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  • '''The Bill Hall Trio''' was a [[musical comedy|musical comedy]] act originally consisting of Bill Hall (violin), Johnny Mulgrew (double b * [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/bill-hall-trio/query/bill+hall+trio British Pathé footage of the trio performing in the mid 1940s]
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  • ...r providing musical interludes on the [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] programmes ''[[Beyond Our Ken]]'' and ''[[Round the Horne]]''. ...ps best known for providing musical interludes on the BBC Radio [[w:comedy|comedy]] programmes ''[[Beyond Our Ken]]'' and ''[[Round the Horne]]'' in the 1960
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  • {{Infobox musical artist | genre = [[Comedy music]]
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  • '''''Confessions of a Pop Performer''''' is a 1975 British [[Sex comedy|sex-farce]] film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Confessions of a Pop Performer|url=h ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'' was voted joint ‘Worst British Film of 1975’ by ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' magazine, tying with ''[[The Rocky
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  • "'''The Music Lovers'''" is an episode of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''. Written by ...board back to normal). The Goodies try various types of music, and various musical instruments (including a [[piano accordion]] which stretches to "the point
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  • |genre = [[Comedy]] '''''Q...''''' is a [[Surreal humour|surreal]] television comedy sketch show written by [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Neil Shand]], and starring
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  • ...ouse Keeping Loonies'''" is an episode of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''. ::* Religious groups are regarding this sighting as a [[second coming]].
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  • '''''Still Crazy''''' is a 1998 British comedy film directed by [[Brian Gibson (director)|Brian Gibson]] (his final film b ...f (minimum effort required), it's that cast and crew alike seem primed for comedy in the film's first half, and then abruptly depart those [[Nigel Tufnel]]-e
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  • '''Henry Edward Kavanagh''' (7 March 1892 – 17 September 1958) was a British radio scriptwriter and producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk ...That Man Again (film)|It's That Man Again]]'' (1943) and science fiction/ comedy ''[[Time Flies (1944 film)|Time Flies]]'' (1944).
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  • | genre = Sketch comedy ...ouble entendre]]s (which could be described as a filmatographic version of British [[saucy seaside postcard]] humour).
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  • | occupation = [[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]] [[comedian]], [[Television presenter|presenter]], radio presente | television = ''[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]'' (1981–1995)<br>''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)
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  • ...The series was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of comedy films. ...series of ''St Trinian''{{'}}s comedy films was made, featuring well-known British actors, including [[Alastair Sim]] (in [[drag (clothing)|drag]] as the head
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  • ...s, with each episode also featuring a notable selection of guest stars and musical numbers from various performers. ...mes of its writers and performers. The show became a notable icon of 1980s British popular culture, and it received its own game and a home-media release whil
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  • ...ctor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared ...a socialist message) was frequently performed by British amateur dramatic groups in the period after [[w:World War I|World War I]].<ref>Kimberley Reynolds,
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  • ...ginally broadcast by [[BBC television]] and the third TV series by English comedy double-act [[Morecambe and Wise]]. It began airing in 1968 on [[BBC Two|BBC ...ering prime-time audiences in excess of 20 million, some of the largest in British television history.
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  • ...as born in [[Wandsworth|Wandsworth]], [[London|London]], the only child of musical parents Percival ("Hurst") Needham, a singer, and Jessica Revitt, a concert ...RADA, Joyce toured the UK in many [[repertory theatre|repertory theatre]] groups, including the Harry Kendall Players, the Reginald Salberg Players, the Jac
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  • ...hem – no one, that is, outside enthusiastic millions who have packed every British theatre where they have played. ... It's particularly curious considering t ...l about his lack of recognition, accepting it as the fate of so many [[low comedy|low comedians]] before him. Nevertheless, Rix and his company broke the rec
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  • ...ife-brian-1970-4 |title=''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (AA) |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=24 August 1979 |access-date=21 July 20 ...Brian''''', is a 1979 British [[comedy film]] starring and written by the comedy group [[Monty Python]] ([[Graham Chapman]], [[John Cleese]], [[Terry Gillia
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  • ...'' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, [[journalist]], comedian and writer. ...|stage play]] and [[Frost/Nixon (film)|film]]. Frost interviewed all eight British prime ministers serving between 1964 and 2016 and all seven American presid
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  • ...er 1953. Meanwhile, Peter Sellers continued to feature in the Home Service comedy series [[Ray's A Laugh]] playing numerous supporting characters for the sta The artistes behind both the show's musical spots - Max Geldray and the [[Ray Ellington|Ray Ellington Quartet]] - featu
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