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- | studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British Picture Corporation]] '''''Sands of the Desert''''' is a 1960 British [[adventure comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Charlie Drake]]3 KB (404 words) - 17:11, 20 February 2023
- | studio = [[Walter Shenson]] Films ...d=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&q=digby+the+biggest+dog+in+the+world+ted+key&pg=PA839|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|firs5 KB (621 words) - 14:58, 27 January 2023
- | starring = {{ubl|[[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]|[[Moore Mariott]]|[[Carl Jaffe]]}} ...] as well as [[Moore Marriott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aad71e8|title=Gasbags (1941)}}</ref> The film was a morale-4 KB (578 words) - 08:50, 3 February 2023
- '''''Invasion Quartet''''' is a 1961 British World War II [[comedy-drama film]] that was publicised as a parody of ''[[The Guns of Navarone (f Two wounded officers, one British and one French are deemed unfit and surplus to requirements. They abscond3 KB (393 words) - 22:02, 5 September 2024
- '''''Masquerade''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Basil Dearden]] based on the 1954 novel ' ...June 1964 at Pinewood Studios under the title ''The Shabby Tiger''.<ref>In British Film3 KB (455 words) - 18:35, 10 September 2024
- | studio = [[Group 3 Films]] | distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation]] (UK)<br/>[[Distributors Corporation of America]] (U5 KB (646 words) - 20:24, 16 February 2023
- | studio = Oakland Films ...Riley's Jungle Treasure''''' is a low budget 1951 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]], the penultimate in the long running [[Old Mother Riley]] series st5 KB (675 words) - 23:34, 8 February 2023
- | studio = [[EMI Films]]<br>PGL Productions | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]6 KB (906 words) - 18:04, 8 April 2023
- '''''Joseph Andrews''''' is a 1977 British [[historical drama|period]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Tony Richardson]]. It is based on the 1742 novel ''[[J ...young hero, the film was an obvious attempt to follow in the line of such films as ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' (1963), which was also directed8 KB (1,202 words) - 11:06, 12 March 2023
- ...= [[superhero fiction|Superhero]]<br />[[television comedy|Comedy]] "'''Bananaman'''" is a British [[animation|animated]] [[comedy]] series which ran from 1983 to 1986. It was based on the [[comic strip]] c5 KB (566 words) - 10:17, 17 March 2023
- | distributor = {{ubl|[[General Film Distributors|GFD]] (UK)|[[Eagle-Lion Films]] (US)}} '''''Hue and Cry''''' is a 1947 British film directed by [[Charles Crichton]] and starring [[Alastair Sim]], [[Harr8 KB (1,248 words) - 11:26, 14 March 2023
- | studio = [[Group 3 Films]] | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] (UK)6 KB (932 words) - 15:00, 22 December 2022
- '''''Where the Spies Are''''' is a 1966 British comedy adventure film directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Niven]], [[Françoise D Rosser, a British agent disappears in [[Beirut]]. British intelligence boss MacGillivray has difficulty finding a trained agent on sh7 KB (1,072 words) - 13:04, 31 January 2023
- | studio = [[Gaumont British Picture Corporation]] '''''The Good Companions''''' is a 1933 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Victor Saville]] starring [[Jessie Matthews]], [[John8 KB (1,114 words) - 15:54, 28 September 2024
- ...Viking''''' is a 1989 [[Cinema of United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy]]-[[fantasy film]] written and directed by [[Terry Jones]]. The film was in ...fiery Pit of [[Hel (realm)|Hel]]. Some of the crew who died earlier in the adventure attempt to save them, but even as they are drawn into the Pit, they hear th13 KB (2,021 words) - 17:35, 7 February 2023
- ...II]] literature aimed at schoolboys. In the title, "ripping" is a chiefly British slang colloquialism for "exciting" or "thrilling", with "yarn" used in the ...pilot episode from Palin and Jones, envisaged to be a light entertainment comedy piece. The result was ''Tomkinson's Schooldays'' (a title loosely inspired9 KB (1,296 words) - 14:31, 11 March 2023
- ...in the United States) is a 1969 British [[Technicolor]] [[black comedy]] [[adventure film]], produced by [[Michael Relph]], directed by [[Basil Dearden]], and s ...t with exhibitors and eventually television networks buying batches of our films, by virtue of stars or production value". He added that in the case of ''As10 KB (1,543 words) - 13:52, 18 March 2023
- | genre = [[Sitcom]]<br>[[Sketch comedy|Sketch]]<br>[[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]] '''''The Charlie Drake Show''''' is the name of four British comedy programmes that aired from 1958 to 1968. Starring comedian Charlie Drake, t7 KB (1,060 words) - 15:04, 27 March 2023
- ...es in the series. This movie is a send-up of the classic [[Tarzan|Tarzan]] films. It features an unusually dark tone for the series, as the protagonists are ...ce Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' [[Tarzan|Tarzan]] series of books and films.14 KB (2,157 words) - 23:21, 14 February 2023
- {{Short description|English comedy actor (1930–1979)}} | occupation = Comedy actor6 KB (895 words) - 23:38, 17 January 2023