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  • {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} '''''Does The Team Think?''''' was a radio [[panel game]] broadcast originally on the [[BBC Light Programme]] (and later on [[BBC R
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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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  • '''''Barbara''''' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[sitcom]] starring [[Gwen Taylor]] in the title role. A pilot was broadc ...17 of the episodes winning their slots, meaning they were the most watched shows at the time of broadcast.
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  • {{Short description|British character-based sketch comedy}} {{Use British English|date=January 2012}}
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  • '''''The IT Crowd''''' is a British [[sitcom]] originally broadcast by [[Channel 4]], written and directed by [ .../news/story/000001205 |title=IT Crowd Night planned for October |publisher=British Comedy Guide |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> ''Th
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  • '''''Through the Keyhole''''' is a British [[comedy]] [[panel game]] show created by the TV producer Kevin Sim and originally presented by [[D ...le/|title=Keith Lemon to present Through The Keyhole revival|publisher=The British Comedy Guide|date=13 January 2013|access-date=17 February 2013}}</ref> [[Da
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  • {{short description|British television panel show}} | genre = [[Comedy]] [[panel game]]
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  • ...ated in comments about football. The phrase originates in the practice of British theatres from around 1870 of allowing customers who paid a little extra to ...to make people feel sorry for her, she really does care about her son. She shows disapproval about the mutual attraction that Ken and Tanya share, thinking
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  • '''''The Young Ones''''' is a [[British sitcom]] written by [[Rik Mayall]], [[Ben Elton]], and [[Lise Mayer]], star ...e a notable icon of 1980s British popular culture, and it received its own game and a home-media release while becoming the first non-music-related program
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  • | alt = Image shows Nicholas Parsons smiling whilst holding a stopwatch in his left hand and po | format = [[Panel game]]
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  • ...d/6841|publisher=UKTV Gold|access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref> and [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]]. The complete series was released on DVD in November 20 ...INNERLADIES|url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/dinnerladies/index.shtml|publisher=British Comedy Guide|access-date=29 August 2012|archive-date=27 May 2012|archive-ur
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  • |data2 = British ...Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' (1970–1982) <br />The Goodies – stage shows (2005–2006)
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  • "'''Things Aren't Simple Any More'''" is the final episode of the [[British television]] sitcom ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]''. It was written by [[Davi ...cided with the transmission of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''s first UK jackpot win. Some peopl
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  • ...[[David Renwick]]. There were six series (each consisting of six half-hour shows) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to ...The programme came 80th in the [[British Film Institute]]'s [[100 Greatest British Television Programmes]].<ref name="BFI TV100">[http://www.bfi.org.uk/featur
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  • | format = [[Radio comedy|Comedy]] [[panel game]] '''''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''''' is a [[BBC]] [[radio comedy]] [[panel game]]. Billed as "the antidote to panel games", it consists of two teams of two
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  • A recipient of [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]], [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]], [[Emmy Aw ...ate=10 February 2019 |issue=3900 |page=12 |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk
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  • ...'''Lister''', is a [[w:fictional character|fictional character]] from the British [[w:science fiction|science fiction]] [[w:situation comedy|situation comedy ...a character Lister is lazy, slobbish, and unmotivated, but he frequently shows moral courage. He also likes Indian food, especially chicken [[w:vindaloo|v
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  • '''''The Royle Family''''' is<!-- not "was", see WP:TVLEAD --> a [[British sitcom]] produced by [[Granada Television]] for the BBC, which ran for thre ...], ''The Royle Family'' was placed 19th. The series has also won several [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] awards.
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  • ...news/obituaries/rik-mayall-comedian-and-actor-who-helped-revolutionise-the-british-comedy-scene-as-the-punk-poet-and-cliff-richard-fan-rick-9517274.html|acces ...inks nose-picking is funny and farting and all that. He is the arsehole of British comedy."<ref>{{cite book|last=McSmith|first=Andy|author-link=w:Andy McSmith
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  • ...tanding contribution]]" to film at the [[w:British Academy Scotland Awards|British Academy Scotland Awards]]. ...ers]], a role for which he received a [[w:British Academy Television Award|British Academy Television Award]] nomination.
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