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  • | birth_place = [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], London, England ...m 1948 to 1959, he co-wrote the [[BBC Radio]] comedy programme ''[[Take It from Here]]'' with [[Frank Muir]]. Muir and Norden remained associated for more
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  • | birth_place = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[London]], England ..., part of the [[Lupino family|Lupino family]]. He adopted the surname Lane from his great-aunt Sarah Lane (1822–1899, née Borrow), the director of the [
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  • | birth_place = [[Hackney Central|Hackney]], [[London|London]], England Michael Reid was born in [[Hackney Central|Hackney]] in 1940, the son of Ellen Louvian ({{née}} Ives) and Sidney Reid.<ref>{{
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  • ...]], [[Nigel Rees|Nigel Rees]] and [[Fred Harris (presenter)|Fred Harris]]. From season 2 onwards, the show starred [[Jo Kendall]], Chris Emmett, Nigel Rees ...le=Burkiss Way, "Eric Von Contrick" sketch excerpt |description=An excerpt from Douglas Adams's Burkiss Way sketch, "Eric Von Contrick" excerpt}}
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  • ...am, Middlesex, and Ethel Maraquita (died 1951), née Goulder.<ref>Debrett's People of Today, Debrett's Peerage Ltd, 1995, p. 472</ref><ref>Who's Who In The Th ...after being hit by a car. Leslie junior had a half-brother, Frank Ronald, from his father's first marriage.
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  • ...iliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perf ...as chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[w:Love From Judy|Love From Judy]]'' in the [[w:West End theatre|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a su
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  • ...s seat in Parliament. Seeking to see Ocelot bankrupted, he forges a letter from Margaret Thatcher to the chairman of Ocelot authorising them to de-unionise ...es as an oil millionairess. After punishing Piers, Alan agrees to give the people back their voting rights, but in the process discovers the Chief Whip is a
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  • | editing = John Hackney ...Completely Different]]'', was a compilation of [[sketch comedy|sketches]] from the first two television series, ''Holy Grail'' is an original story that p
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  • ...came president of the [[British Music Hall Society]], taking over the role from [[Roy Hudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/pat
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  • | image = The British comedian Tommy Handley rehearses with actors from his ITMA show (cropped).jpg ...elve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featured [[Tommy Handley]] in the central role, a fast-talking figure, around whom all the other characters orbited.
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