• Nervo and Knox
  ...immy Nervo''' and '''Teddy Knox''' were part of the original [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Gang]]. They started their stage careers as an [[Acrobatics|ac ...nna Scott who was in the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]]. One of his famous catchphrases, in the portent of unfavourable circumstances or the like, was 'Aye Aye, Ta
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• Educating Archie
  {{Short description|British comedy show}} ...'Educating Archie''''' was a [[w:BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]] comedy show which was broadcast for nearly ten years between June 1950 and Februar
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• Ray's a Laugh
  ...7-6941-1 |language=en}}</ref> and "one of the major hits of post-war radio comedy".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barfe |first=Louis |url=https://books.google.com/bo ...eporter.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Andy |title=Radio comedy 1938-1968: a guide to 30 years of wonderful wireless |last2=Furst |first2=S
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• Norman Vaughan (comedian)
  ...show ''Tell Me Another'' (1976–1979); as a seaside entertainer in the sex comedy ''[[w:Come Play with Me (1977 film)|Come Play with Me]]'' (1977); again as ==Catchphrases==
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• Miss London Ltd.
  ...iss London Ltd.''''' is a 1943 British, [[black-and-white]], [[comedy film|comedy]], [[musical film|musical]], [[war film]], [[film director|directed]] by [[ This musical comedy playing in [[war]]time London, stars [[Arthur Askey]] as Arthur Boden alias
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• The Happidrome (radio)
  '''''The Happidrome''''' was a [[w:BBC radio|BBC radio]] comedy programme produced in Britain between 1941 and 1947. It was produced by [[ ...nd service personnel.<ref name=foster>Andy Foster and Steve Furst, ''Radio Comedy 1938-1968: A Guide to 30 Years of Wonderful Wireless'', Virgin, 1996, {{isb
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• Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister
  ...Minnie Bannister''' are two characters from the 1950s United Kingdom radio comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. Crun and Min were performed by [[Peter Seller ...ften welcome others by repeatedly saying, "Morrrrrning!" Another of Crun's catchphrases was "You can't get the wood, you know&nbsp;...". Minnie's catchphrase is "w
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• Rodney Trotter
  ...cluding "Plonker", "Wally", "Twonk", "Dipstick" and "Tart", became notable catchphrases throughout the series. It is revealed in numerous episodes such as "[[Big B The BBC comedy guide for ''Only Fools and Horses'' clearly states that Rodney's birthday i
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• Hylda Baker
  ...> Her act was full of [[w:malapropisms|malapropisms]] and [[w:catchphrases|catchphrases]] that had become part of her public persona, the most familiar being "She ...This led to her television series, ''Be Soon'' (named after another of her catchphrases), in 1957 and a supporting part in the [[w:sitcom|sitcom]] ''[[Our House (1
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• Ken Platt
  ...where he appeared in a concert party, "The Forest Mummers". His flair for comedy performances eventually won him a transfer to CSE, the [[w:Combined Service ...last links with music hall and variety in Great Britain. Some of his other catchphrases were, 'Ee, I'm as daft as a brush' and introductions to gags with, 'If you
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• Al Read
  ...ally a businessman, he has been described as highly influential on British comedy. ...cCann, "Are you talking to me? How Al Read held up a mirror to Britain", ''Comedy.co.uk'', 29 November 2020]. Retrieved 28 December 2020</ref>
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• Two of a Kind (British TV series)
  '''''Two of a Kind''''' is an early TV series for comedy duo [[Morecambe and Wise]]. It ran from 1961 to 1968 produced by [[Associat ...rmances of "[[This Boy]]" and "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]", along with a comedy skit involving the group, were released on the ''[[Anthology 1]]'' compilat
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• Nearest and Dearest
  ...name="prideofmanchester1">{{cite web |url=http://www.prideofmanchester.com/comedy/hyldabaker.htm |title=Hylda Baker |publisher=Prideofmanchester.com |access- ...|title=Nearest And Dearest – ITV Sitcom – British Comedy Guide |publisher=Comedy.co.uk |access-date=22 June 2014}}</ref> Nellie was played by comedian [[Hyl
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• Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)
  ...aming ''The Fosters'': jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |location=Manchester ...te neighbour (often in response to being called "nig-nog" or "Sambo"). The comedy invariably fixated on the "Blackness" of Bill and Barbie or rather, as Mali
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• Chuckle Brothers
  ...d from [[slapstick]], other [[visual gag]]s, and [[wordplay]], and their [[catchphrases]] included "To me, to you!" and "Oh dear, oh dear!" ...ision careers as a double act, making their debut in April 1979 on the BBC comedy series ''Lennie and Jerry'', hosted by [[Lennie Bennett]] and Jerry Stevens
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• Meet the Wife (TV series)
  | genre = [[w:Situation comedy|Sitcom]] '''''Meet the Wife''''' is a 1960s [[BBC]] [[situation comedy]] written by [[Chesney and Wolfe]], which featured [[Freddie Frinton]] as F
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• The Burkiss Way
  | format = [[Sketch comedy|Sketch comedy]] '''''The Burkiss Way''''' is a [[BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]] sketch [[comedy|comedy]] series, originally broadcast between August 1976 and November 1980. It wa
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• Windsor Davies
  ...20190119">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-38497286|title=Comedy actor Windsor Davies dies|date=19 January 2019|work=BBC News}}</ref> and at ...ream.<ref>{{cite web|title=It Ain't Half Hot Mum|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/itainthalfhotmum/ |access-date=5 August 2011|publisher=BBC }}</ref> Another
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• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
  | format = [[Sketch Comedy]] ...comedy/isirta.htm |title=''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'' on The British Comedy Website |publisher=Britishcomedy.org.uk |access-date=2010-04-12}}</ref> Thi
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• Arthur Askey
  ...quently starred in several [[Gainsborough Pictures|Gainsborough Pictures]] comedy films during the [[Second World War|Second World War]] including ''[[Charle ...er role in the writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/bandwagon.htm |title=Bandwaggon |website=Britishcomedy.org.uk |access-date=
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