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  • |based_on = the [[The Dock Brief (play)|play ''The Dock Brief'']] by [[John Mortimer]] ...d Attenborough]], and based on the play of the same name written by [[John Mortimer]] (creator of [[Horace Rumpole]]).
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  • ...''' is a series of literary [[pastiche#Imitation|pastiche]] novels written by [[Spike Milligan]] from 1993 to 2000. Each part of the series was a rewriti ...the [[Old Testament]], with some exceptions. It does not list each section by the names featured in the [[Bible]] (''Genesis'', ''Exodus'' etc.), and omi
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  • | producer = [[John Bryan (art director)|John Bryan]] | based_on = the novel by [[P.G. Wodehouse]]
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  • | writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]]<br>[[Brian Cooke]]<br>Leonard Samson | producer = John Street
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  • ...&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Wallis&f=false Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams] By M. J. Simpson</ref><ref>[http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/Trade/contribu ...ge]]'' to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], Wallis took over the roles played by [[Alan Bennett]].
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  • | starring = [[Jessie Matthews]]<br>[[John Gielgud]] <br> [[Edmund Gwenn]] ...ef> It is based on the 1929 [[The Good Companions|novel of the same name]] by [[J.B. Priestley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/
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  • | starring = John Arthur<br />[[Lucy Benjamin]]<br />Jane Briers<br />[[Angela Curran]]<br /> ...elevision [[situation comedy|sitcom]] created by [[Brian Cooke]], and made by [[London Weekend Television|LWT]]. Two series were originally broadcast on
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  • ...on Wick]] on "a small rather exclusive development". They are shown around by the [[snob]]bish [[estate agent]] Jeffrey Fourmile, who could also be their ...y (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] (played by [[Diana King (actress)|Diana King]]), and her husband. However, the Ropers
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  • ...xham]] in Norfolk, around 1927, where his creditors caught up with him and by 1930 he was appearing in Norfolk's bankruptcy court faced with debts of £3 ...nge when she started work at various restaurants and was introduced to the works of [[Auguste Escoffier]]. She later wrote passionately about the change fro
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  • | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | spouse = {{Marriage|Eve Mortimer|27 April 1943|1995}}
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  • | resting_place = St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, London, England Referred to as "the father of modern [[satire]]" by ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2005, Cook was ranked number one in the ''Comedians
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  • *[[Eric Idle]] and [[John Du Prez|John du Prez]] <small>(1990)</small> ...he next five years, the show appeared only as Christmas specials, followed by one final series in 2000.
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  • | works = [[Peter Sellers on stage, radio, screen and record|Full list]] Sellers was two weeks old when he was carried on stage by [[Dick Henderson]], the headline act at the [[w:Kings Theatre, Southsea|Kin
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