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- | distributor = [[Wardour Films]] ...layed an uncredited role in the film, later became a famous foil to Hay in films later on alongside [[Graham Moffatt]], it was during the film of Dandy Dick2 KB (307 words) - 00:07, 9 February 2023
- | distributor = [[w:British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion]] ...later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors, as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house.3 KB (396 words) - 20:12, 8 February 2023
- | distributor = [[Eros Films]] '''''And the Same to You''''' is a 1960 British [[boxing]]-themed [[comedy film]] directed by [[George Pollock (director)|George Pollock]] and starrin4 KB (530 words) - 12:14, 6 February 2023
- | distributor = [[British Lion Films|British Lion]] ...an Ferry Ann (1965)|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/films/san-ferry-ann|title=San Ferry Ann|publisher=}}</ref> Wordlessly, with sound4 KB (521 words) - 22:49, 15 March 2023
- '''''Futtocks End''''' is a British comedy [[w:film|film]] released in 1970, directed by [[w:Bob Kellett|Bob Kellett]] ...an inspiration for ''Futtocks End''), and ''Vive le Sport''. All of these films are remastered in 2k from their original film elements.4 KB (626 words) - 08:50, 3 February 2023
- '''''Jumping for Joy''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Frankie Howerd]] ...minals who want to fix the race by [[Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport|doping]] dogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/385537 KB (1,034 words) - 17:57, 24 January 2023
- ...etch in 2005). Three more specials aired from 2011 to 2012 (plus a short [[Sport Relief]] sketch).<ref name="Specials">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/abfab/vault/specials/storyofabfab.shtml8 KB (1,087 words) - 00:08, 19 February 2023
- Throughout film, television, and radio, '''British comedy''' has become known for its consistently peculiar characters, plots, and se ...cal cartoons." |source=—[[Punch and Judy]] showman Glyn Edwards.<ref name="British seaside">{{cite news|title=Punch and Judy around the world|url=https://www.12 KB (1,929 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- ...Corporation|Associated British Picture Corporation]] (ABPC)<br />Guardsman Films<ref name="Brooke" /> '''''School for Scoundrels''''' is a 1960 British [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Robert Hamer|Robert Hamer]] (and an uncredited [[Cyril13 KB (1,936 words) - 14:56, 11 February 2023
- '''''Simon and Laura''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Muriel Box]] and starring [[Peter Finch]] and [[Kay Ke ...th settings designed by Alan Tagg.<ref>Alan Melville, ''Simon and Laura: A Comedy'', French's Acting Edition no 432, Samuel French Ltd 1955</ref>12 KB (1,658 words) - 09:11, 7 February 2023
- {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} ...irector]]. He initially worked in [[silent films]] and [[Edwardian musical comedy]] and became a popular [[music hall]] comedian who enjoyed a long stage car19 KB (2,834 words) - 20:01, 16 August 2024
- ...rtraying pompous authority figures in comedies including each of the seven films in the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series. He also co-starred with ...y of the [[British Ice Hockey Association]] in the early 1930s<ref>''Motor Sport'', December 1933, Page 57.</ref> and managed the [[Great Britain national i19 KB (2,878 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
- {{Short description|British character actor, writer and professional wrestler}} ...r]] before commencing an acting career which included films, many roles on British television and work on the stage. His film appearances include ''[[w:Kes (f16 KB (2,354 words) - 23:49, 13 January 2023
- ...best known for playing womanising café owner René Artois in the television comedy series ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''. ...re mill drama ''[[Champion House]]'' (1968) and played small roles in such films as ''[[The Party's Over (1965 film)|The Party's Over]]'' (1965), starring [16 KB (2,321 words) - 14:11, 11 March 2023
- | format = Comedy sketches ...oadcast on television - on the ITV network - in 1976. The format was short comedy sketches, often as short as one line, with occasional longer sketches.23 KB (3,162 words) - 09:50, 26 January 2023
- ...r the [[Perrier Comedy Award]]. He was a team captain on the [[Channel 4]] comedy panel show ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]'' from 2005 to 2015, and on ''[[8 Out of ...chive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821005519/https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/sean_lock_person_page.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web44 KB (5,947 words) - 13:45, 19 March 2023
- ...lms. He worked up to his death, with his last television appearance in the comedy ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the House]]'' in 1970.<ref>{{ * ''[[High Treason (1929 British film)|High Treason]]'' (1929) - Peace League Commissionaire (uncredited)15 KB (2,259 words) - 09:07, 2 February 2023
- ...o Ronnies]]''. He achieved prominence in [[David Frost]]'s 1960s satirical comedy programme ''[[The Frost Report]]'' (with Barker) and subsequently starred i ...eir own show by the BBC five years later. ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' ran as a comedy sketch show from 1971 to 1987, and became Corbett and Barker's most famous30 KB (4,195 words) - 15:14, 23 December 2022
- The English comedy [[double act]] of [[Eric Morecambe]] and [[Ernie Wise]] made their first ap ...ise, Ernie (1925–1999) |author=Oliver, John |website=BFI Online |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=5 January 2019 }}</ref> Following this, they we32 KB (4,000 words) - 16:55, 13 April 2023
- | honorific_suffix={{postnominal|country=GBR|size=100%|list=[[w:Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} ...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 Show|the Goons]]. His21 KB (3,155 words) - 12:27, 12 December 2022
