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- {{short description|British television comedy sketch show}} ...the time, including ''[[Larry Grayson]]'s [[The Generation Game|Generation Game]]'' and ''[[Nationwide (TV series)|Nationwide]]''.4 KB (544 words) - 15:06, 23 January 2023
- {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} '''''Does The Team Think?''''' was a radio [[panel game]] broadcast originally on the [[BBC Light Programme]] (and later on [[BBC R7 KB (967 words) - 19:17, 18 July 2024
- '''''Moody and Pegg''''' is a bittersweet British [[comedy-drama]], produced by [[Thames Television]] for [[ITV (TV network)| ...visiting girlfriends. Eventually, Moody loses in a winner-takes-all poker game and leaves, only to return in the second series.3 KB (368 words) - 19:59, 20 August 2024
- | format = [[w:Panel game|Panel game]] '''''Many a Slip''''' is a British [[w:panel game|panel game]] created by [[w:Ian Messiter|Ian Messiter]] which was broadcast from 19649 KB (1,347 words) - 15:01, 26 December 2022
- ...aser]], known by that point for playing Snudge in the sitcoms ''[[The Army Game]]'' and ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]''.<ref name="RT"/> It was based on the [[B [[Category:1970s British workplace comedy television series]]4 KB (571 words) - 11:26, 14 September 2024
- | related = ''[[The Army Game]]''<br />''[[Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series)|Foreign Affairs]]'' ...960 to 1963, with a fourth in 1974. The show is a spin-off of ''[[The Army Game]]'', a sitcom about soldiers undertaking [[Conscription in the United Kingd8 KB (1,204 words) - 12:11, 14 February 2023
- '''''The Squirrels''''' is a British television sitcom created by [[Eric Chappell]]. It was produced by [[Associ | LineColor = 6E5240 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |Title = The Game's the Thing |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|1|20|df=y}} |WrittenBy =8 KB (965 words) - 12:06, 17 March 2023
- Throughout film, television, and radio, '''British comedy''' has become known for its consistently peculiar characters, plots, ...cal cartoons." |source=—[[Punch and Judy]] showman Glyn Edwards.<ref name="British seaside">{{cite news|title=Punch and Judy around the world|url=https://www.12 KB (1,929 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- | honorific suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|MBE]] ...wards appeared occasionally on BBC TV's pre-school series ''[[Play School (British TV series)|Play School]]'' as a storyteller, in 1967 and from 1973 through6 KB (925 words) - 19:57, 18 July 2024
- ...nt computer aboard the S.S. F Scott Fitzgerald, who is involved in a chess game with Holly - a part specially written for him by [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug N He also made appearances in ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''; episode 'The Double Kill' (1975), ''[[A Touch of3 KB (401 words) - 14:15, 21 February 2023
- ...g age, entering a talent contest at the age of five at his local [[Gaumont British|Gaumont]] [[movie theatre|cinema]]. ...tained guests on the ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2|QE2]]''. He also wrote for many shows, including a documentary entitled ''A Gottle of Geer'' for [[Channel 4]], a6 KB (979 words) - 20:21, 7 February 2023
- {{short description|British comedian and musician}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}}5 KB (739 words) - 22:50, 21 October 2022
- ...ooks?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1924&lpg=RA2-PA1924&dq ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''], Manchester University Press (2013)</ref> Coffey wa ..., then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She appeared in as many as 12 shows a week, many with quick changes.<ref name=":0" />7 KB (1,040 words) - 12:19, 15 January 2023
- '''''Me Mammy''''' is a British [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] that aired on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1968 to 197 ...ame=Me+Mammy&type=lostshow|title=Your Search: Me Mammy|work=TV Brain: Lost Shows|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>5 KB (693 words) - 11:36, 24 February 2023
- | known_for = British television theme songs ...theme tunes]] for many well-known [[British sitcom]]s and gameshows of the 1970s and the 1980s, including ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'9 KB (1,292 words) - 12:52, 7 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] | occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actor|television presenter|game show host}}15 KB (2,266 words) - 10:14, 25 August 2024
- '''''The Morecambe & Wise Show''''' is a [[British comedy|comedy]] [[sketch show]] originally produced by [[Thames Television] ...title=BBC Films: Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema in 2015|work=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|date=28 January 2015|access-date=10 M16 KB (2,296 words) - 14:41, 19 February 2023
- '''''Yanks Go Home''''' is a [[British sitcom]] about [[U.S. Army Air Force]]men stationed in [[Lancashire, Englan ...friction between [[United Kingdom–United States relations in World War II|British civilians and the U.S. military during WWII]], best summed up by the wartim8 KB (991 words) - 10:56, 16 February 2023
- ...sher=BCA|date=1977|page=137}}</ref> He also played comedy roles in several British films—notably as the headmaster in ''[[Carry On Teacher]]''.<ref>{{cite w ...wards]], [[Arthur Askey]] and [[Cyril Fletcher]] in the comedy radio panel game ''[[Does the Team Think?]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk12 KB (1,766 words) - 22:32, 28 March 2023
- | television = ''[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]'' (1981–1995)<br>''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The ...long-time host of the [[ITV Network|ITV]] game show ''[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]'', which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through t16 KB (2,294 words) - 12:08, 20 February 2023