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  • {{Infobox television | company = [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]]
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  • ...s an English-born Welsh actress who was best known for her work on British television, mostly notably for her role as Ivy in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. ...Company's first production, ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'', at Cardiff's New Theatre in 1962.<ref name="thestage"/>
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  • {{Infobox television season | first_aired = {{Start date|1985|10|21|df=y}}
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  • {{Infobox television season | last_aired = {{end date|1985|3|17|df=y}}
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  • ...lisher=[[BBC]]|date=15 September 2009|access-date=2009-09-15}}</ref> was a British comedy actor who was best remembered for his portrayal of the [[jockey]] [[ ...itain and started performing on the comedy circuit, undertaking two summer seasons at [[Clacton Pier|Clacton-on-Sea Pier]] in 1948 and 1949.<ref>{{cite web |
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  • '''Bernard John Holley''' (9 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a British actor whose career spanned more than six decades. ...uch of Frost]]'', in 1999 and returned to play the role in 2003. His later television appearances included roles in ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[Do
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  • | occupation = [[w:Television director|Director]], [[w:television producer|producer]], [[w:child actor|child actor]] ...BBC as a production assistant in 1966, Davies became a hugely influential television director and producer, specialising in comedy.
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...rections officer|prison officer]] [[w:Mr. Mackay|Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[w:situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[w:Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''.
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  • ...actress and dancer best known for playing Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves in the television sitcom ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' from 1980 to 1988. ...London Palladium]]'' shows, and also performed as principal during summer seasons in [[Monte Carlo]] and other European casino hotspots as part of an [[adagi
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  • ...elsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in [[British television science fiction]], he created the [[Dalek]]s and [[Davros]] for ''[[Doctor ...becoming a prolific writer for drama, working on many of the most popular British series of the 1960s and 1970s such as ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Aven
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  • ...e book|year=1985|author=Eddie Pedder|isbn=0-907965-31-8|title=Who's Who on Television, 3rd Edition|publisher=Michael Joseph}}</ref> From 2012, she appeared as Marj Brennig in the British TV series ''[[Stella (British TV series)|Stella]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.co.uk/cast.as
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  • {{short description|British actor (1923-2008)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] '''Albert Arthur Powell''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (30 January 1900 &ndash; 26 June 1982), known as '''Sandy Powe
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  • '''Roy Mitchell Kinnear''' (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was a British [[character actor]]. He was known for his roles in films directed by [[Rich
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  • {{Infobox television season ...f Last of the Summer Wine characters#Foggy Dewhurst|Foggy Dewhurst]] (1976–1985, 1990–1997)
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  • ...James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 &ndash; 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https:// ...'The Island'' at the [[w:Q Theatre]]. Also in 1937 he appeared in an early television production, ''Capital Punishment'', broadcast by the [[w:BBC|BBC]] from [[
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  • ...pisode of ''[[Seven of One]]''—an [[anthology series]] that tested seven [[television pilot]]s with Barker in the lead role. ...his time on [[BBC1]]. The final two series also aired on BBC1, in 1982 and 1985 respectively. In all, 25 episodes were broadcast after the pilot, plus a [[
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  • This is a list of episodes of the British comedy ''[[Mind Your Language]]''. ! style="padding: 0px 8px" colspan="2"| [[Television program#Seasons/series|Series]]
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  • ...e=7 December 2016}}</ref> He appeared in many [[film|feature films]] and [[television]] programmes, often in [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] or supercilious In 1960, Vernon appeared in an [[The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)|adaptation]] of [[A.J. Cronin]]'s novel, ''[[The Citadel (novel
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  • ...roadcast for the [[BBC]] in 1932 and in 1937 and 1938 he featured in early television broadcasts. ...1937 and early 1938 he took part in five broadcasts by the fledgling [[BBC Television]] service, including an adaptation of [[Noël Coward]]'s one-act comedy wit
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