• If You Go Down in the Woods Today
  | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1981|04|09}} ...t of dozens. The film, produced by Thames TV, was described by Sykes as 'a comedy thriller, an Agatha Christie gone mad!'.
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• Not Now, Comrade
  | studio = Not Now Films ([[Independent film|Independent]]) ...Darling]]'' (1973), and was the second in an intended series of "Not Now" films, with ''Not Now, Prime Minister'' pencilled in as a follow-up. But box offi
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• Futtocks End
  '''''Futtocks End''''' is a British comedy [[w:film|film]] released in 1970, directed by [[w:Bob Kellett|Bob Kellett]] ...ive James]] likened it to being "given a lolly to suck".<ref>James, Clive (1981) ''The Crystal Bucket'', Pan Macmillan, p.233</ref>
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• Sunstruck
  | distributor = [[British Empire Films]] ...'''''Education of Stanley Evans''''', is a 1972 British&ndash;Australian [[comedy film]] directed by [[James Gilbert (producer)|James Gilbert]] and starring
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• Talbot Rothwell
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|02|28|1916|11|12|df=y}} ...[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (12 November 1916 &ndash; 28 February 1981) was an English [[screenwriter|screenwriter]].
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• Alan Hume
  | known_for = ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' films<br>''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983)<br>''[[w:Octopuss ...r of photography for the successful ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' comedy films, beginning with 1961's ''[[Carry On Regardless]]''; eventually, Hume altern
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• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)
  ...]] as [[Doctor Watson|Dr. Watson]]. A number of other well-known [[British comedy]] actors appeared in the film including [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Kenneth William ...in the UK and overseas. Perhaps because of this, it went unreleased until 1981 in the United States.
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• Crazy Gang (comedy group)
  ...It was natural for them to get together as they shared a similar style of comedy and worked on the same bills at theatres. ...rriott]], who was a frequent co-star of Will Hay, often turned up in their films. Eddie Gray, their associate and equally crazy comic, appeared in the later
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• Steptoe and Son Ride Again
  | studio = Associated London Films ...tor = [[EMI Films|Anglo–EMI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b74a624|title=''Steptoe and Son Ride Again'' (1973)|work=BF
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• Jumping for Joy
  '''''Jumping for Joy''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]] ...ook|last=Genders|first=Roy|title=The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing|year=1981|publisher=Pelham Books Ltd|isbn=07207-1106-1}}</ref>
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• Corbet Woodall
  ...or4=Robert Ross |title=The Goodies Rule OK: The Official Story of the Cult Comedy Collective|date=2006|publisher=Carlton Books Ltd|isbn=9781844421527}}</ref> ...UK]]) and by appearing in a Christmas television appeal for the charity in 1981, raised the sum of £72,000; at that time a record for an appeal of that ki
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• John Grieve (actor)
  ...e=John Grieve Actor who put the character into comedy and who engineered a comedy classic|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.c ...Nine Steps]]'' (1978), ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)|Eye of the Needle]]'' (1981) and the [[BBC]] [[docudrama]] ''[[Square Mile of Murder]]'' (1980).<ref>{{
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• Britannia Hospital
  | studio = [[EMI Films]]<br>[[British Lion Films]] ...rk Times'' 6 June 1982: A.20.</ref> or £2.5 million<ref>BRITISH PRODUCTION 1981
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• Anthony Jackson (actor)
  ...the founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the [[BBC]] children's comedy series ''[[Rentaghost]]'' and as Sid Abbott’s neighbour Trevor, in the si ...rdays]]'', ''[[Mind Your Language]]'', ''[[Citizen Smith]]'', ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[The Detectives (1993 TV series)|The Detectives]
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• Harold Bennett
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|09|11|1898|11|17|df=yes}} ...access-date=13 June 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> – 11 September 1981) was an English actor, active in stage, television and film best remembered
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• Birds in the Bush
  ...and '''''Strike It Rich''''') is an Australian/United Kingdom [[situation comedy]] series produced in 1972.<ref name="moran">Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide t ...l", "Lolita", "Tuesday", "Wednesday" and "Buster", along with ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]''-style innuendo.
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• Rita Webb
  | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|08|30|1904|02|25|df=y}} | yearsactive = 1950–1981
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• Terry Scott
  ...=240 }}</ref> He is also best known for appearing the [[BBC1]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Terry and June]]'' with [[June Whitfield]]. ...a/2008/jul/16/television.television|last=Lloyd|first=Hugh|title=Much-loved comedy actor, he went on to more serious roles |newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 Jul
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• Jack Haig (actor)
  ...English actor who specialised in supporting roles, mainly in [[television comedy]]. He was best known for playing [[Monsieur Roger Leclerc]] in the British ...occasional character Archie Gibbs from 1967 to 1982 and a couple of cinema films. He achieved his greatest success as Monsieur Roger Leclerc in [[BBC]]'s ''
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• Robin Stewart
  ...res]]'' as Leyland Van Helsing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2bd4a67|title=Robin Stewart|website=BFI}}</ref> He played the role of Mike Abbott in [[situation comedy|sitcom]] series ''Bless This House'' during its entire 1971–76 run; due t
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