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'''''Whisky Galore!''''' is a 1949 British [[comedy film]] produced by [[Ealing Studios]], starring [[Basil Radford]], [[Bruce ...community runs through the film, and the story reflects a time when the [[British Empire]] was weakening.

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In January of that year Grant appeared as The Major in a six-part radio comedy drama ''The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss-Made Bomb'', featuring [[Peter Cok ...other parts. He toured [[Australia]] in the farce ''[[No Sex Please, We're British]]'', and continued to appear in musicals and pantomimes. In 1975, he wrote

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...c role as [[Sergeant Arthur Wilson]] in the [[BBC]] television [[situation comedy]] ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1968–1977).{{sfn|McCann|2010|pp=ix–x}} A self-con ...nd made his film debut in 1948, starring in the [[B movie|second feature]] comedy short ''[[Death in the Hand]]'', opposite [[Esme Percy]] and [[Ernest Jay]]

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...ared on various [[BBC Radio]] shows, and made a successful transition into British films. He appeared in ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956), ''[[The Green Man ...first playing the [[ukulele]] and then percussion. He also often performed comedy dance routines to the band's music.{{sfn|McCann|2009|p=17}}

Although Harris chiefly appeared on the BBC, he was also on the British [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network, and when commercial television started in ...in 1967, lasting until 1974, on [[BBC1]], he had gained a high profile on British television.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dugan|first=Emily|title=Rolf Harris: He is

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