• Let's Get Laid
  ...et's Get Laid''''', also known as '''''Love Trap''''', is a 1978 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[James Kenelm Clarke]] and starring [[Robin Askwith]], ...stars, that patrons of ''Let's Get Laid!'' will be expecting a lame comedy-thriller shakily set in the late Forties (although its material more properly belong
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• The Runaway Bus
  | distributor = [[Eros Films]] ...[[Belinda Lee]]. The film is referenced in an episode of Frankie Howerd's 1970s radio series.
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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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• Derek Francis
  | known_for = [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On films]] ...– 27 March 1984 in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], London) was an English comedy and character actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f43
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• Harold Bennett
  ...nett and Kenneth Waller) (series 1–8, series 8)|'Young Mr. Grace']] in the 1970s [[British sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', as well as minor characte ...peared in ''[[Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton]]'' (1965), and in several films, including as a photographer in ''[[Games That Lovers Play (film)|Games Tha
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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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• Brian Clemens
  ...ex.html}}</ref> While he was a [[w:copywriter|copywriter]] there, he had a thriller [[w:screenplay|screenplay]] accepted and shot by [[w:BBC TV|BBC TV]] - ''Va He also wrote for [[w:ITC Entertainment|ITC Entertainment]]'s thriller series ''[[w:The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' (ITV,
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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 From the 1970s to the 1990s, he played the role of Dave Harris, the part-owner and barman
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• Ronald Lacey
  ...TV series)|Porridge]]'' (1977), Frankie in the [[Bud Spencer|Bud Spencer]] comedy ''[[Charleston (1977 film)|Charleston]]'' (1978), [[Sicherheitsdienst|SD]] ...behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. He then made two movies for Ice International Films: ''Assassinator'' starring alongside John Ryan and George Murcell, and ''In
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• Max Wall
  ...television and theatre.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efee33a|title=Max Wall}}</ref> ...ic-hall]] entertainer [[Jack Lorimer|Jack (Jock) Lorimer]], a [[Scottish]] comedy actor from [[Forfar]], known for his songs and dancing, and his wife Stella
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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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• Sydney Tafler
  ...red for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 |archive-url=h ...actress.<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Maxford|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQ
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• Ian Lavender
  ...actor in a number of British 'low farce' films, including one ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' film – ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975). .... During the 1990s Lavender continued to appear occasionally in television comedy roles including a bit-part as a burglar alarm salesman in the BBC sitcom ''
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• Brian Wilde
  ...English actor, best known for his roles in [[television comedy|television comedy]], most notably [[Mr Barrowclough]] in ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]' ..., ''The Men from Room Thirteen'' ([[BBC]], 1959–61). He had minor roles in films such as ''[[Life for Ruth]]'' (1962), ''[[The Bargee]]'' (1964), ''[[The Jo
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• Eric Sykes
  ...1960s when he appeared with [[Hattie Jacques]] in several popular [[BBC]] comedy television series. ...r both Fraser and [[Frankie Howerd]] and soon found himself in demand as a comedy writer. Forming a partnership with [[Sid Colin]], he worked on the [[BBC]]
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• John Barrett (actor)
  ...ord">{{cite book |last1=Maxford |first1=Howard |title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978147667 ...ref name="Bexhill">{{cite news |title="While the Sun Shines". Gay Rattigan Comedy at the De La Warr Pavilion |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/v
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• Patrick Cargill
  ...date= 2020-03-03}}</ref> The second of the ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films, ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'', produced in 1959, was based on this play as was th ...hod-be-a-dad-father-dear-father|title=Father Dear Father – British Classic Comedy|date=17 March 2017}}</ref>
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• Alastair Sim
  ...ath in 1976. Starting in 1935, he also appeared in more than fifty British films, including an iconic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella ''[[A Christ ...ctor Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1954). Later, he made fewer films and generally concentrated on stage work, including successful productions
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• Bryan Forbes
  ...964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League o ...o act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1
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• Peggy Mount
  ...nd]]. She became known for playing domineering middle-aged women in plays, films and television shows. ...verything I Ever Wanted'', by Andrew Ross, was published in 2019 by Fantom Films Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/andr
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