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  • | longtype = [[w:Comedy|Comedy]] '''''Bridge on the River Wye''''' is an album by members of the British comedy group ''[[The Goon Show]]'' and other humorists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts
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  • ...re both British Top 10 chart hits in 1962,<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | title= British Hit Singles & Albums
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  • | genre = [[Comedy]], [[satire]] ...ing critical acclaim and reaching number three in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums Chart]].
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  • ...s appearances in [[Satire|satirical comedy]] television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to improvise comic [[calypso music|calypso]]s about current ...ow Rolls-Royce]]'' (1964). He had a major role, and second billing, in the comedy musical ''[[It's All Over Town]]'' (1964).
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  • ...on then-current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The programme fea ...[[Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)|stream-of-consciousness]] meta-comedy pioneered by ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', returning to a more conv
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  • ...ngwriter, entertainer, and actor. He appeared in many variety shows in the 1960s. At the time, he was among the few [[black people|black]] singers in Britis ...ies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-mccartney/albums/band-on-the-run/|title=Band On The Run (album)|date=23 October 2010|website
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  • ...y performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. He made twenty ''[[Royal Variety Performance]]'' ap In the 1950s and 1960s, Bygraves appeared as a guest on several television variety programmes, bot
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  • '''''O Lucky Man!''''' is a 1973 British [[comedy-drama]] [[fantasy film]] directed by [[Lindsay Anderson]], and starring [[M In parallel with Travis's experiences, the film shows 1960s Britain retreating from its imperial past, but managing to retain some infl
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  • | medium = [[Stand up comedy|Stand up]], [[television]] ...[Observational comedy]], [[musical comedy]], [[physical comedy]], [[insult comedy]]
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  • ...review in ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|The Gramophone]]'' of one of his 1957 albums containing recordings of his old "concert party" songs commented, "what a f |''EMI Comedy Classics: Stanley Holloway'' (1991)
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  • ...dy]] roles, and [[British sitcom|television sitcoms]]. At the start of the 1960s, he began to recover his old popularity, initially with a season at [[Peter During the 1960s and 1970s, he was involved in shows for the [[BBC]] and [[Thames Television
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  • | genre = [[Comedy]], [[satire]] ...ritical and commercial success, the album reached number three in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and Martin's elaborate production has been cited as an artistic for
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  • .../archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/the-25-best-comedy-duos/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access His career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|
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  • | medium = Stand-up comedy, theatre, radio, television and music ...music hall]] entertainer", and was primarily known for his live [[stand-up comedy|stand-up]] performances.
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  • Inman made his [[West End theatre|West End]] debut in the 1960s when he appeared in ''[[Ann Veronica]]'' at the [[Cambridge Theatre]].<ref ...asked by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] to play a part in a ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' pilot called ''[[List of Are You Being Served? episodes#Pilot
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  • In 1946 his comedy about the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] ''[[Let Tyrants Trembl ...ologues, often delivered with a rural dialect, which were issued on record albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Bernard-Miles |title
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  • | years_active = 1960s–2019 | genre = {{hlist|[[Parody music|Parody]]|satire|[[comedy rock]]}}
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  • |data4 = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch comedy]], [[surreal humour|surreal humour]] ...] from 1970 until 1982, combining [[sketch comedy|sketches]] and situation comedy.
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  • ...eenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British [[satire boom]] of the 1960s, and he was associated with the [[anti-establishment]] comedic movement tha .../archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/the-25-best-comedy-duos/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access
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  • '''''Help!''''' is a 1965 British [[Musical film|musical]] [[Comedy film|comedy]]-[[Adventure film|adventure]] film directed by [[Richard Lester]], starrin ...when the UK catalogue was made the official and only catalogue of Beatles albums, omit it. The end credits are played over Rossini's "The Barber of Seville
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