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  • | Singles = 12 ...Brown |author3=Jon Kutner |title=The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums, 3rd edition|year=2004|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=1844490580}}
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  • {{Short description|1978 song by Ivor Biggun}} | published = 1978
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  • ...–1986)<br />''[[Home to Roost]]'' (1985–1990)<br />''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]'' (1984–1991)<br />''Natural Causes'' (1988)<br />''[[Haggard (TV serie ...tle=Television: Situation Comedy in 1978|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1978/television/situation-comedy|website=Bafta.org|accessdate=11 January 2021}}<
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  • ...n)", credited to "Ivor Biggun and the D Cups", reached number 50 in the UK Singles Chart in 1981 and remained in the charts for three weeks.<ref>{{Cite book ...Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums|Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums]]
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  • ..., he had roles in television programmes such as ''[[Enemy at the Door]]'' (1978–80), and also appeared briefly in the disaster film ''[[Meteor (film)|Met Cadell appeared in the 1991 British comedy series ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]''. Other television credits include, ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', '
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  • *{{marriage|Robert McBain|1966|1978|end=div}} ...married actor Robert McBain in 1966. They had two children and divorced in 1978. She married Michael Kennedy in 1997, gaining three stepchildren; he died i
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  • ...t the UK in the ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]''. Lynch had more success in 1978, as a songwriter and producer. That year, his song "Don't Bother to Knock", ...That I Want]]", which reached 22 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in September 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17117/hylda-baker
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  • ...dd Man Out]]'' (1977) and the [[BBC]] serial ''[[A Horseman Riding By]]'' (1978).
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  • ...David song)|The Story of My Life]]" (No. 20, 1958).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | title= British Hit Singles & Albums
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  • ...ce, comedic and musical talents. Her seventeen-year marriage broke down in 1978, making front-page headlines in the national press. The couple had two sons * ''I've Never Been to Me'': Montage sequence accompanying Marti's 1978 single
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  • ...s Chart]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/always+look+on+the+bright+side+of+life/|title=always look on the bright sid ...end of the film. However, [[Michael Palin]] noted in his diary for 16 June 1978 that during a script meeting, "Eric's two songs—'Otto' and the 'Look on t
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  • ...ty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968) and ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' (1978). In 1986, invited by producer [[Victor Lewis-Smith]], Mullard hosted an ed ...ncluded his cover of the Beatles' "Yesterday", jokes, and philosophy. More singles followed in the 1970s, including 1974's "Not Now Arthur" / "If I Only Had M
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  • ...s became a successful recording artist with seven top ten hits on the [[UK Singles Chart]] between 1952 and 1960.<ref name="betts"/> Many were [[novelty songs *''Singalongamax'' (1978–80)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/31084|archive-
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  • ...dy duo performing as various characters and working the comedy circuit. In 1978, they got their big break when they were given a spot on the [[Royal Variet ...ber 46 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in February 1981.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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  • ...number. The series was briefly revived by [[London Weekend Television]] in 1978 as a series of short sketches on ''[[Bruce Forsyth's Big Night]]'', with Dr ...the [[UK Singles Chart]], reaching number 7 in 1958.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
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  • ...bums">{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location= ...he Front]]'' (1972), sustaining a film career until 1978. Between 1972 and 1978 the [[Thames Television]] game show ''[[Whodunnit? (U.K. TV series)|Whodunn
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  • ...]. He appeared as a magician in [[Victoria Wood]]'s first play ''[[Talent (1978 play)|Talent]]'' for [[Granada Television]] in 1979.<ref name=":0" /> .... He also appeared as Eric Summers, Rita Sullivan's theatrical manager, in 1978 and George Turner, best man at the wedding of Emily Bishop and bigamist Arn
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  • ...nown for hosting the [[Yorkshire Television]] game show ''[[3-2-1]]'' from 1978 to 1988. ...the presenter of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s variety gameshow ''3-2-1'' in 1978. It ran for just over ten years in a top-rating Saturday night slot. He ear
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  • ...ter adopted the song as his theme tune.<ref>{{cite book |title=British Hit Singles |last=Rice |first=Tim |author2=Jo Rice |author3=Paul Gambaccini |author3-li ...lades included [[Royal Variety Performance]] appearances in 1969, 1972 and 1978, Variety Club of Great Britain Showbiz Personality of the Year (1969), Thea
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  • ...cording reached number 72 on the [[UK singles chart]] and number 13 on the singles chart in Ireland.
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