• The Archbishop
  | alt = Prince Edmund, Baldrick and Lord Percy in purplse clerical cassocks ...mund (Rowan Atkinson, right) conspires with Baldrick (Tony Robinson, left) and Lord Percy (Tim McInnerny, middle) to sell holy relics
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• Bernard Manning
  | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|6|18|1930|8|13|df=yes}} | genre = [[Blue comedy]]
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• Dave Allen (comedian)
  | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|3|10|1936|7|6|df=y}} ...>{{cite news|last=Otchet|first=Amy|date=May 1999|title=Mark Thomas: method and madness of a TV comic|work=[[UNESCO Courier]]|url=http://findarticles.com/p
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• Every Sperm Is Sacred
  ...nal Song Written for a Film in 1984 |publisher = [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |url = http://awards.bafta.org/award/1984/film/original-s ...y Python |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2019/09/8-tv-shows-and-comedy-stars-inspired-by-monty-python |access-date=30 September 2019 |agency=BBC A
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• Father Ted
  | composer = [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] ...on (Australian TV network)|ABC Television]] (series 2 and 3) in Australia, and on [[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]] in New Zealand.
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• Waiting for God (TV series)
  ...who spend their time running rings around the home's oppressive management and their own families. It was written by [[Michael Aitkens]]. ...tinue to run) on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] in the United States, and in New Zealand the show has aired various times since 2002. In 2004, it cam
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• Peggy Mount
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|11|13|1915|05|02|df=y}} ...She became known for playing domineering middle-aged women in plays, films and television shows.
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• Please Sir!
  ...com.co.uk/please_sir/index.shtml |title=Please Sir! - ITV Sitcom - British Comedy Guide |website=Sitcom.co.uk |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> ...d pupils, all of the actors in these roles were in fact in their early 20s and looked distinctly too old for the setting.
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• Chalk (TV series)
  ...fe Janet ([[Geraldine Fitzgerald (British actress)|Geraldine Fitzgerald]]) and new [[English studies|English]] teacher Suzy Travis ([[Nicola Walker]]) att ...fession and its unions objected to the negative representation of teachers and the comprehensive system. The second series did not receive a stable broadc
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• Whisky Galore! (1949 film)
  ...r in a cartoon whisky bottle; the top of the bottle wears a Tam o' shanter and tartan scarf ...lvage, against the opposition of the local [[HM Customs and Excise|Customs and Excise]] men.
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• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  {{Short description|1983 film by British comedy group Monty Python}} ...[[w:Musical film|musical]] [[w:sketch comedy|sketch comedy]] film written and performed by the [[Monty Python]] troupe, directed by [[Terry Jones]]. ''Th
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• Round the Horne main characters
  ...ole of straight man to the flamboyant Julian and Sandy, Rambling Syd Rumpo and J.{{space}}Peasmold Gruntfuttock with that of genial host of the show. Feld ...it very difficult for us to keep up the high reputation for sophisticated comedy we've never had.{{sfn|Took|Coward|2000|p=39}}
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• Monty Python's Life of Brian
  ...ple|Roman]] man who is born on the same day as—and next door to—[[Jesus]], and is subsequently mistaken for the [[Messiah]]. ...] just days before production was scheduled to begin, long-time Python fan and former [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[George Harrison]] arranged financing for ''
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• Round the Horne
  |format = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch comedy]] ...rth was written by Took, [[Johnnie Mortimer]], [[Brian Cooke|Brian Cooke]] and Donald Webster.
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• Oh! What a Lovely War
  ...annah York]], [[John Clements (actor)|John Clements]], [[Phyllis Calvert]] and [[Maurice Roëves]]. ...in 1963.<ref>Banham (1998, 645), Brockett and Hildy (2003, 493), and Eyre and Wright (2000, 266–69).</ref>
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• Monty Python's Flying Circus
  ...medy]]<br />[[Surreal humour|Surreal comedy]]<br />[[Satire]]<br />[[Black comedy]] | followed_by = ''[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]''
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• List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes
  ...film or broadcast news production|segues]]. It premiered on 5 October 1969 and ended on 5 December 1974, with a total of 45 episodes over the course of 4 *Italian Lesson – written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones
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• List of Keeping Up Appearances characters
  ==Hyacinth and her family== ...are to impress people, particularly of the upper and upper-middle classes, and to give the impression that she is of high social standing, despite her mod
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• Hi-de-Hi!
  ...rchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614133254/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/h/hidehi_7773230.shtml |archive-date=14 June 2007 }}</ref> ...the lives of the camp's entertainers, most of whom were struggling actors and has-beens.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-eng
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• Monty Python
  {{short description|British surreal comedy group}} {{about|the comedy group|their TV show frequently called Monty Python|Monty Python's Flying Ci
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