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  • {{Infobox television ...of the River Thames. However, many viewers appeared not to understand the satirical aspect of the show, and the BBC was flooded with complaints.
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  • {{Short description|Satirical British comedy radio programme}} | format = [[w:Satirical|Satirical]] [[w:sketch comedy|sketch comedy]]
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  • {{Infobox television | company = [[London Weekend Television]]
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  • 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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  • |genre=Television ...Lads]]'', ''[[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?]]'', ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]'' and its sequel ''[[Going Straight]]'', ''[[Lovejoy]]'' and ''
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  • {{Infobox television ...tch]] show which ran on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.
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  • {{short description|South African-born British actress}} | nationality = British
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  • {{Infobox television *Bill Wilson <small>(series 1–3)</small>
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  • ...series ''[[Please Sir!]]'', the film of the same name, and the spin-off TV series ''[[The Fenn Street Gang]]''. ...ase Sir! (film)|Please Sir!]]''. McFee had made his film debut in the 1969 satirical anti-war musical ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https:
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  • {{About|the 1986 film|the 1982 TV series|Whoops Apocalypse}} ...oops Apocalypse]]'', but uses an almost completely different plot from the series.
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  • ...l=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/468894.stm|title=Deryck Guyler: British comedy stalwart|work=BBC News|date=8 October 1999|access-date=5 May 2021}}< ...er 1947. Guyler remained with the show until Handley died in 1949 when the series ended.
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  • {{ infobox television | caption = Series title card
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  • | occupation = {{ublist|Radio & television writer|Television presenter|Radio personality}} ...te scripts for [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films. He presented television programmes on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] for many years, including the nostal
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  • {{Short description|British actor and comedian (1933–2015)}} ...and singer, best known for his appearances in [[Satire|satirical comedy]] television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to improvise comic [[calypso music
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  • | medium = Film, television ...kback]], which grew to be one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of television comedy and light entertainment programming.
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  • ...Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]. Other television roles include her recurring role as [[Minor characters on Frasier#Moon fami ...al Broadway production of ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]]'' in the 1980s and performing the revue ''[[Side by Side by Sondheim]]'' with Julia McKenz
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  • ...[[No – That's Me Over Here!]]'', ''[[Now Look Here]]'', and ''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]].'' ...lease, We're British'']]. He first worked with Ronnie Barker in the BBC TV series ''[[The Frost Report]]'' in 1966, and the two of them were given their own
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  • {{Infobox television |image = The Kenny Everett Television Show.jpg
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  • {{Short description|British actor and presenter}} | honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
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  • ...69) <br /> ''[[Broaden Your Mind]]'' (1968–1969) <br />''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' <br />(1970–1982) <br /> ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue] '''Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (17 July 1940{{snd}}12 April 2020)<ref name=BBCDeath/> was an
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