• Sir Nobonk and the Terrible Dreadful Awful Naughty Nasty Dragon
  | genre = [[Children's literature]] [[Category:1982 British novels]]
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• Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
  ...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|firs [[Category:British children's adventure films]]
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• Badjelly the Witch
  | genre = [[Children's literature]] [[Category:1973 children's books]]
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• Alan Hackney
  He is best known for two of his novels, ''Private's Progress'' and ''Private Life'', both of which were adapted in ...er Sisters]] and [[Johnny Dorelli]]), and Hollywood as well as working for British television and continuing to contribute to ''Punch''.
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• Peter Ling
  {{short description|British television, radio, and comic strip author}} ...creenwriter)|Hazel Adair]], he co-created the soap opera ''[[w:Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''.
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• William Comes to Town
  ...t was based on the [[w:Just William (book series)|Just William series]] of novels by [[w:Richmal Crompton|Richmal Crompton]]. It served as a loose sequel to * Collins, Fiona & Ridgman, Jeremy. ''Turning the Page: Children's Literature in Performance and the Media''. Peter Lang, 2006.
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• No Kidding (film)
  | caption = Original British quad poster ...-and-memoirs-2041644.html "Verily Anderson: Writer of humorous, optimistic children's books and memoirs"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 3 August 2010.</ref> under wh
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• David Nobbs
  | nationality = British ...series ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'', adapted from his own novels.
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• Barbara Murray
  ...films-tv-people/4ce2b6b3a784a |title=The Punch and Judy Man (1963) |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref> .../www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1944c77|title=Barbara Murray |work=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist
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• Ray Alan
  ...g age, entering a talent contest at the age of five at his local [[Gaumont British|Gaumont]] [[movie theatre|cinema]]. ...regularly re-appeared on the programme. In the 1960s he also appeared on a children's programme ''Tich and Quackers'' with Tich, a small boy, and his pet duck Qu
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• Brian Oulton
  ...ead actor. During the [[World War II|Second World War]] he served in the [[British Army]], and returned to acting playing character roles in 1946; he made a n ...Brian Oulton's radio credits include the role of Cyril in the long-running children's favourite ''Just William''.<ref name="msn bio" /> He also guest starred as
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• Georgy Girl
  {{short description|1966 British film}} '''''Georgy Girl''''' is a 1966 British [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]], starring [[Lynn Redgrave]] i
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• Charlotte Mitchell
  {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} ...wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess ([[w:Lord Peter Wimsey|Lord
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• Eric Chappell
  ...ate=24 April 2022|access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref> He had written several novels which were rejected by publishers, before deciding to become a playwright.< ...nd won several [[Evening Standard British Film Awards|''Evening Standard'' British Film Awards]], although he admitted the screenplay was based on television
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• Bill Wallis
  '''William Wallis''' (20 November 1936 – 6 September 2013) was a British character actor and comedian who appeared in numerous radio<ref>[https://bo ...dged productions of [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]]'s first two novels about the life of [[Cicero]], ''[[Imperium (Harris novel)|Imperium]]'' (200
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• Ronald Frankau
  ...a Davis Frankau]], who would later become a celebrated writer of satirical novels.<ref>Aryeh Newman, "From Exile to Exit: the Frankau Jewish Connection", ''J ...], became a comedy writer and co-created the Channel 4 sitcom [[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/art
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• Value for Money
  '''''Value for Money''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]], based on the novel of the same ...he offers to give the Council some land he owns in the town centre for the children's playground and community centre planned by the mayor. He joins the local co
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• Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (film)
  | caption = British quad poster '''''Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] produced and directed by [[Clive Donner]] and starring [[Ba
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• Sybil Fawlty
  | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] ...sary]]"), smoking, chatting with customers, or reading [[Harold Robbins]]' novels. In "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]", she does little to help Basil, Manuel
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• Our Man in Havana (film)
  '''''Our Man in Havana''''' is a 1959 British spy comedy film shot in [[CinemaScope]], directed and produced by [[Carol R ...s Wormold, a [[vacuum cleaner]] salesman, is recruited by Hawthorne of the British [[Secret Intelligence Service]] to be their Havana operative. Instead of re
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