Search results

From The Goon Show Depository

  • ...medy]] format that was one of the first series to be shown on the then-new British television channel, [[Channel 4]], between 1983 and 1984. (It started on 8 ...name="summary">[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/tramp/index.html British TV comedy site]</ref>
    2 KB (328 words) - 11:57, 10 March 2023
  • ...rances as Mildred Murfin in the 1960s [[w:BBC|BBC]] [[w:radio comedy|radio comedy]] series ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]'', as Miss Ealand, Commander Strak ...how]]'' on 2 November 1975, and later in ''Tony's'', a 1979/1981 BBC radio comedy with [[Victor Spinetti]], set in an [[w:Italian people|Italian]] [[w:hairdr
    3 KB (355 words) - 10:48, 14 December 2022
  • ...|website=BFI}}</ref> Pritchard also appeared as the "dumb blonde" in live comedy sketches in the TV consumer programme ''[[w:That's Life!|That's Life!]]'', |''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
    5 KB (691 words) - 10:41, 18 January 2023
  • ...yed the character of Phyllis Doris, the teen daughter of the family in the comedy series ''[[Ryan and Ronnie|Ryan a Ronnie]]''. ...nie]], [[Within These Walls]], [[A Sharp Intake of Breath]], [[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]], [[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]], [[Yes, Pr
    4 KB (516 words) - 18:09, 30 November 2022
  • ...e|British]] actress active from the 1930s to the 1950s, best known for her comedy roles in ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]'' (1944) and ...lane |first1=Brian |last2=Slide |first2=Anthony |title=The Encyclopedia of British Film |publisher=Methuen |year=2003 |isbn=9780413773012 |page=[https://archi
    4 KB (587 words) - 11:37, 22 February 2023
  • The film is a mixture of semi-documentary about the port of Dover and a comedy about two young men who decide to chat up two girls and follow them to Dove The two principal actresses stop for tea, en route to Dover, at the former "Fantail" restaurant buildin
    3 KB (390 words) - 07:50, 4 October 2024
  • '''Joanna Van Gyseghem''' (born 4 September 1941) is a British actress. ...tails/ChoiceFilmWorks/150582907|title=Collections Search &#124; BFI &#124; British Film Institute|website=collections-search.bfi.org.uk}}</ref>
    4 KB (671 words) - 13:05, 28 December 2022
  • {{Short description|British actress and singer}} | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
    3 KB (328 words) - 14:45, 15 January 2023
  • ...d [[List of Dad's Army characters#Mrs Fox|Mrs Fox]] in the long-running TV comedy ''[[Dad's Army]]''. Cundell appeared in many television shows, including ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]],'' as Peggy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.i
    5 KB (704 words) - 00:26, 5 February 2023
  • {{Short description|British actress}} ...dy.co.uk/the-fenn-street-gang|title=The Fenn Street Gang - British Classic Comedy|date=2 October 2017|publisher=}}</ref>
    7 KB (1,022 words) - 17:06, 2 February 2023
  • ...January 2018|work=the Guardian|date=14 January 2018}}</ref> was an English comedy actress whose television career spanned 60 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news ....<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42671503|title=Comedy actress Bella Emberg dies|date=2018|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-01-13|la
    5 KB (773 words) - 18:09, 8 January 2023
  • ...2008) was an English actress known for her work on [[w:British television|British television]]. She is best known for her portrayal of [[Nora Batty]] in ''[[ ...egular role as Doris Luke in the popular ATV soap opera, ''[[w:Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' from 1978 to 1984 and 2001 to 2002. Her other tel
    9 KB (1,251 words) - 17:31, 26 December 2022
  • Watts was born '''Mary Spenton''' in [[London]] in 1923. She appeared in many British films, including the [[Joan Littlewood]] production ''[[Sparrers Can't Sing ...omedy.co.uk/people/queenie_watts/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/
    7 KB (1,100 words) - 12:31, 22 February 2023
  • ...R8C&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq ''Beyond a Joke: Inside the Dark World of Stand-Up Comedy''], Arrow Books (2012) - Google Books pg. 59</ref> [[Category:Irish stage actresses]]
    6 KB (850 words) - 17:09, 26 January 2023
  • ...gain with Ronnie Barker in ''[[Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead]]'', a comedy sketch show for radio, which was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 15 Feb ...omedy.co.uk/people/pauline_yates/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>
    7 KB (1,015 words) - 13:44, 11 March 2023
  • | birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]<br><small>(present-day [[Pakistan]])</small> ...]'' (1977), ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Foyle's War]]'' and [[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[The BFG (1989 film)|The BFG]]'' (1989) as the
    8 KB (1,192 words) - 15:16, 24 February 2023
  • '''''Dead on Time''''' is a 1983 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[short film]] directed by [[Lyndall Hobbs]] and written by [[Richard Cur The film is a comedy which tells the story of Bernard Fripp ([[Rowan Atkinson]]) a man who, on a
    3 KB (508 words) - 17:44, 7 February 2023
  • {{short description|South African-born British actress}} | nationality = British
    9 KB (1,335 words) - 23:04, 15 January 2023
  • ...n''', was an English-born Welsh actress who was best known for her work on British television, mostly notably for her role as Ivy in ''[[Last of the Summer Wi ...e|Ivy]], one of the main characters in the long-running British television comedy ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. She was one of only two actors to appear i
    6 KB (839 words) - 16:24, 14 March 2023
  • ...QBAJ&dq=%22Jill+Melford%22+actress&pg=RA5-PA1846|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|date=2016-05-16|publisher=O ...Seven Year Itch]]' on the London stage, she played Miss Nardis in the 1954 British crime drama film ''[[Murder by Proxy]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books
    5 KB (755 words) - 08:51, 3 February 2023

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)