• Dirk Maggs
  | occupation = {{ubl|[[Radio producer]]|Writer}} | known_for = Radio Comedy, Radio Plays, Podcasts, Streamed Audio Productions
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• Henry McGee
  ..."/> He went on to play supporting roles in films and television series and dramas, including ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969), ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Sa ...ine - S24 - Episode 6: The Miraculous Curing of Old Goff Helliwell|website=Radio Times}}</ref> He had a long and successful theatre career, during which he
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• Anthony Sharp
  ...olio in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' the following year, rejoining the company in 1978 for such plays as ''[[The Man of Destiny]]''.<ref name=Parker>John Parker ( ...was a prolific director, particularly of comedy-thrillers and 'boardroom' dramas. His credits included ''Any Other Business'' (Westminster Theatre 1958), ''
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• Jack Watson (actor)
  ...nglish [[w:actor|actor]] who appeared in many British films and television dramas from the 1950s onwards.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/ ...&pg=PA228|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|first=Harris M. Lentz|last
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• Robert Dorning
  ...[[Confessions of a Pop Performer]]'' (1975), ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' (1978), ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]'' (1979), ''[[Ragtime ...t/|title=Dad's Army - S3 - Episode 5: Something Nasty in the Vault|website=Radio Times}}</ref> Writer [[Jimmy Perry]] initially envisaged [[Jon Pertwee]] as
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• Roy Hudd
  {{Short description|English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host and writer}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|radio personality|playwright|author}}
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• Esmonde and Larbey
  Robert Edward Larbey made his writing debut for [[BBC]] radio, before contributing a film adaptation, ''Mrs Silly'', starring [[Maggie Sm ...the pair in 1965,<ref name="Guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/apr/06/bob-larbey.html Obituary: Bob Larbey], ''The Guardian'', 6 Apri
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
  {{Short description|UK sci-fi comedy radio series (1978–2018)}} {{Infobox Radio Show
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• Brenda Bruce
  ...work=BFI|access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> She was focused on the theatre, radio, film and television. ...k=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In the 1950s she appeared on television in many dramas, and in a chat show ''Rich and Rich'' with her husband.<ref name=allmovie/>
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• Peggy Mount
  ...ge and Her Children|Mother Courage]]'' on stage, and in several television dramas. She retired after going blind and spent her last years in the actors' reti ...panel shows, ''[[Woman's Hour]]'', and arts features. Her acting roles for radio in the 1960s included the title role in [[Ted Willis, Baron Willis|Ted Will
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• John Bluthal
  ...ked in [[repertory theatre]] in Melbourne and appeared in Australian radio dramas, as well as television productions including ''[[Shell Presents]]'' and ''T ...hal was able to produce many comedic and imitative voices, like Milligan's radio colleague [[Peter Sellers]], and he was used somewhat like Sellers in Milli
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• Steptoe and Son
  ...ived, despite the mass [[wiping]] of BBC archive holdings between 1967 and 1978. However, all the instalments from the first 1970 series and all but two fr ...[[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] in 1966–67 and later [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]] from 1971 to 1976.
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• Fanny Cradock
  *{{marriage|Arthur W. Chapman|1928-07-23|1978|end=d}} ...ir ''Telegraph'' career (Daily Telegraph Cooks' Book, London, W. H. Allen, 1978 {{ISBN|0-491-02472-X}}</ref> which appeared in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
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• Frank Williams (actor)
  ...ter the show that made him famous|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1459031/Dads-Army-Frank-Williams-comedy-vicar-captain-mainwaring-corporal-j ...as a record producer in the [[Rutles]] movie ''[[All You Need Is Cash]]'' (1978). He appeared in the short-lived television sitcom ''[[High & Dry (1987 TV
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• Harry H. Corbett
  ..., in contrast to his later reputation in sitcom. He appeared in television dramas such as ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robi ...wly written sketch to tie in with the Scottish Team's participation in the 1978 World Cup), as well as in a television commercial for Kenco coffee. The tw
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• Warren Mitchell
  | caption = Mitchell in 1978 In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes ''[[Educating Archie]]'' and ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. He als
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• The Two Ronnies
  ...elf as a [[character actor]] in the [[West End of London|West End]] and on radio. They were invited by [[David Frost]] to appear in his new show, ''[[The Fr ...he Two Ronnies'' was written by Barker, and began as a pastiche of costume dramas about a governess called Henrietta Beckett, played by [[Madeline Smith]]. B
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• Anna Neagle
  ...]] London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], In her historical dramas, Neagle was renowned for her portrayals of British historical figures, incl
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• Dennis Potter
  ...tableworks = ''[[Pennies from Heaven (TV series)|Pennies from Heaven]]'' (1978)<br />''[[Blue Remembered Hills]]'' (1979)<br />''[[The Singing Detective]] ...ght and Sound'', November 2011 (Updated 6 March 2014)</ref> His television dramas mixed [[fantasy]] and [[reality]], the personal and the social, and often u
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  ...''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases]]'' (1978–1980) | books = {{ubl|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts]]'' (1985)}}
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