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  • ...y Marsden and Hugh Paddick star in 16 episodes of the anarchic 1960s radio comedy. ...y Marsden and Hugh Paddick star in 15 episodes of the anarchic 1960s radio comedy.
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  • | gross = £2.5 million (in US)<ref name="simon"/> '''''School for Sex''''' is a 1969 British [[sex comedy]] film directed, produced and written by [[Pete Walker (director)|Pete Walk
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  • ...hn Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Charlie Drake]] in his first lead role in a feature film, [[Peter Arne]], [[Sarah Branch]] and [[Raymond Huntley]]. Charlie Sands, a British [[travel agent]] is sent to run a [[holiday camp]] in the [[Arabian Peninsula]] after his predecessor is assassinated because the
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  • | image = The Best House in London.jpg '''''The Best House in London''''' is a 1969 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Philip Saville]] and starring [[David Hemmings]], [[Jo
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  • | genre = Comedy ...ces.<ref>Barfe p.109</ref> Baxter had originally made his name in Scottish comedy, before becoming known to a wider audience through his appearances on telev
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  • '''''The Mini-Affair''''' is a 1967 British [[romantic comedy]] film directed by Robert Amram, and starring [[Georgie Fame]], [[Rosemary A leading [[Popstar (disambiguation)|pop star]] is kidnapped in [[swinging London]].
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  • ...ft/title/40064 BFI.org]</ref> The film was shot at [[MGM British Studios]] in [[Elstree]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Ken Adam]]. ...film features Newley singing the song "Do You Mind", which also reached #1 in the British Hit Singles chart the same year.
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  • ...mbe]] and [[Ernie Wise]]. It is the second feature-length film made by the comedy duo [[Morecambe and Wise]]. The film opened at the [[w:Odeon West End|Leicester Square Theatre]] in the [[w:West End of London|West End of London]] on 24 March 1966.
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  • '''''Twice a Fortnight''''' is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with [[Terry Jones]], [[Michael Palin]], [[Graeme Garden] ...ref>''From Fringe to Flying Circus'' – 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' – Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.</ref>
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  • ...archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050126051434/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/r/ronniebarkerplay_1299002682.shtml |archivedate=January 26, *'''Show 3''' - '''The Fastest Gun in Finchley'''
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  • '''''His and Hers''''' is a 1961 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Brian Desmond Hurst]] and starring [[Terry-Thomas]], [ ...he Desert" in North Africa, Reggie Blake (Terry-Thomas) finds himself lost in the desert. Rescued by a [[Bedouin]] tribe, and finally shipped home, Reggi
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  • '''''A Matter of WHO''''' is a 1961 [[w:British comedy|British comedy]] [[w:thriller film|thriller film]] directed by [[w:Don Chaffey|Don Chaffey ...d with highly infectious [[w:smallpox|smallpox]]. There are also outbreaks in Brussels and Zurich. Bannister suspects that all three cases were contracte
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  • {{Short description|1960s British comedy TV series}} | genre = Comedy
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  • '''''The Cracksman''''' is a 1963 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Peter Graham Scott]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web ...ening a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence. On arrival in prison, he has a reputation as a master thief. Upon his release, he finds h
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  • | caption = Anthea and Arthur Askey in ''Arthur's Treasured Volumes'' | genre = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]
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  • {{Short description|British comedy television series}} ...[[w:television series|television series]] which aired on the [[w:BBC|BBC]] in 13 episodes between 31 July 1964 and 26 February 1965. It was created as a
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  • ...tnership of television comedy writers, at their highest profile during the 1960s. ...not having an office, they wrote together for hours in the Lyons Tea Rooms in Forest Hill SE London where the staff kept them supplied with drink and foo
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  • | genre = Comedy ...sequel ''[[The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim]]'' starring [[Enn Reitel]] in 1982.
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  • ...s, Themes and Related – AllMovie|publisher=AllMovie}}</ref> and was filmed in Spain.<ref>MASQUERADE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 32, Iss. 372, (1 J An Arab heir plots his own kidnapping in a desperate bid for peace in the [[Middle East]].
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  • ...Fringe - BBC2 Sketch Show|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> ...82|title=Before the Fringe[20/03/67] (1967)|website=BFI}}</ref> Before the 1960s [[w:Cambridge Footlights|Cambridge Footlights]] graduates took it by storm,
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