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  • ...pisodes were written by [[John Kane (writer)|John Kane]], with seven other writers also contributing some episodes. ...however, were unwilling to end a popular show, and so brought in fresh new writers. Legal complications meant that the name and setting had to change, and so
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  • ...ntly wrote for and performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including [[Tony Hancock]], [[Spike Milligan]], [[Tommy Coop ...ing nor the script has survived. Sykes and Milligan are credited as the co-writers of all but the first six of the 26 episodes in Series 5 (1954–55)<ref>{{c
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  • ...Sacks' immersion in, and writing/publishing a book about Deaf Culture and deaf people entitled ''[[Seeing Voices]].'' Miller then wrote and presented the ...| title=Darwin for Beginners | isbn=0-375-71458-8 | year=1982 | publisher=Writers and Readers Comic Book/2003 Pantheon Books (USA)| title-link=Darwin for Beg
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  • | writers = {{Plainlist| **The 1,500m for the Deaf. They don't move because they can't hear the starting gun.
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  • ...aracter was one of the most appreciated in Hay's act, a dim-witted, nearly deaf old man who is still in school because he's so backward.<ref name="bbc1976" ...due to his film ''[[Hey! Hey! USA]]'' being somewhat unsuccessful that the writers and producers successfully talked him into bringing Moffatt and Marriott ba
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  • ...access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> A 2017 poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine r ...Fiona and her brother, Tom; Gareth and his partner Matthew; and Charles's deaf brother, David, endure the festivities. At the reception, Charles is attrac
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  • .... Grogan]] as Niamh Connelly, Alan Shortt as Interviewer, Maggie Conway as Deaf Singer, [[Dermot Crowley]] as Father Liam Deliverance, Eddie Bannon, Joe Ga ...avourite episode. "[[Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse]]" is named as the writers' favourite episode.
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  • ''Best of Friends'' (ITV, 1963) had essentially the same writers and production team as ''Our House''. Hawtrey again acted alongside Hylda B ...Let It Be]]'' album. John says: "I Dig a Pygmy, by Charles Hawtrey and The Deaf-Aids. Phase one, in which Doris gets her oats.”
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  • ...d Higson, as co-producers and main writers, assembled the original team of writers and performers, which included [[David Cummings (musician)|David Cummings]] * '''Chip Cobb''' (Thomson), the deaf stuntman, a TV and film stuntman who, because of his hearing problems, alwa
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  • ...Hilton, [[Clive Exton]], Raymond/Charles Dyer and [[Philip Levene]]. Other writers of note who worked for Rix on television included [[Christopher Bond]], [[J ...Health Award (1988), [[Action on Hearing Loss|Royal National Institute for Deaf People]] Campaigner of the Year Award (1990), ''[[The Spectator]]'' Campaig
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  • ...0|agency=BBC}}</ref> [[Rik Mayall]], [[Ben Elton]] and [[Lise Mayer]], the writers behind ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'', which also ran fo ...rtSummary = The arrival of the "guest from hell" — Mrs. Richards, a rather deaf, dotty and bad-tempered woman — interferes with Basil's attempts to preve
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  • ...ferent British radio and television comedy shows from 1964 to 1969 as both writers and on-screen roles. The six began to collaborate on ideas together, blendi ...d page 'Patsy' and the bridgekeeper at the Bridge of Death as well as the 'deaf and mad' jailer in ''Life of Brian''. It has also been claimed that he was
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