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- | studio = [[Handmade Films]] ...rs, ''Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: The Inside Story of HandMade Films'', Metro 2003, p 131-138</ref>3 KB (430 words) - 11:05, 20 February 2023
- | studio = Associated London Films | distributor = [[Paramount British Pictures]] (UK)<br>[[AVCO Embassy Pictures]] (US)5 KB (578 words) - 12:42, 24 January 2023
- ...a 1961 British World War II [[comedy-drama film]] that was publicised as a parody of ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''.<ref>Weiler, A. Two wounded officers, one British and one French are deemed unfit and surplus to requirements. They abscond3 KB (393 words) - 22:02, 5 September 2024
- | studio = [[British International Pictures]] | distributor = [[Wardour Films]]3 KB (418 words) - 08:54, 3 February 2023
- | caption = British theatrical poster | studio = Elstree Independent Films5 KB (718 words) - 08:12, 14 April 2023
- '''''The Intelligence Men''''' is a 1965 [[comedy film]] starring the British comic duo [[Eric Morecambe]] and [[Ernie Wise]]. In the US, it was retitled ...ilm was successful enough to enable Morecambe and Wise to make two further films, ''[[That Riviera Touch]]'' and ''[[The Magnificent Two]]''.5 KB (711 words) - 22:46, 15 March 2023
- ...le]] as Dirk McQuickly, a parody of [[Paul McCartney]]; as The Narrator, a parody of [[Alan Whicker]]; and as Stanley J. Krammerhead III, Jr., occasional vis * [[Neil Innes]] as Ron Nasty, a parody of [[John Lennon]]10 KB (1,449 words) - 00:14, 27 January 2023
- ...of [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]], it is a parody of various spy films and series. [[Category:1992 British television series debuts]]3 KB (246 words) - 11:10, 21 February 2023
- | studio = [[Euston Films]]<br>([[Thames Television]]) | distributor = [[EMI Films]]5 KB (649 words) - 08:09, 11 September 2024
- '''''Vampira''''' is a 1974 British [[comedy horror]] film directed by [[Clive Donner]], and starring [[David N ...a "depressing exercise" due to not being to the standard of British horror films of the time and feeling dated to the previous decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=ht5 KB (659 words) - 13:36, 1 April 2023
- ...]] and Barker as her browbeaten son "Edward, Prince of Wales", which was a parody of the recent TV series ''[[Edward the Seventh (television)|Edward the Seve [[Category:1976 British television series debuts]]5 KB (685 words) - 00:43, 12 February 2023
- ''The Bible—the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan'' is a 1993 parody novel and the first book in the series. The book is an almost verbatim parody of the [[Old Testament]], with some exceptions. It does not list each secti6 KB (909 words) - 19:46, 12 September 2022
- '''''Spider-Plant Man''''' is a British [[parody|parody]] short film which parodies the [[Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] [[Spider-Man (200 ...ble fifth series of ''Blackadder''. One of these ideas was ''Batadder'', a parody of Batman, where Atkinson would play the title character, and Robinson woul6 KB (975 words) - 23:24, 19 February 2023
- ...eb/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150057457 |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> A man returns to London after bei ...he preceding decade). The film remains fatally undecided whether to go for parody or pastiche, and duly fails as either, with only the on-stage finale (seemi5 KB (735 words) - 12:38, 2 September 2024
- ...n Screaming'' is a parody of the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films, which were also popular at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screen ...a vampire, despite the film never stating her to be. Rather, she is more a parody of [[Morticia Addams|Morticia Addams]].11 KB (1,610 words) - 20:41, 14 February 2023
- | studio = [[Warwick Films]] ...web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150041607 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was based on the 1960 novel of7 KB (951 words) - 22:44, 4 September 2024
- ...[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films, it was an attempt to address the films' declining cinema attendance by transferring the franchise to television. M ...wn as the original films, which - by contrast - are broadcast regularly on British television.14 KB (1,831 words) - 12:20, 14 February 2023
- ...b/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150038179 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://allmov ...said Simpson who wrote the script and was on set every day.<ref name="new">BRITISH FILM SCENE: 'NEW' LION7 KB (1,102 words) - 12:23, 2 September 2024
- ...o known as "'''Sex and Violence'''") is an episode of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''. Mrs. Desiree Carthorse ([[Beryl Reid]], a deliberate parody of [[Mary Whitehouse]])<ref name="TBT">{{cite news|last=Brooke-Taylor|first5 KB (764 words) - 19:52, 7 January 2023
- ...ngland in 1789 during the [[French Revolution|French Revolution]], it is a parody of [[Baroness Orczy|Baroness Orczy]]'s ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel|The Scarle *{{cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up – Four Decades of Saucy Cinema |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Books |10 KB (1,394 words) - 23:54, 13 February 2023