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  • {{Infobox radio show | producer = [[Charles Maxwell (radio producer)|Charles Maxwell]]
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  • ...n [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/09b789f1cf7d40bfa8bf57180f2c19c3 BBC Genome Radio Times listing with Norman Rodway as Whorehound]</ref> He appeared in more t *''[[Jet Storm]]'' (1959) - Bentley
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  • ...ants]]'' (Her Majesty's Theatre 1956), ''The Edwardians'' (Saville Theatre 1959), ''She's Done It Again'' (Garrick Theatre 1969), ''The Avengers'' (Prince ...bruary 1955</ref> A third play, ''Tale of a Summer's Day'', was written in 1959.<ref name=Parker/>
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  • ...), in which he had the role of Corporal Wilson, the rest were mainly crime dramas.<ref name=bfi/> Although his film career was overshadowed by his more proli ...t/|title=Dad's Army - S3 - Episode 5: Something Nasty in the Vault|website=Radio Times}}</ref> Writer [[Jimmy Perry]] initially envisaged [[Jon Pertwee]] as
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  • ...and-up comedy|Stand-up]] [[comedian]], [[Television presenter|presenter]], radio presenter, TV personality, actor | spouse = {{marriage|Phyllis Owen|1959}}
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  • {{Short description|English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host and writer}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|radio personality|playwright|author}}
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  • ..., in contrast to his later reputation in sitcom. He appeared in television dramas such as ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robi ...d officially finished, Corbett and Brambell played the characters again on radio (in a newly written sketch to tie in with the Scottish Team's participation
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  • ...ish actor. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric "offbeat" scientist, teacher and doctor ...ol teacher in ''[[The Lost Prince]]''. In 2005–08, he starred in the [[BBC Radio 4]] [[sci-fi]] comedy ''[[Nebulous]]'' as Sir Ronald Rolands. In 2008, he a
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  • ...ge and Her Children|Mother Courage]]'' on stage, and in several television dramas. She retired after going blind and spent her last years in the actors' reti ...surdity In Tandem – Miss Mount and Miss Rutherford", ''The Times'', 6 June 1959, p. 5</ref>
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  • In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes ''[[Educating Archie]]'' and ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. He als ...r potential officers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/14/warren-mitchell|title=Warren Mitchell obituary|date=14 November
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  • ...British actor and comedian, born in South Africa, whose career encompassed radio, stage and screen, he was best known for his numerous roles in the [[Carry ...as [[Tony Hancock]]'s co-star in ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', first in the radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 19
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  • ...]] London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], In her historical dramas, Neagle was renowned for her portrayals of British historical figures, incl
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  • ...ked in [[repertory theatre]] in Melbourne and appeared in Australian radio dramas, as well as television productions including ''[[Shell Presents]]'' and ''T ...hal was able to produce many comedic and imitative voices, like Milligan's radio colleague [[Peter Sellers]], and he was used somewhat like Sellers in Milli
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  • ...After a period in the Suez Canal Zone he was stationed at the REME's 15th Radio Repair Workshops at [[w:Rafah|Rafah]].{{sfnp|Lord|2002|p=36}} ...among the troopers for his impressions of officers and crooners, and when radio equipment was stolen read the [[BBC news]] over his camp's Tannoy system.{{
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  • ...included "comedies and tragedies, thrillers and fantasies, tense courtroom dramas and frenzied farces, Shakespeare and [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]], [[Richard Brin ====1946–1959====
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  • | spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Morgan|1959|1994|end=her death}} ...ght and Sound'', November 2011 (Updated 6 March 2014)</ref> His television dramas mixed [[fantasy]] and [[reality]], the personal and the social, and often u
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