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  • | series = [[Dad's Army]] ...first episode of the eighth series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on 5 September 1975.
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  • | caption = British pressbook '''''It's Not Cricket''''' is a 1949 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Alfred Roome]] and starring [[Basil Radford]]
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  • | distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion]] ...duction design.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film/british-art-direction-black-and-white|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}
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  • | series = [[Dad's Army]] ...he fourth series of the [[United Kingdom|British]] comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Friday 18 December 1970.
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  • '''''If You Go Down in the Woods Today''''' is a British TV film comedy released in 1981, written, directed and starring [[Eric Syke ...an escalation of security in which the police are eventually joined by the army, navy ''and'' air force, it is the scoutmaster's chaotic bungling that lead
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  • '''''Invasion Quartet''''' is a 1961 British World War II [[comedy-drama film]] that was publicised as a parody of ''[[T ...fering from mental illness, and a Colonel, thought too old to serve in the Army, make their way to France to destroy a long range German artillery piece.
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  • {{Short description|British television director (1926–2020)}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
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  • '''''The Captain's Table''''' is a 1959 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack L ...orous widows, young couples who want him to marry them and a blustering ex-army major who claims to have the ear of the chairman of the shipping line.
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  • | series = [[Dad's Army]] | next = [[The Love of Three Oranges (Dad's Army)|The Love of Three Oranges]]
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  • '''The Colonel''' is a recurring [[fictional character]] from the British television show ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', played by [[Graham Ch ...gidly mirthless personality and is always dressed in olive green [[British Army]] uniform. He occasionally makes appearances in the show, usually [[breakin
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  • ...]] and [[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref> During his war service, Harris became a captain in the [[Royal Army Service Corps]].<ref name="Chilton"/> Post-war, Harris worked aboard the ''
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  • ...ment of the [[British Army]]. Trubshawe was very close friends with fellow British actor [[David Niven]], serving with him at [[Malta]] and [[Dover]]. He was Niven claims he lost touch with his army friend following Michael's marriage to Christian Scientist Margaret L McDou
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  • | series = [[Dad's Army]] ...fourth episode of the third series of the British comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]''. It was originally transmitted on Thursday 2 October 1969.
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  • | series = [[Dad's Army]] | prev = [[The Test (Dad's Army)|The Test]]
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  • ...my prisoners (i.e., to go away). The regiment's Lieutenant asks two German officers drinking coffee in a cafe what they are doing: "Ve are vaiting to be took p ...Major Chater Jack, leaving the battery now without two of their favourite officers. Major "Jumbo" Jenkins, a humourless, unpleasant [[martinet]] is the replac
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  • | honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...1970, ed. Peter Noble, p. 337</ref> (14 October 1919 – 13 May 1970) was a British broadcaster and journalist and BBC Head of Light Entertainment in the 1960s
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  • |honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...1970 Best Comedy Script ''Dad's Army''<br> 1971 Best Comedy Script ''Dad's Army''<br>Desmond Davies award (1981)
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  • | series = [[Dad's Army]] | next = [[Things That Go Bump in the Night (Dad's Army)|Things That Go Bump in the Night]]
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  • ...Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' (1944) - Williams - Soldier in the English Army * ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' (1966, ITV soap) - Jimmy Gudgeon, old friend of c
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  • | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} '''''Private's Progress''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] based on the novel<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show
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