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- ...=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8918e69d|title=Jake's Journey (1988)|author=|date=|website=bfi.org.uk|accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref> ...ly_found_CBS_pilot;_1988)|title=Jake's Journey (partially found CBS pilot; 1988) - The Lost Media Wiki|author=|date=|website=lostmediawiki.com|accessdate=13 KB (416 words) - 12:16, 6 February 2023
- ...ributor = [[Vestron Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Consuming Passions (1988)|website=[[BBFC]]|access-date=22 October 2021|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/re '''''Consuming Passions''''' is a 1988 [[black comedy]] film which stars [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Jonathan Pryce]], and [[Sammi Da6 KB (813 words) - 10:52, 20 July 2024
- '''''Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Krish]] and starring [[Robin Phillips]], [[Genevi ...gotawayt00silv|url-access=registration|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M|year=1988|publisher=L. Stuart}}</ref>4 KB (563 words) - 22:57, 16 February 2023
- '''''Stormy Weather''''' is a 1935 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Tom Walls]] and starring Walls, [[Ralph Lynn]] and [[R ...s stage farces, it features a number of actors who had appeared in Aldwych films. The film was made by [[Gainsborough Pictures]] at [[Islington Studios]].<r4 KB (555 words) - 10:40, 21 July 2024
- | distributor = [[The Rank Organisation]]<br>[[EMI Films|EMI]] ...2). The film is a compilation of the highlights of most of the previous 28 films, and features series regulars [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Barbara Windsor]]5 KB (646 words) - 16:58, 25 February 2023
- | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|02|18|1916|03|04|df=yes}} ...as a British actor and comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba506521e|title=Michael Howard|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite5 KB (671 words) - 08:07, 3 October 2024
- '''''The Great McGonagall''''' is a 1974 British comedy film directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]] and star ...ellers), ''William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin: A Scottish Fantasy'' (1988) and ''William McGonagall: Freefall'' (1992).<ref>{{cite web|title=Spike Mi6 KB (756 words) - 23:21, 7 February 2023
- .../|title=Solo - BBC1 Sitcom|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> ...s (TV series)|Dinnerladies]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1f59721|title=Elspet Gray|website=BFI}}</ref>7 KB (1,066 words) - 18:00, 3 January 2023
- | 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 altern4 KB (582 words) - 17:15, 23 January 2023
- ...House Paradiso''''' is a 1999 British [[slapstick film|slapstick]] [[black comedy]] film written by and starring comic duo [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Ade Edmondson The film is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of their [[BBC]] comedy television series ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]'' (in some territories, t7 KB (1,038 words) - 09:02, 15 February 2023
- ...d Jim Medhurst in ''[[w:London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]'' (1988–1993). ...ies)|Oliver Twist]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0bb6249|title=Doug Fisher|website=BFI}}</ref>6 KB (924 words) - 15:08, 23 December 2022
- ...[Jon Penington]]. The story was based on an episode of Eric Sykes' [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' from 1964, called "Sykes and a Plank". ...the "man with a plank" slapstick routine seen in [[vaudeville]] and silent films, and adding new ones. For instance, at one point the plank is tied to the t7 KB (1,019 words) - 15:20, 20 February 2023
- '''''Personal Services''''' is a 1987 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Terry Jones]] and written by [[David Leland]], about t ...creen International]]|title=UK Top 50 Films in 1987|page=10|date=2 January 1988}}</ref><ref name="org">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org6 KB (905 words) - 10:49, 14 March 2023
- | distributor = [[Bryanston Films (UK)|Bryanston Films]] ...stribution.pdf|last=Petrie|first= Duncan James |year=2017|title= Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution|jour7 KB (962 words) - 16:33, 12 April 2023
- {{short description|British producer and director (1919–1988)}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|01|07|1919|05|13|df=yes}}7 KB (1,041 words) - 13:10, 16 January 2023
- | gross = $4,500,000 (US/ Canada)<ref>"Big Rental Films of 1968", ''Variety'', 8 January 1969 p 15. This figure is a rental accruin '''''Prudence and the Pill''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] made by [[Twentieth Century-Fox]]. It was directed by [[Fielder Cook8 KB (1,107 words) - 23:13, 25 December 2022
- | format = [[Situation comedy|Situation comedy]] ...f T. Flywheel, and Chico playing Flywheel's assistant Emmanuel Ravelli. In 1988 the show scripts were rediscovered in the US [[Library of Congress|Library7 KB (922 words) - 23:44, 9 February 2023
- ...ide in its humour and pathos.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams, Kenneth, 1926-1988.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59883309|title=The Kenneth Williams diar ...[[Chobham Common]], Surrey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/carry-on-cowboy/|title=Reelstreets | Carry On Cowboy|website=www.reels10 KB (1,404 words) - 23:45, 13 February 2023
- ...n bawdiness rather than the evasive innuendo characteristic of the earlier films in the series. There are fictitious locations named for their sexual innuen ...lly & Nina |title=What a Carry On |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-600-55819-4 }}8 KB (1,096 words) - 20:06, 14 February 2023
- ...ine=[[Screen International|]]|date=29 January 1993|page=15|title=UK Top 50 Films}}</ref> '''''Carry On Columbus''''' is a 1992 [[British comedy|British comedy]] film, the 31st and final release in the [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry10 KB (1,457 words) - 23:43, 13 February 2023