• Take a Girl Like You (film)
  | director = [[Jonathan Miller]] ...60 novel ''[[Take a Girl Like You]]'' by [[Kingsley Amis]], it was adapted by [[George Melly]].<ref>TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU
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• The Funny Side of Christmas
  *[[Jonathan Lynn]] *[[Chris Miller (writer)|Chris Miller]]
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• One Way Pendulum (film)
  ...George Cole]]. It is an adaptation of [[One Way Pendulum (play)|the play]] by [[N. F. Simpson]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=One Way Pendulum * [[Jonathan Miller]] as Kirby
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• Carry On Columbus
  ...[[Charles Fleischer|Charles Fleischer]]<br>[[Larry Miller (comedian)|Larry Miller]]<br>[[Leslie Phillips|Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[Julian Clary|Julian Clary]]<b ...ine=[[Screen International|]]|date=29 January 1993|page=15|title=UK Top 50 Films}}</ref>
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• Tony Britton
  | caption = Portrait taken by [[Allan Warren]] in 1972 ...1924 – 22 December 2019) was an English actor. He appeared in a variety of films (including ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'') and
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• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
  ...vin Billington]], who directed the film. The film was devised and produced by [[David Frost]] under the pseudonym "David Paradine". Cleese and Chapman be ...essor off an [[oil platform|oil rig]]). Rimmer then gains ultimate control by requiring the populace to engage in endless postal voting on trivial matter
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• Ian Lavender
  ...0 July 2008|access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref> and an appearance on BBC1's ''[[Jonathan Ross]] Salutes Dad's Army'' in August. ...actor in a number of British 'low farce' films, including one ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' film – ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975).
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• John Bird (actor)
  ...r in film, television, theatre and radio for over 55 years. He appeared in films including ''[[Take a Girl Like You (film)|Take A Girl Like You]]'' (1970) a ...theatricalia.com}}</ref> and in ''[[Habeas Corpus (play)|Habeas Corpus]]'' by [[Alan Bennett]] at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in 1973, as well as at the [[L
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• Sydney Tafler
  ...arted his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://expl ...actress.<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Maxford|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQ
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• Irene Handl
  ...was a British [[character actress]] who appeared in more than 100 British films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4c4272|archive-url=htt ...tance of Being Earnest]]'' in 1975, in a production directed by [[Jonathan Miller]].
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• Dudley Moore
  ...Performance]]. They worked together on other projects until the mid 1970s, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles to concentrate on his film acti His career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967), set in [[Swin
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• Bob Hoskins
  ...d ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'' (2012). He also directed two feature films: ''[[The Raggedy Rawney]]'' (1988) and ''[[Rainbow (1996 film)|Rainbow]]'' ...ker. He later played [[Iago]] (opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]]) in [[Jonathan Miller]]'s [[BBC Television Shakespeare]] production of ''[[Othello]]'' (1981).<re
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• Michael Hordern
  | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> ...[bit part|bit part]] actor in the late 1930s to a member of the main cast; by the time of his death he had appeared in nearly 140 cinema roles. His later
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• George Martin
  ...995|pp=18–25}} After that, Martin explained that he had just picked it up by himself.{{sfn|Martin|1995|p=14}} On 3 January 1948 – while still at the A ...arlophone LP PMC 1202.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The Beatles' first LP (produced by Martin)]]
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• The Commitments (film)
  ...is the first in a series known as ''[[The Barrytown Trilogy]]'', followed by ''[[The Snapper (film)|The Snapper]]'' (1993) and ''[[The Van (1996 film)|T ...nd the [[United Kingdom]], ''The Commitments'' was the first film produced by [[Beacon Pictures]], which provided an estimated [[production budget|budget
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• Peter Ustinov
  |caption = Ustinov in 1986, photographed by [[Allan Warren|Allan Warren]] ...|location=London|oclc=154639|postscript=. The pronunciations were accepted by Sir Peter himself.}}</ref> Ustinov's great-grandfather [[Moritz Hall|Morit
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• Dame Edna Everage
  ...ooks including an autobiography, ''My Gorgeous Life'', appeared in several films and hosted several television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared a ...s. Barry Humphries has claimed that they were inspired by the glasses worn by Melbourne eccentric, beautician, radio broadcaster, actor and dancer [[Step
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• Peter Cook
  ...nce]]. Following the success of the show, the duo appeared together in the films ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966) and ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1 Referred to as "the father of modern [[satire]]" by ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2005, Cook was ranked number one in the ''Comedians
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• Barry Humphries
  ...-the-dame-20100914-15ar3.html "Absurd moments: in the frocks of the dame"] by Steve Meacham, ''[[Brisbane Times]]'' (15 September 2010)</ref> ...international renown, and he also appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy [[Moonee Ponds, Vict
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• The Goon Show
  ...heme = "[[Crazy Rhythm]]" or "[[Stompin' at the Savoy]]", performed by [[Max Geldray]] and the [[Ray Ellington|Ray Ellington Quartet]] ...is a British [[radio comedy]] programme, originally produced and broadcast by the [[BBC Home Service]] from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the
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