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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 more12 KB (1,775 words) - 11:25, 24 August 2024
- | 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 [12 KB (1,816 words) - 08:08, 29 March 2023
- | 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>{{17 KB (2,625 words) - 16:58, 13 April 2023
- ...]], [[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}}15 KB (2,221 words) - 23:59, 8 February 2023
- ...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.15 KB (2,266 words) - 10:14, 25 August 2024
- ...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 su71 KB (9,739 words) - 12:30, 27 December 2022
- ...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 a35 KB (5,370 words) - 11:56, 10 January 2023
- | 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 p45 KB (6,719 words) - 07:58, 24 September 2024
- ...came president of the [[British Music Hall Society]], taking over the role from [[Roy Hudd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmusichallsociety.com/pat110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- | 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.98 KB (14,826 words) - 00:03, 10 February 2023