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  • ...<ref name="sweet">{{cite web |last1=Sweet |first1=Matthew |title=You lucky people: remembering Tommy Trinder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/1 ...Palladium]]'' (1955-1958). In 1959, he was elected chairman of [[Fulham FC|Fulham Football Club]], a position he maintained until 1976. He continued to perfo
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  • ...itcom|sitcom]] ''[[Man About the House]]'', which was originally broadcast from 1973 to 1976. ...ver and is usually unsuccessful. He is a fan of [[Southampton F.C.]] and [[Fulham F.C.]] and attends their matches. Robin is best friends with Larry.
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  • ...see below) gives 1957 as a start date for the series</ref> until his death from a heart attack in 1966. Haynes also appeared on radio and in films. Arthur Haynes was born in London, the [[only child]] of a [[Fulham]] baker.<ref name="BBC/BFI">Mark Lewisohn ''Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy'
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  • |birth_place = [[w:Fulham|Fulham]], [[w:London|London]], England Born '''Daisy Sander''' in [[w:Fulham|Fulham]], London, she started her working life as a secretary in a London factory.
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  • ...itcom written by [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BFI Screenonline: Citizen Smith (1977-80 ...merely a small bunch of his friends), the goals of which are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed [[slacker|slack
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  • ...r [[Manchester Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Exchange]] from 1940 to 1945 and owned the Anchor Chemical Company based in [[Clayton, Grea ...ten specially for him).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7032665d|title=Come Back Mrs Noah [Pilot] (1977)|website=BFI}}</ref><r
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  • ...ter of a rival school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cf03543|title=The Honour of the School (1970)|publisher=British Film ...70 film)|Waterloo]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba47193|title=Waterloo (1970)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref
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  • | death_place = [[Fulham|Fulham]], London, England<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/result ...1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954), ''[[Raising a Riot
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  • | death_place = [[w:Fulham|Fulham]], [[w:London|London]], England ...but was stuck on a boat off Normandy.<ref name=McCann/> Despite suffering from [[stage fright]], he continued to work after the war, beginning his profess
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  • ...sion]], which aired on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network for six series from 11 January 1977 to 31 March 1981.<ref name="memtv">{{cite web|url=https://w ...rs [[Brian Cooke]] and [[Johnnie Mortimer]] had to gain special permission from the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]] (IBA),<ref name="nostcen">{{cite
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  • {{short description|Restaurant critic, television celebrity cook and writer from England}} ...th_so_much_character_/ |title=Bournemouth: a town with so much character! (From Bournemouth Echo) |publisher=Bournemouthecho.co.uk |date=3 November 2010 |a
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  • ...al Lunatic Asylum]]. Seven years later, on 26 July 1890, he was discharged from Broadmoor and reunited with his wife. He legally dropped his surname. ...on|Wimbledon]], South London, after her [[pregnant]] mother hanged herself from a tree.
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  • | alt=A still from the end of the opening title sequence showing the title of the show superim ...t-rose-from-the-grave.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |title=Farce that rose from the grave |date=2006-05-08 |access-date=2016-08-11}}</ref>
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  • ...n't You Kill My Mother-in-law?: The Story of Alternative Comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Live|last=Wilmut|first=Roger|publisher=Methuen ...ne 2014|work=[[w:Digital Spy|Digital Spy]]|date=10 June 2014}}</ref> Apart from performing in their [[w:double act|double act]], [[w:20th Century Coyote|20
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  • ...ordings of some episodes have been found. Recordings exist of all episodes from Series 4 and later. |From Liverpool With Love
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  • ...''''Brilliant''''' in the US, is a [[BBC]] comedy [[sketch show]] that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers ...chphrase]]s, its fast-paced "[[blackout gag|blackout]]" style set it apart from traditional sketch series because of the number and relative brevity of its
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  • | birth_name = Josephine Edwina Jaques <!-- only use if different from name --> ...m)|Green for Danger]]'' (1946), in which she had a brief, uncredited role. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in 14 ''Carry On'' films, playing various roles i
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