• Dick Hills and Sid Green
  ...id Green''' and '''Dick Hills''', were a British partnership of television comedy writers, at their highest profile during the 1960s. ...d [[Frankie Howerd]], but their best-remembered collaboration was with the comedy double act [[Eric Morecambe]] and [[Ernie Wise]] on the [[Associated TeleVi
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• Nervo and Knox
  ...ng]] act was developed into a humorous show stopper. In December 1926, the British division of [[Phonofilm|DeForest Phonofilm]] released a short sound film of [[Category:English comedy duos]]
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• Grant Naylor
  {{Short description|Former British production company}} ...e [[w:United Kingdom|British]] satire ''[[Spitting Image]]'', office-based comedy ''[[The 10%ers]]'', and various projects for [[w:Jasper Carrott|Jasper Carr
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• Little and Large
  | medium={{hlist|[[Film]]|[[television]]|[[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]]|[[music]]|[[book]]s}} | nationality= British
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• Patton Brothers
  ...sher=LULU Press|isbn=978-0-244-40166-5|language=en}}</ref> were an English comedy [[double act]] and the two older brothers of Barry and Paul Elliott, the [[ ...Chinese policemen. Over the course of their career they appeared alongside British pantomime favourites such as [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Ronnie Corbett]] and [[
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• Flanagan and Allen
  | genre = [[Comedy music]] '''Flanagan and Allen''' were a British singing and comedy [[double act|double act]] most active during the 1930s and 1940s. Its membe
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• Cissie and Ada
  |nationality=British ...The Ten Best Drag Acts" (27 June 2006, p. 24) uses Sidebottom.</ref> are a comedy [[drag act|drag act]] featuring two fictional housewives from [[Northern En
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• Cannon and Ball
  {{short description|English comedy double act}} | genre= [[Observational comedy]], [[musical comedy]], satire,
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• Haver and Lee
  '''Haver and Lee''' were a British [[comedy duo]] who were active between the late 1920s and early 1940s. Haver was '' ...Boisset troupe of acrobats and comedians, known internationally for their comedy and [[pantomime]] skills. Most of the troupe, including Tully's parents, w
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• Wallace Greenslade
  ...announcer—and frequently the [[Double act|straight man]]—for the BBC radio comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]'' for eight series from 1953 to 1960.
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• Galton and Simpson
  ...levision between 1954 and 1961 and their long-running television situation comedy, ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', eight series of which were aired between 1962 and The partnership's break in comedy writing came with the [[Derek Roy (comedian)|Derek Roy]] vehicle ''Happy Go
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• Esmonde and Larbey
  {{Short description|British television comedy scriptwriting duo}} '''Esmonde and Larby''', was a British television screenwriting duo, consisting of '''John Gilbert Esmonde''' (21
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• Two of a Kind (British TV series)
  | image = Two of a Kind (British TV series).jpg '''''Two of a Kind''''' is an early TV series for comedy duo [[Morecambe and Wise]]. It ran from 1961 to 1968 produced by [[Associat
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• Alas Smith and Jones
  {{Short description|British television comedy series}} | genre = [[Sketch comedy]]
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• Julian and Sandy
  ...ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/roundthehorne/|title=BBC - Comedy - Round The Horne|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> According to a [[w:BBC Radio 4| As well as being a successful comedy act, Julian and Sandy were notable for being two [[w:Stereotype|stereotypic
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• Derek and Clive
  [[Category:English comedy duos]] [[Category:Comedy theatre characters]]
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• The Krankies
  ...gularly appeared as The Krankies in episodes of the [[BBC Television|BBC]] comedy series ''[[French and Saunders]]''. Wee Jimmy Krankie often used the [[catc ...ir career as a comedy duo performing as various characters and working the comedy circuit. In 1978, they got their big break when they were given a spot on t
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• Hale and Pace
  | genre = [[Comedy]] ...rchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205051542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/h/haleandpace_7772955.shtml |archive-date=5 December 2004 }}
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• Bill Waddington
  Waddington appeared in more than 800 variety and comedy programmes on radio, and made his mark on television, starring with [[Marga ...f Percy Sugden as it was created for him, with the writers aware of his of comedy roles. In one autobiography Waddington agrees that he and Sugden have lots
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• George and Mildred
  '''''George and Mildred''''' is a [[British sitcom|British sitcom]] produced by [[Thames Television|Thames Television]] and first aire ...d [[Johnnie Mortimer]]. Like [[List of films based on British sitcoms|many British sitcoms]], ''George and Mildred'' was made into a [[George and Mildred (fil
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