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| death_place = [[w:Sunderland|Sunderland]], England ...untry, found his greatest success in England, starting with roles in films from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950s. He

...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 ...y theatre|rep]] at [[Bristol]], [[Blackpool]], [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[Sheffield]], [[Bradford, West Yorkshire|Bradford]] and [[Amersham]]. I

...and [[The Likely Lads (film)|''The Likely Lads'' film]]. He is played by [[Sunderland]]-born actor [[James Bolam]]. ...t). ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads'' begins with Terry's discharge from the army, and for the duration of the series he spends most of his time une

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From the age of five, he started performing in [[Concert party (entertainment)|c ...gave away some of the organisation's secrets, and as a result was expelled from it, only being readmitted in 1970.<ref name=baker/>

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...st Riding of Yorkshire]]. The son of a railwayman, he was a [[tap dancer]] from an early age and trained at Nora Bray's school of dance with Audrey Spencer ...film ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', the first of two cinematic spin-offs from the [[BBC]] television series. He played the role of [[Dr. Who (Dalek films

...his father's variety act, known as ''Jimmy James and Co''. After retiring from the BBC in the 1980s, he resurrected the act and toured the surviving varie ...sixteen years on the [[BBC Light Programme]] and [[BBC Radio 2]], running from 1957 to 1972 inclusive, based on a chance meeting with Jimmy Clitheroe on a

...<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 ...], on 24 March 1909, the son of Thomas Henry Trinder, a London tram driver from [[Shilton, Oxfordshire|Shilton]], Oxfordshire, and his wife Jennie Georgina

...ng celebrities like ordinary people (on her television shows) and ordinary people like celebrities (in her stage shows) have become signatures.<ref>{{Harvnb| ...dvised prime ministers and presidents. Edna once took an on-air phone call from President [[Ronald Reagan]] to assure him that he was, indeed, still the pr

a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] shown on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk ...es of Jimmy Perry, one of the programme's writers. After being demobilised from the [[British Army|Army]], he was a [[Butlins Redcoats|Redcoat]] at [[Butli

...as a home for his new wife June who was then pregnant and on her way back from [[w:Australia|Australia]]. Eventually Max Geldray and vocalist [[Ray Elling ...-natal fever and had to leave the baby in Spike’s hands. A full-time nurse from [[w:New Zealand|New Zealand]] was assigned to assist the family, with Spike

...a [[British television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] that aired on [[BBC1]] from 1991 to 1997. ...f making the world a better place and aims to fulfil his dream of bringing people together through sport. However, despite his noble and well-meant intention

| caption = The title card from the first episode, showing the [[Cafeteria|canteen]] in which the show is s ...co-produced by [[Victoria Wood]]. Two series were broadcast on [[BBC One]] from 1998 to 2000, with sixteen episodes in total. The programme is repeated on

...pt was most recently written by [[Iain Pattinson]], who worked on the show from 1992 until his death in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amandahowardas ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' developed from the long-running radio [[sketch show]] ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]