• Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse
  '''''Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse''''' is a 1978 British sex [[comedy film]] directed by [[Justin Cartwright]] and starring [[Debbie ...movie and in the books – is the star of an earlier series of similar novels that depict Penny as an airline stewardess.
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• Badjelly the Witch
  ...ke Milligan]], created for his children, then printed in 1973. It was made into an audio and a video version. ...], Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Tim Bray adapted and directed the book into a stage play and included The Goons' 'Ying Tong' song along with Monty Pyth
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• Dirk Maggs
  {{Short description|British writer and director}} | nationality = British
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• Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
  ...helon duties, his [[demobilisation|demob]] and early years trying to break into the entertainment industry. In ''[[Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall]]'', ...r: My Part in His Downfall (film)|a film with the same title]] and adapted into a stage play.
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• Fred Karno
  ...ge name '''Fred Karno''', was an English [[theatre]] [[impresario]] of the British [[music hall]].<ref name=up/> As a comedian of [[slapstick]] he is credited ...isher=[[University of Oxford]] }}</ref> In the [[Second World War]] it was adapted as the Anthem of the [[Guinea Pig Club]], the first line becoming "We are M
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• Dennis Potter
  ...as one of the most influential and innovative dramatists to have worked in British television. ...in the [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] of the [[British Army]]<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/8
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• Porridge (1974 TV series)
  {{About|the 1974 British TV series|the movie version|Porridge (film)}} '''''Porridge''''' is a [[British sitcom]], starring [[Ronnie Barker]] and [[Richard Beckinsale]], written by
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• The Mouse That Roared (film)
  '''''The Mouse That Roared''''' is a 1959 British [[satire|satirical]] [[comedy film]] on a [[Ban The Bomb]] theme, based on In the film version, however, Peter Sellers plays the role as a parody of an elderly [[Queen Victoria]] (who thinks the Presi
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• Barry Evans (actor)
  ...=London, UK}}</ref> was an English actor best known for his appearances in British [[sitcom]]s such as ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the House ...recognised at an early age and he often played the leading roles in school plays. He briefly lived in [[Yalding|Yalding]] before moving to London. Evans att
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• Steptoe and Son
  '''''Steptoe and Son''''' is a [[British sitcom|British sitcom]] written by [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton and Alan Simpson]] abou ...t British Television Programmes]] compiled by the [[British Film Institute|British Film Institute]]. In a 2001 [[Channel 4|Channel 4]] poll Albert was ranked
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• The Americanization of Emily
  ...illiam Windom (actor)|William Windom]]. Chayefsky's screenplay was loosely adapted from the 1959 novel of the same name by [[William Bradford Huie]], who had ...ATt3pGonNrQeCy_GDDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ Plays and Players, volume 16, page 10] Linked 2013-08-09</ref> Chayefsky's adapta
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• Leonard Rossiter
  ...l 1978|newspaper=[[TVTimes]]}}</ref> After being [[w:Demobilisation of the British Armed Forces after the Second World War|demobbed]] he worked for six years ...the next part. I developed a frightening capacity for learning lines. The plays became like [[w:Elastoplast|Elastoplast]], which you just stuck on and then
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  | novels = {{ubl|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)|The Hitchhiker's G | plays =
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• Michael Bentine
  | honorific_suffix={{postnominal|country=GBR|size=100%|list=[[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} ...ichael James Bentine" with a date of birth of 26 January 1922.</ref> was a British comedian, [[w:Comedy film|comic actor]] and founding member of [[The Goon S
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• Kind Hearts and Coronets
  {{short description|1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer}} ...]], [[Joan Greenwood]], [[Valerie Hobson]] and [[Alec Guinness]]; Guinness plays eight characters. The plot is loosely based on the novel ''Israel Rank: The
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• The Commitments (film)
  | producer = {{ubl|Roger Randall-Cutler|[[Lynda Myles (British producer)|Lynda Myles]]}} ....co.uk/releases/commitments-1970-3 | title=''The Commitments'' (15)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=10 July 1991| access-date=7 January 201
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• Keeping Up Appearances
  ...ffected pronunciation of Bucket as Bouquet was used previously in the 1944 British comedy film ''[[Don't Take It to Heart|]]''.</ref> The show comprised five ...The show has been syndicated on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]] and [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]] in the UK, on [[PBS]] member stations in the United Sta
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• Peter Ustinov
  |nationality = British ...|(|j|)|uː|s|t|ɪ|n|ɒ|f}}; 16 April 1921{{spaced ndash}}28 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. As an internationally known raconteur, he was
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• Douglas Adams
  ...ker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|a television series]], several stage plays, comics, [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)|a video game]] After leaving university Adams moved back to London, determined to break into TV and radio as a writer. An edited version of the ''Footlights Revue'' app
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• Last of the Summer Wine
  ...(UK TV channel)|Gold]], [[Yesterday (TV channel)|Yesterday]], and [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]]. It is also seen in more than 25 countries,<ref name="S ...e=2 April 2017 |format=DOC |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many members of the [[British Royal Family|Royal Family]] enjoyed the show.<ref name="Huddersfield Daily
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