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- ...ord Woodall''' (6 April 1929 – 19 May 1982), was an [[English people|English]] [[news presenter|newsreader]] for the [[British Broadcasting Corporation| [[Category:Mass media people from Hampshire]]5 KB (711 words) - 15:59, 14 March 2023
- {{Use British English|date=April 2013}} *''[[Some People (film)|Some People]]'' (1962)9 KB (1,224 words) - 11:13, 11 January 2023
- ...ames Hardy''' (17 July 1961{{snd}}1 February 2019) was an [[English people|English]] comedian. Born and raised in [[Hampshire]], Hardy studied at the [[Univer ...presented a television documentary about the political background to the [[English Civil War]] as well as an edition of ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' in 1996. He wa21 KB (2,984 words) - 16:38, 8 September 2024
- ...viable entertainment form. In the 1960s he began seeking roles in the mass media, appearing in small roles in films and television. His daughter, Joanna Hut ...e=The Brontë Collection – Bradford Council|url=https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/3997/the-bronte-collection.pdf}}</ref>13 KB (1,978 words) - 22:24, 1 October 2024
- ...n was born in [[w:Aldershot|Aldershot]], Hampshire, England, with [[Romani people|Romany]] blood on his mother's side. He was an accordion player and singer ...eatre]], London, (on the same day as fellow Aldershot entertainer [[Arthur English]]) and turned professional in showbusiness by taking a six-week season. A t10 KB (1,536 words) - 13:27, 22 December 2022
- {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} [[Category:BAFTA winners (people)]]10 KB (1,532 words) - 10:57, 18 January 2023
- | language = English The show's humour was based on [[surrealism|surrealism]] and literary and media [[parody|parodies]], sprinkled with puns.15 KB (2,221 words) - 23:59, 8 February 2023
- | occupation = {{hlist|[[Media proprietor]]|[[impresario]]|[[talent agent]]|[[dancer]]}} ...evision''</ref> 25 December 1906 – 13 December 1998) was a British [[media proprietor]] and [[impresario]]. Originally a dancer, and later a [[talent31 KB (4,437 words) - 11:26, 24 August 2024
- {{Short description|English model, actress, and artist (1943–2020)}} {{Use British English|date=June 2014}}23 KB (3,178 words) - 20:07, 26 December 2022
- ...name]], originally performed by [[Peter Sellers]] (portraying an [[Indian people|Indian]] doctor, Ahmed el Kabir) and [[Sophia Loren]], reprising their char * ''Hindi People'' – parodies [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]'s "[[Common People]]".23 KB (3,340 words) - 17:48, 12 March 2023
- | language = English ...ooks.google.com/books?id=X-MCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76|year=1977|publisher=New York Media, LLC|page=76|issn=0028-7369}}</ref>16 KB (2,424 words) - 15:51, 25 August 2024
- '''''Songs for Swingin' Sellers''''' is the second studio album by the English actor, comedian and singer [[Peter Sellers]]. Released on [[EMI]]'s [[Parlo ..."a kind of accolade, which recognised Parlophone as the label for humorous people".<ref name="womack"/>41 KB (5,936 words) - 22:01, 9 September 2024
- {{short description|English TV dramatist, screenwriter, journalist}} ...ennis Christopher George Potter''' (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television [[dramatist]], screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for41 KB (6,216 words) - 09:11, 17 January 2023
- {{Use British English|date=March 2019}} ...ll forms of [[w:British comedy|British comedy]], across all [[w:Mass media|media]].<ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/about/|title=Abo45 KB (6,507 words) - 10:46, 20 October 2022
- | language = English ...5.359/940/blog_list/|title=Fr Ted creator talks about the time he received mass in a car|work=newstalk.ie|date=12 October 2012|access-date=25 March 2013|ar50 KB (7,172 words) - 00:29, 4 February 2023
- ...w/article/111501 available online]. Retrieved 25 August 2020.</ref> was an English script writer and actor. He devised and co-wrote the [[BBC]] [[British sit ...ston-Bird|first=Corinna|title=Reconstructing the Past: History in the Mass Media 1890–2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bjaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|date33 KB (4,913 words) - 15:32, 24 August 2024
- ...|computer game]], and [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|various other media]]. ...played a character in ''[[The Glittering Prizes]]'' "who took advantage of people and was very trendy", making him suitable for the role of Zaphod, according51 KB (7,829 words) - 11:11, 18 January 2023
- ...Maurice James Christopher Cole'''; 25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995) was an English comedian, radio disc jockey and television presenter. After spells on [[w:p ...>{{cite news|author=Anthony Hayward|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-kenny-everett-1614235.html|title=Obituary: Kenny Everett|work=[[Th41 KB (6,029 words) - 08:58, 6 February 2023
- ...{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|DL}} (14 June 1955 – 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, broadcaster, [[drag queen]], actor, and writer. He achieved notab ...tps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/savage-by-name-why-is-paul-ogrady-so-angry-8219085.html |archive-d110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- | language = English ...story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young [[Jews|Jewish]]-[[Roman people|Roman]] man who is born on the same day as—and next door to—[[Jesus]],85 KB (13,100 words) - 11:21, 14 March 2023