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- {{Short description|British television sitcom}} {{Infobox television9 KB (1,182 words) - 23:43, 21 January 2023
- ...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 |5 KB (755 words) - 15:21, 24 February 2023
- {{Infobox television season | first_aired = {{Start date|1993|10|24|df=yes}}6 KB (873 words) - 12:36, 24 February 2023
- {{Short description|British television director}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}}10 KB (1,532 words) - 10:57, 18 January 2023
- ...e-boy<ref>{{cite web | title = Please Sir! / The Fenn Street Gang | work = Television Heaven |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/pleasesir.htm | accessdate=8 ...evision many times in the 1970s but was only rarely seen after this, until 1993.15 KB (2,211 words) - 10:55, 14 December 2022
- {{Infobox television | company = [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]]9 KB (1,179 words) - 12:14, 15 February 2023
- {{Infobox television season ...&refRID=T04MRDCGM9CGYTS40QCG|title=Last of the Summer Wine Series 15 & 16 [1993] [DVD]|accessdate=20 August 2016 |publisher=Amazon }}</ref>5 KB (779 words) - 12:35, 24 February 2023
- ...James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 – 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 [[10 KB (1,589 words) - 13:02, 14 January 2023
- | television = ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''<br />''[[In Loving Memory (TV ser ...nheaven.co.uk/thorahird.htm|title="TV GREATS:DAME THORA HIRD 1911 – 2003", Television Heaven|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>19 KB (2,876 words) - 19:54, 12 February 2023
- ...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 (novel19 KB (2,803 words) - 23:41, 3 February 2023
- | caption = Hughes as he appeared in ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' ...or playing loveable slob [[Onslow (Keeping Up Appearances)|Onslow]] in the British sitcom ''[[Keeping Up Appearances|Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1990–1995);12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:30, 11 February 2023
- ...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 wit16 KB (2,452 words) - 12:02, 6 February 2023
- | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...as the mother in the long-running series of "[[w:Oxo Family|Oxo Family]]" British TV advertisements between 1983 and 1999, and as a panellist on the ITV lunc24 KB (3,419 words) - 10:12, 27 December 2022
- '''Cat''' is a [[w:Character (arts)|fictional character]] in the British [[science fiction]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. He is pl === Television ===32 KB (4,961 words) - 19:40, 24 August 2024
- {{Short description|British TV comedy screenwriters}} | nationality = British24 KB (3,398 words) - 16:39, 27 December 2022
- ...Joyce (Yootha Joyce Needham)|work=npg.org.uk}}</ref> Joyce made her first television appearance in 1962 in an episode of ''[[Brothers in Law (TV series)|Brother ...tic]]'' (1965) as a villain. Joyce used her talent for playing villains in television series such as ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[The Avengers (T23 KB (3,496 words) - 14:31, 24 February 2023
- | medium = Television, radio ...when he appeared with [[Hattie Jacques]] in several popular [[BBC]] comedy television series.38 KB (5,619 words) - 08:06, 26 August 2024
- ...ain for religious authority. His technique and style have influenced young British comedians.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Otchet|first=Amy|date=May 1999|ti .../ref> He had a major resurgence during the late 1980s and early 1990s. His television shows were also broadcast in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, No24 KB (3,650 words) - 08:07, 11 September 2024
- {{short description|British television panel show}} {{Infobox television38 KB (5,680 words) - 14:54, 27 January 2023
- | medium = Stand-up comedy, theatre, radio, television and music ...0s, and occasionally appeared in dramatic roles. He performed on radio and television, and popularised the characters of the [[Diddy Men]].45 KB (6,380 words) - 11:26, 22 February 2023