• Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
  | studio = [[Walter Shenson]] Films ...ector)|Joseph McGrath]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a8db1c9|title=Digby the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)}}</
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• Unidentified Flying Oddball
  ...le=Unidentified Flying Oddball - Details |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=July 31, 2019 }}</ref ...itle=Unidentified Flying Oddball - History |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=July 31, 2019 }}</ref>
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• Joseph Andrews (film)
  '''''Joseph Andrews''''' is a 1977 British [[historical drama|period]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Tony Richardson]]. It is based on the 1742 novel ''[[J ...young hero, the film was an obvious attempt to follow in the line of such films as ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' (1963), which was also directed
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• Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
  | studio = [[EMI Films]]<br>PGL Productions | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
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• Carry On Up the Jungle
  ...es in the series. This movie is a send-up of the classic [[Tarzan|Tarzan]] films. It features an unusually dark tone for the series, as the protagonists are ...ce Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' [[Tarzan|Tarzan]] series of books and films.
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• Ripping Yarns
  ...' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British television]] adventure [[comedy]] anthology series. It was written by [[Michael Palin]] and [[Terry Jones]] ...pilot episode from Palin and Jones, envisaged to be a light entertainment comedy piece. The result was ''Tomkinson's Schooldays'' (a title loosely inspired
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• The Last Remake of Beau Geste
  ...make of Beau Geste''''' is a 1977 British [[historical film|historical]] [[comedy film]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E07 ...[Universal Pictures]] for a five picture deal to direct, write, and act in films, beginning with ''The Last Remake of Beau Geste''.<ref>MOVIE CALL SHEET: Ru
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• Jabberwocky (film)
  | studio = Python Films<br />Umbrella Films '''''Jabberwocky''''' is a 1977 British [[fantasy film|fantasy]] [[comedy film]] co-written and directed by [[Terry Gilliam]]. Jabberwocky stars [[Mi
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• Ralph Thomas
  ...remembered for directing the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series of films. He cast the actor [[James Robertson Justice]] in many of his films. Thomas often worked with the producer [[Betty Box|Betty E. Box]], who was
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• Melvyn Hayes
  ...[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'', for appearing in the [[Cliff Richard]] musical films ''[[The Young Ones (1961 film)|The Young Ones]]'', ''[[Summer Holiday (1963 ...ek" performing the [[Indian rope trick]] in Maskelyne's Mysteries at [[The Comedy Theatre]] in London. He was also in a theatrical troupe called [[Terry's Ju
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• Malcolm McFee
  ...011}}</ref> Peter Craven. He continued the role into the 1971 feature film comedy version, also called ''[[Please Sir! (film)|Please Sir!]]''. McFee had made ...ned for seasons two and three. He appeared on television many times in the 1970s but was only rarely seen after this, until 1993.
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• Blake Edwards
  ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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• Ruth Madoc
  .... She was best known for her role as Gladys Pugh in the [[BBC]] television comedy ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' (1980–1988), for which she received a BAFTA TV award no ...n the [[Smash (instant mashed potato)|Cadbury's Smash]] commercials in the 1970s, and made a brief appearance in the 1977 film ''[[The Prince and the Pauper
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• Marty Feldman
  ...|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'' and the [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] comedy programme ''[[Round the Horne]]''. He became known as a performer on ''[[At ...1971, he starred in the comedy-variety sketch series ''[[The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine]]''. In 1974, he appeared as [[w:Igor (Young Frankenstein)|Igor]] i
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• Imogen Hassall
  ...1980) was an English actress who appeared in 33 films during the 1960s and 1970s. ...[[w:Duchess Theatre|Duchess Theatre]] in 1964, she appeared in British TV adventure series of the 1960s such as ''[[w:The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[
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• Patrick Newell
  ...'' (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ed3dcb|title=Patrick Newell|website=BFI}}</ref> was a Brit ...lity for playing slightly stuffy types, he was a natural stooge in several comedy shows, first for [[Arthur Askey]], in ''[[Arthur's Treasured Volumes]]'' (A
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• Glynn Edwards
  ...es)|Minder]]''.<ref name="bfi.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efa5d96|title=Glynn Edwards|publisher=British Film Institut ...e=telegraph/> In his childhood he read [[Arthur Ransome|Arthur Ransome's]] adventure novel ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'', which gave him a life-long passion for
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• John Antrobus
  | genre = {{hlist|Comedy|drama|adventure}} ...ly teacher and waiter,<ref name="auto"/> Antrobus pursued a future writing comedy, and went to [[Associated London Scripts]] (ALS), the writers' co-operative
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• Terry Nation
  | genre = {{hlist|[[Science fiction]]|[[comedy]]|[[Horror fiction|horror]]}} ...drama, working on many of the most popular British series of the 1960s and 1970s such as ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[The Baron (TV se
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• Peter Sallis
  ...lace|Wallace]] in the [[Academy Award]]-winning ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' films and portrayed [[Norman Clegg|Norman "Cleggy" Clegg]] in ''[[Last of the Sum ...is film appearances include the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) and ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula
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