• David Bell (television executive)
  ...tor in the [[w:light entertainment|light entertainment]] genre. In the mid-1980s, he became head of light entertainment at [[w:LWT|LWT]]. [[w:Live From Her ...ettled with ITV's two-hour multi-format evening of glitz, mini-soaps, game shows and gags. None of which was for want of trying by David Bell, whose biting
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• End of Part One
  {{short description|British television comedy sketch show}} ...the time, including ''[[Larry Grayson]]'s [[The Generation Game|Generation Game]]'' and ''[[Nationwide (TV series)|Nationwide]]''.
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• Does the Team Think?
  {{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 R
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• Full House (British TV series)
  '''''Full House''''' is a British [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] which aired for three series from 1985 to 1986. It was *2.7. The Mating Game (27 November 1985)
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• Many a Slip (radio series)
  | 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 1964
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• British comedy
  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.
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• Percy Edwards
  | 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 through
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• Ray Alan
  ...oquist|ventriloquist]] and television entertainer from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was associated primarily with the dummies Lord Charles and Ali Kat and ...g age, entering a talent contest at the age of five at his local [[Gaumont British|Gaumont]] [[movie theatre|cinema]].
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• Bernie Winters
  {{short description|British comedian and musician}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}}
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• Filthy Rich & Catflap
  {{Short description|British sitcom}} ...n the sci-fi show ''[[Blake's 7]]''. Richie appeared as a guest on a panel game called ''Ooer!! Sounds a Bit Rude!'', which bore more than a passing resemb
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• Keep It in the Family (1980 TV series)
  | image = Keep It in the Family british.jpg | producer = Mark Stuart<br>Robert Reed<br>[[w:Michael Mills (British producer)|Michael Mills]]
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• Ronnie Hazlehurst
  | known_for = British television theme songs ...for many well-known [[British sitcom]]s and gameshows of the 1970s and the 1980s, including ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'', ''[[I Didn'
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• Never the Twain
  '''''Never the Twain''''' is a British [[sitcom]] that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 19 ...[Gold (UK TV channel)|UK Gold]], later on [[ITV3]], and more recently on [[British Forces Broadcasting Service|Forces TV]].
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• Leslie Crowther
  | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] | occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actor|television presenter|game show host}}
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• The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978 TV series)
  '''''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 M
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• Ted Rogers (comedian)
  ...and Wales</ref> He was best known for hosting the [[Yorkshire Television]] game show ''[[3-2-1]]'' from 1978 to 1988. ...Rogers was asked to film a [[Television pilot|pilot]] for a new television game show.
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• Mornington Crescent (game)
  ...n at [[Mornington Crescent tube station|Mornington Crescent station]], the game's namesake]] ...[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' (ISIHAC), a series that satirises [[panel game]]s.<ref name="DPF">{{cite book|chapter=Mornington Crescent|editor=Elizabeth
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• Cannon and Ball
  ...st TV appearance was as contestants in talent show ''[[Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]''. In 1974 they appeared in variety series They were the subjects of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1981 when they were surprised by [[Eamo
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• Alexei Sayle's Stuff
  '''''Alexei Sayle's Stuff''''' is a British television [[comedy sketch]] show which ran on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] for a total ...ray for British Films'' – a satirical attack on the then dire state of the British film industry
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• Jeremy Hardy
  ...ival Fringe]] in 1988. He is best known for his appearances on radio panel shows such as the ''[[The News Quiz|News Quiz]]'' and ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a C ...riptwriting]] before turning to [[stand-up comedy]] in London in the early 1980s,<ref name=boltonnews/> funded in part by the [[Enterprise Allowance Scheme]
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