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- ...by Sykes, the action unfolds in a style echoing the silent, [[slapstick]] comedy era. [[Category:1982 films]]2 KB (268 words) - 12:05, 2 September 2024
- | caption = British quad poster ....empireonline.com/movies/features/british-sit-coms-became-movies/|title=15 British sitcoms that made it to the big screen|first=Owen|last=Williams|publisher=}4 KB (494 words) - 12:18, 6 February 2023
- | distributor = Regal Films International {{small|(UK)}} ...|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6951bfc6 |title=Operation Snatch (1962) |website=[[BFI]] |ac3 KB (436 words) - 20:25, 16 February 2023
- '''''The Early Bird''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Robert Asher (director)|Robert Asher]] and starring [[ Much of the humour centres on classic slapstick comedy, with Norman encountering various comedic escapades. These include being dr4 KB (490 words) - 17:53, 12 March 2023
- ...designed by [[Peter Proud]].<ref>Wood p.89</ref> The film was made by the British subsidiary of [[Warner Brothers]], made on a considerably higher budget tha Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now [[lost film|lost]], this still survives.3 KB (462 words) - 15:57, 22 September 2024
- ...[[Kitty McShane]], which forms part of the [[Old Mother Riley]] series of films. The film's plot centres on Old Mother Riley standing for election to the H ...is a film that is sure to please anyone who appreciates classic [[British comedy]]."<ref name="britmovie1939"/>5 KB (649 words) - 23:37, 8 February 2023
- | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] ...standing-still-film-1959|title=THE RUNNING JUMPING & STANDING STILL FILM - British Board of Film Classification|website=www.bbfc.co.uk}}</ref>5 KB (685 words) - 16:16, 20 February 2023
- | studio = Knightsbridge Films '''''The Girl on the Boat''''' is a 1962 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Henry Kaplan]] and starring [[Norman Wisdom]], [[Milli4 KB (545 words) - 17:05, 25 April 2023
- | studio = Forth Films | distributor = [[Associated British-Pathé]] (UK)5 KB (705 words) - 08:04, 24 September 2024
- | starring = [[Charlie Drake]]<br>[[George Baker (British actor)|George Baker]]<br>[[Annette Andre]]<br>[[John Le Mesurier]]<br>[[Der | studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]] (ABPC)4 KB (621 words) - 20:16, 8 February 2023
- | distributor = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]] '''''Bottoms Up''''' is a 1960 British comedy film.5 KB (627 words) - 11:00, 20 February 2023
- | studio = [[ABC Films]]<br>Bridge Films ...b/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150017434 |access-date=12 February 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> The film opened in London but was5 KB (629 words) - 18:35, 10 September 2024
- '''''The Plank''''' is a 30-minute, British [[slapstick]] [[comedy film]] for [[television]] from 1979, which was written and directed by [[Er ...d "Sykes and a Plank", which Eric Sykes had written for his BBC television comedy series, ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' in 1964. This 1979 television version won th4 KB (621 words) - 12:26, 2 September 2024
- | studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios '''''Postman's Knock''''' is a 1962 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[w:Robert Lynn (director)|Robert Lynn]] starring [[Spik5 KB (695 words) - 08:52, 3 February 2023
- ...House Paradiso''''' is a 1999 British [[slapstick film|slapstick]] [[black comedy]] film written by and starring comic duo [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Ade Edmondson The film is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of their [[BBC]] comedy television series ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]'' (in some territories, t7 KB (1,038 words) - 09:02, 15 February 2023
- | distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion]] '''''The Night We Got the Bird''''' is a 1961 British [[comedy film]] and a follow up to the 1959 film ''[[The Night We Dropped a Clanger]5 KB (754 words) - 19:56, 10 February 2023
- ...[Jon Penington]]. The story was based on an episode of Eric Sykes' [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Sykes and a...]]'' from 1964, called "Sykes and a Plank". ...the "man with a plank" slapstick routine seen in [[vaudeville]] and silent films, and adding new ones. For instance, at one point the plank is tied to the t7 KB (1,019 words) - 15:20, 20 February 2023
- '''''Man of the Moment''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] starring [[Norman Wisdom]], [[Belinda Lee]], [[Lana Morris]] and [[J ...e clerk in the (fictional) British Ministry of Overseas Affairs, becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference in [[Geneva]], as there is no one else7 KB (1,005 words) - 16:49, 12 April 2023
- ...one It?''''' is a 1956 British slapstick black and white [[Ealing Comedies|comedy crime film]] directed by [[Basil Dearden]] and starring [[Benny Hill]], [[B ...February 1956|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|work=Variety|title=Keep British Flavour|url=https://archive.org/details/variety201-1956-02/page/n289/mode/16 KB (961 words) - 17:59, 10 March 2023
- | studio = [[British National Films]] ...other Riley in Society''''' is a low budget 1940 black and white British [[comedy film]], directed by [[John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]], and starring [[6 KB (834 words) - 23:32, 8 February 2023