01, 28 August 2024
- ...vents-to-mark-50th-anniversary-1.3938624 |access-date=26 August 2019 |work=Irish News}}</ref> ...s. It ends with the same payoff line "...and if you tell that to the young people today, they won't believe you..."7 KB (1,094 words) - 23:06, 6 February 2023
- '''Sybil Fawlty''' is a fictional character from the [[BB|C]] sitcom ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''. She is played by ...)|Waldorf Salad]]". Basil is utterly terrified of Sybil, describing her to Irish builder O'Reilly in "[[The Builders]]" as having the ability to "kill a man7 KB (1,168 words) - 15:46, 19 February 2023
- ...Terry adds that he does not like many local people, in fact "he hates the people next door". Bob eventually narrows it all down to the fact that Terry "can' [[Category:Fictional engineers]]8 KB (1,323 words) - 23:21, 1 January 2023
- ...les]] in ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', playing the fictional grandfather of [[Paul McCartney]]. ...War]]. After leaving school, he worked part-time as a reporter for ''[[The Irish Times]]'' and part-time as an actor at the [[Abbey Theatre]] before becomin16 KB (2,449 words) - 20:04, 24 August 2024
- '''Alfred Edward "Alf" Garnett''' is a [[fictional character]] from the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[Situati ...chael is from [[Liverpool]] and a [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] of [[Ireland|Irish]] descent; precisely the type of person Alf most hated. He often called him12 KB (1,999 words) - 23:24, 23 February 2023
- '''Sergeant [[The Hon.]] Arthur Wilson''' is a fictional [[British Home Guard|Home Guard]] platoon sergeant and [[Bank teller|bank c ...when Pike, Jones, Fraser, Walker and Mainwaring attempt to subdue three [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] members and are beaten, Wilson defeats them singlehan15 KB (2,401 words) - 00:27, 4 February 2023
- ...derek.shtml |title = Comedy – Only Fools and Horses – del Boy}}</ref> is a fictional character from the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' and one of ...always successful, his general [[optimism]] and confidence often persuade people to believe in him. Despite his general positive demeanour, the episode ''[[20 KB (3,147 words) - 12:54, 18 February 2023
- ...]]'' (1975–87).<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f600688|title=Joe Gladwin|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http: ...appeared in [[Nearest and Dearest]] as Bert Hardman, a long time worker in fictional Pledge's Pickle factory, set in [[w:Colne|Colne]], [[w:Lancashire|Lancashir8 KB (1,065 words) - 17:18, 8 December 2022
- '''''Father Ted''''' is a [[sitcom]] created by Irish writers [[Graham Linehan]] and [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]] a ...op-talking-about-father-ted-1.3357384|access-date=2021-12-06|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-29|title=Ardal O'Hanl50 KB (7,172 words) - 00:29, 4 February 2023
- ...ate captain Ras Mohammed ([[Peter Boyle]]), accompanied by his incompetent Irish cook Dick Scratcher (Peter Sellers) and three crewmen, buries three chests They abduct an Irish boy, Jeremiah (Richard Willis), whom Scratcher believes can see ghosts and14 KB (2,127 words) - 12:02, 4 August 2024
- ...]], [[Katherine Parkinson]], and [[Matt Berry]]. Set in the offices of the fictional Reynholm Industries in London, the series revolves around the three staff m ''The IT Crowd'' is set in the offices of Reynholm Industries, a fictional British corporation at 123 Carenden Road in [[Central London]]. It focuses35 KB (5,010 words) - 16:06, 25 August 2024
- ...'Ave 'Em]]'' alongside [[Michael Crawford|Michael Crawford]], presenting a fictional home-improvement show. ...Radio Academy|Sony Hall of Fame]]). He also achieved the [[Richard Martin (Irish politician)|Richard Martin Award]] for exceptional service in the cause of14 KB (2,082 words) - 20:46, 24 February 2023
- * The one-armed Irish kitchen hand Albert Riddle ([[David Kelly (actor)|David Kelly]]), who alway ...ified, unemployed chef, harbours ambitions of opening his own bistro...for people who appreciate high prices. He is helped by his girlfriend Vicky - but hind20 KB (3,047 words) - 12:04, 6 February 2023
- ...ass kids of Dublin to power his movie 'The Commitments,' about a fictional Irish band |work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=11 August 1991|url= http://articles. ...performers, Jimmy decides to put together a band consisting of friends and people he encounters—lead singer Deco Cuffe, guitarist Outspan Foster, keyboardi76 KB (10,631 words) - 10:17, 12 April 2023
- Set at the fictional Bayview Retirement Home near [[Bournemouth]], the show was based on Diana T ...hough Diana is emotionally distant from her niece, going so far as to tell people that her niece runs a prostitution ring and constantly attempts to kill her37 KB (5,063 words) - 07:57, 15 August 2024
- ...g of release, making people laugh was a very good way of befriending them. People couldn't hit you if they were laughing.}} ...Point {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2014/03/airdate-jack-irish-dead-point.html |website=tvtonight.com.au |access-date=17 September 2020 |l67 KB (9,596 words) - 23:07, 6 February 2023
- ...n [[BBC Radio]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jon-pertwee-5615100.html | title= Obituary: Jon Pertwee | work=The ...f name="screenonline.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/545943/|title=Pertwee, Jon (1919–1996)|publisher=BFI Screenonline Biog42 KB (6,389 words) - 22:59, 10 September 2024