• Peter Ling
  |occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|radio writer|comic strip writer|soap opera creator|novelist|songwriter}} ...tner, [[w:Hazel Adair (screenwriter)|Hazel Adair]], he co-created the soap opera ''[[w:Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''.
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• Myles Rudge
  {{short description|English songwriter and scriptwriter}} ...penter Rudge ''' (8 July 1926 – 10 October 2007) was an [[w:English people|English]] [[w:songwriter|songwriter]], known for writing the lyrics for novelty son
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• Daphne Oxenford
  ...writers |date=2013-01-03 |access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref> was an [[England|English]] [[actress]], known for her early stage roles, and later her [[radio]] and ...22 |title=Daphne Oxenford, voice of Listen With Mother, dies |author=Staff writers |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2013-01-06 |access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>
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• Dick Sharples
  ...with [[w:Gerald Kelsey|Gerald Kelsey]] (one of the ''Joan and Leslie'' co-writers) on the 1961 comedy film ''[[The Golden Rabbit]]'' which starred [[Willough Also in 1990, Sharples published another novel ''Soap in the Afternoon: The Secret Life of Angie St. Clair, Night Nurse Extraordi
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• Bill Waddington
  ...erviceman [[Percy Sugden]] in [[Granada Television]]'s long-running [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Hayward|first=A ...audition for the role of Percy Sugden as it was created for him, with the writers aware of his of comedy roles. In one autobiography Waddington agrees that h
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• The News Huddlines
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• Jo Kendall
  ...964, and for her role as [[Peggy Skilbeck|Peggy Skilbeck]] on the ITV soap opera ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale]]'' (then ''Emmerdale Farm'') from 1972 to 1973, in While teaching English and drama at a state secondary school for girls at [[Cambridge|Cambridge]],
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• Dave King (actor)
  ...Friday]]'' (1980)<ref name="Stevens"/> and Clifford Duckworth in the soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref name="Guardian"/> ...t otherwise had limited success despite [[Mel Brooks]] joining his regular writers [[Sid Green (writer)|Sid Green]] and [[Dick Hills]].<ref name="Leigh"/> On
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• Anna Karen
  ...fs and stage version and [[w:Aunt Sal|Aunt Sal]] in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] soap opera ''[[w:EastEnders|EastEnders]]'' on a recurring basis from 1996 to 2017. She ...{{née}} Harrison). Her Irish father was an accountant while her mother was English.<ref name="Guardian obituary">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv
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• Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)
  ===Going for an English=== One of the best known sketches featured the cast "going out for an English" after a few [[lassi]]s. They continually mispronounce the waiter's name, o
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• The Brittas Empire
  | 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 Menzies
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• You Rang, M'Lord?
  | language = English ...e fact that plots directly continued from episode to episode like a [[soap opera]] as opposed to being largely standalone episodes such as in ''[[Dad's Army
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• Hywel Bennett
  ...ge was [[Welsh language|Welsh]], but he learnt to speak [[English language|English]] in an accent he called "London-Welsh" after the family moved to south Lon ...medy Guide |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> According to Bennett, "the writers had done something pretty amazing. They had created what was almost a monol
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• Arnold Ridley
  ...Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English [[playwright]] and actor, earlier in his career known for writing the play ...e Archers]]'' and the Rev. Guy Atkins in the [[Associated Television|ATV]] soap ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' from the programme's ince
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• The Day Today
  | language = English ...ureau'', set in a 24-hour [[bureau de change]], incorporating clichéd soap opera-style plots, which apparently produces and airs 2,000 episodes between the
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• Lynda Bellingham
  {{short description|English actress, broadcaster, and author (1948–2014)}} ...egraph|The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date= 13 February 2017}}</ref> was an English actress, broadcaster and author. She acted in television series such as ''[
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• Eric Sykes
  ...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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• Arthur Lowe
  {{Short description|English actor}} '''Arthur Lowe''' (22 September 1915&nbsp;– 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His acting career spanned 36 years, including starring roles in nume
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• Carry On (franchise)
  | language = English ...]], and [[Anthony Waye]]. Between 1958 and 1992, the series employed seven writers, most often [[Norman Hudis]] (1958–1962) and [[Talbot Rothwell]] (1963–
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• Paul O'Grady
  ...{{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 ...Steve Wright People Show]]'',{{sfn|Simpson|2008|p=72}} had a cameo in the soap ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' the following month,{{sfnm|1a1=Simp
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