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- ....blogspot.com/2008/07/eagle-writers-charles-chilton-1917.html |title=Eagle Writers – Charles Chilton (1917 – ) |date=30 July 2008 |work=eagle-times.blogsp Major international recognition came with his science-fiction trilogy ''Journey into Space'', which he wrote and produced between 1953 an13 KB (1,769 words) - 19:29, 1 January 2023
- | language = English ...Comedy.org.uk |accessdate=2009-07-19}}</ref> The show was a dark [[science fiction]] [[comedy]], focusing on the end of the [[human]] race on [[Earth]].<ref n8 KB (1,126 words) - 20:14, 16 August 2024
- {{short description|English actor and director}} ...Film Productions|Hammer]], for whom he directed 14 films, and [[w:science fiction film]|]s. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 193016 KB (2,505 words) - 14:22, 24 December 2022
- | language = English | genre = [[Comic science fiction]]13 KB (2,096 words) - 08:01, 29 March 2023
- * Science fiction | language = English19 KB (2,594 words) - 17:23, 26 February 2023
- ...Bye]]. It was the first episode to involve a writer other than co-creator/writers [[Rob Grant|Grant]] or Naylor. ...Doug Naylor. To help him with the writing duties he hired a small group of writers. Paul Alexander, a [[Jasper Carrott]] writing regular, was the first one to9 KB (1,388 words) - 08:39, 20 February 2023
- | language = English '''''Blackadder: Back & Forth''''' is a 1999 [[science fiction comedy]] [[short film]] based on the [[BBC]] [[historical drama|period]] [[15 KB (2,229 words) - 14:20, 11 March 2023
- ...nk=Red Dwarf |first=Rob |last=Grant |author-link=w:Rob Grant |first2=Doug (writers) |last2=Naylor |author-link2=w:Doug Naylor |first3=Ed (director) |last3=Bye ...ies-no=II |number=1 }}</ref> This episode also marks a 'first' in science-fiction history in which an android deliberately gives a human being the '[[w:The f34 KB (5,346 words) - 12:48, 16 January 2023
- | language = English ...ura' left the show after series five, at the same time as the creators and writers. She is replaced in series six by the character 'Penny' (Anouschka Menzies20 KB (2,948 words) - 11:07, 17 August 2024
- | alma_mater = [[w:University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology|Manchester Technical College]] ...ctor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but23 KB (3,363 words) - 11:29, 23 December 2022
- {{short description|English comedian}} | nationality = English21 KB (3,155 words) - 12:27, 12 December 2022
- ...nals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRAS}} (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a [[schoolmaster]] sketch that later transf ...due to his film ''[[Hey! Hey! USA]]'' being somewhat unsuccessful that the writers and producers successfully talked him into bringing Moffatt and Marriott ba33 KB (5,042 words) - 22:47, 18 March 2023
- '''''The Best of Sellers''''' is the first studio album by the English actor, comedian and singer [[Peter Sellers]]. Released as a 10-inch LP on [ ...Parlophone's ''Jakka and the Flying Saucers'', a [[science fiction|science fiction]] play for children written by lyricist Ken Hare and composer [[Ron Goodwin24 KB (3,607 words) - 22:27, 18 July 2024
- '''Sean Lock''' (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021){{efn |name="date"}} was an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a [[Stand-up comedy|stand ...ph obit" /> In 1981, he left education with a grade E in [[English studies|English]] [[A-Level]].<ref name="Telegraph obit" /><ref name="Times obit" /> Afterw44 KB (5,947 words) - 13:45, 19 March 2023
- | genre = [[Science fiction]], [[comedy]], [[satire]] '''Douglas Noel Adams''' (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, screenwriter, essayist, humourist, satirist and dramatist. Adams wa69 KB (10,003 words) - 07:50, 30 March 2023
- ...n New York]]'', a non-comic supporting role as a journalist in the science-fiction film ''[[w:Quatermass 2|Quatermass 2]]'', and he performed in ''[[w:Hell Dr ...Having seen him in ''The Lavender Hill Mob'', it was the idea of Hancock's writers, [[Galton and Simpson]], to cast James. He played a character with his own22 KB (3,489 words) - 12:01, 6 February 2023
- *[[Science fiction]]}} | language = English143 KB (20,021 words) - 07:59, 9 August 2024
- ...er described him as "looking so geeky, he couldn't even get into a science fiction convention", Ace later being unable to even mercy-kill Duane in order to de ...arf)|The Cat]] and [[Holly (Red Dwarf)|Holly]] from a [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universe]] in the episode "[[Parallel Universe (Red Dwarf)|Parall54 KB (8,653 words) - 19:58, 24 August 2024
- ...ef> – 20 May 1996), known professionally as '''Jon Pertwee''', was an English actor, comedian, entertainer, cabaret performer and TV presenter. Born into ...of [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the long-running British science fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1970–1974), hosted the game show ''[[Whodunnit42 KB (6,389 words) - 22:59, 10 September 2024
- ..., Garden was studying medicine and Oddie was studying [[English literature|English]]. Their contemporaries included [[Graham Chapman]], [[John Cleese]] and [[ ...odes. The famous "[[Four Yorkshiremen]]" sketch was co-written by the four writers/performers of the series – Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman40 KB (5,949 words) - 11:58, 24 August 2024