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  • | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_place = [[Greenwich|Greenwich]], London
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  • | death_place = [[w:Greenwich|Greenwich]], [[w:London|London]], England ...mour Utterthwaite in the television series ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' from 1986 to 1990 and he had a long career as a [[w:character actor|character ac
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  • | birth_name = William Cecil James Ottaway<!-- only use if different from name --> ...eterinary Science at the [[w:University of Bristol|University of Bristol]] from 1973 to 1975.
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  • ...was an English comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f230a15|title=Frank Randle}}</ref> A contemporary of fellow [[w:Lanca ...y throwing his false teeth into the audience and once bombarding Blackpool from an aeroplane with toilet rolls (according to an episode of ''Rude Britannia
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  • ...sion sitcoms ''[[Fresh Fields]]'' in the 1980s and ''[[May to December]]'' from 1989 to 1994. He also had a long career both on stage and in film. His stage roles ranged from contemporary comedy and satirical farce to Restoration comedy, [[Henrik Ibs
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  • ...uilt SkyScape cinema erected southeast of the [[Millennium Dome]] on the [[Greenwich peninsula]] in [[South London]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/201106080 ...ember 1999</ref> Joining Atkinson and Robinson are other main cast members from the last three series, [[Stephen Fry]], [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Tim McInnerny]]
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  • ...on and theatre.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efee33a|title=Max Wall}}</ref> ...heir Aunt Betty, who was looking after them, were killed by a bomb dropped from a [[Germany|German]] [[Zeppelin]] which also destroyed their house.<ref nam
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  • ...Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' from 1976 to 1979.<ref name=obit/> ...ned the [[w:Bristol Old Vic|Bristol Old Vic]] and was there for two years, from 1959 to 1961, a time he described as "the bedrock of his career", followed
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  • ...o 2017. She also reprised the role of Olive Rudge in ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' from 1977 to 1978, while her film roles included parts in two ''[[Carry On (fran ...xon of Dock Green]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba01a6777|title=Anna Karen|website=BFI}}</ref> By this time, ''On the B
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  • ...] play ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]''. The title was taken from ''[[Oh! Mr Porter]]'', a [[music hall]] song. ...station is. It is situated out in the countryside, two miles cross-country from the nearest bus stop. To make matters worse, local legend has it that the g
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  • ...was the second most watched programme of the day but gained mixed reviews from critics. ...ie Robdal|Freddie Robdal]] ([[Nicholas Lyndhurst]]) has just been released from [[Dartmoor (HM Prison)|Dartmoor Prison]] and returned to Peckham with explo
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  • ...tish fiancé. During the reception, Charles experiences further humiliation from several ex-girlfriends, including the distraught Henrietta, who angrily cla ...cts the group to seek potential mates; Scarlett meets Chester, an American from Texas. As Charles watches Carrie and Hamish dance, Fiona deduces his heartb
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  • ...ead-born actress Patricia Routledge marks return to home town with reading from classic children's book|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-n ...ch she portrayed every [[First Lady of the United States|U.S. First Lady]] from [[Abigail Adams]] to [[Eleanor Roosevelt]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Blekicki
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  • * United States (from 1951) * Ireland (from {{Circa|1970}})
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  • ...5|fifth season]] at 7.30pm on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] from late April 1955 through to the end of June, with around four million listen ...06}}, with a deal covering thirteen shows to be recorded at 9pm on Sundays from 18 September to 11 December, and broadcast two days later at 8.30pm on Tues
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