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- ...e Goodies are awarded [[OBE]]s at a spectacularly waterlogged royal garden party. To distract the nation from the appalling state of the economy, the Goodie ...an [[Kenny Everett]] in a cameo as one of the candidates), but is won by a party advocating no enjoyment whatsoever, populated by shop window dummies. With10 KB (1,445 words) - 22:46, 13 March 2023
- ...ve-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120426082521/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-20.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 April 2012 |work ...ctor]], and Catherine (Hay) Jay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Joi9oMhmXK03KeBPbLGj4Q&scan=1|title=Index entry|acc9 KB (1,213 words) - 11:59, 24 August 2024
- ...">{{cite web |title=Non-County Boroughs |url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3953 |website=Elections Centre |access-date=24 July 2019 |date=9 M ...hive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512044358/http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/nora-kathy-staff-86081-67682/ |a9 KB (1,251 words) - 17:31, 26 December 2022
- ...uaries/8542815/Janet-Brown.html|title=Janet Brown|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Brown was the wife of [[Peter Butterworth]], who was best known for ...ributes paid to Rutherglen Bond girl Janet |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/tributes-paid-rutherglen-bond-girl-2568086 |access-date=2028 KB (1,164 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2023
- ...islikes Jerry, George's best friend and odd-job man who is usually conning people. ...in of Jeffrey. Jeffrey supports the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and is head of the Parent Teacher Association at Tristram's school. Jeffr6 KB (1,066 words) - 15:44, 3 January 2023
- | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], [[UK]] Aimi MacDonald's [[Scottish people|Scottish]] father was a [[Doctor (title)|doctor]]. Her mother was English.8 KB (1,270 words) - 00:00, 27 January 2023
- ...and was a staunch supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], although he didn't support one-time leader [[Margaret Thatcher]], becaus ...l]] team [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1966/tv3.shtml BBC - Cult - I Love Til Death Us Do Part]</12 KB (1,999 words) - 23:24, 23 February 2023
- | released = 1986 [[UK]]<br />1988 [[US]] ...tead. He then takes up a new policy of [[crucifixion|crucifying]] disloyal party members in [[Wembley Stadium (1924)|Wembley Stadium]].9 KB (1,441 words) - 17:50, 14 February 2023
- ...ntaghost]]''.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4052519.stm |title=Obituary: Molly Weir |date=29 Novembe ...d |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109215457/http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/specialcollections/collectionsa-z/scottishtheatrearchive/stacollec9 KB (1,227 words) - 17:19, 19 December 2022
- ...nea Pig Club|Guinea Pig Club]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/357783/Military-advances-How-warfare-has-led-to-healthcar He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1958 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn14 KB (2,083 words) - 00:22, 19 February 2023
- ...ve-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/speight-of-the-nation-1169000.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |u ...screenonline.org.uk/people/id/465520/index.html Profile], screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2014.</ref>10 KB (1,418 words) - 12:33, 18 February 2023
- ...se career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-ottaway-1104743.html Ottaway's obituary] ...f William Henry Ottaway, an enthusiastic amateur actor with the St Pancras People's Theatre and the Superintendent of the School of Handicrafts for Poor Boys10 KB (1,589 words) - 13:02, 14 January 2023
- ...=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311235854/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6003ba |url-status=live }}</ref> was an Anglo-Indian actor. He was b ...ss2013">{{cite news|last=Furness|first=Hannah|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10321781/Banning-It-Aint-Half-Hot-Mum-from-TV-is-a-shame13 KB (1,738 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
- ...early 1990s satirising the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government of the period. It was written by [[Laurence Marks (British wri B'Stard was a selfish, greedy, dishonest, lecherous, ultra-right-wing Conservative [[backbencher]] who occasionally resorted to murder to fulfil his ambitions22 KB (3,422 words) - 14:05, 25 August 2024
- ...e=11 July 2012 |title=Richard Wattis | BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> ...874–1941), was the managing director and was the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Walsall]] from 1924 to 1929.13 KB (2,018 words) - 23:25, 17 February 2023
- ...[RADA]].<ref name="Telegraph obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1466351/John-Barron.html|title=John Barron |author=staff|wo ...en at Dinner]]'' (1985).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f136d8e|title=John Barron}}</ref> During his career, he also appeared14 KB (2,076 words) - 00:08, 19 February 2023
- ...tch in a ''[[Radio Times]]'' poll.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4052641.stm |title=Python Dead Parrot is to ...ar Salesman" sketch that Palin and Chapman had done in ''[[How to Irritate People]]''. In it, Palin played a [[car salesman]] who repeatedly refused to admit21 KB (3,318 words) - 10:43, 26 January 2023
- ...= ''[[w:Double Your Money|Double Your Money]]<br />[[w:Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' | party =19 KB (2,899 words) - 14:38, 27 December 2022
- ...episodes between 1968 and 1977.<ref name="Tel o">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9662584/Clive-Dunn.h ...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065225/http://www.qrh.org.uk/history4a.htm|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>21 KB (3,138 words) - 00:26, 5 February 2023
- ...d the Cochrans a more affluent, [[middle-class]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] couple from [[Henley-on-Thames]] in [[Oxfordshire]]. The character of Dav ...the first episode of Series 3 was set with the characters back home in the UK, it subsequently returns to Spain.21 KB (3,093 words) - 12:49, 14 December 2022