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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| ...ws", ''Prospero'', June 2014, pp.8-9]</ref> After leaving national [[BBC Television]] in 1967,<ref>[http://tvpresenters.thetvroomplus.com/channel-1.html The5 KB (711 words) - 15:59, 14 March 2023
- | language = English ...liament, and probably succumbs), his latest targets are Lord Henry Mayley, television host Sonny MacGregor, writer Flora Ransom, and model Melissa Right. Several6 KB (855 words) - 18:57, 21 August 2024
- {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} | language = English10 KB (1,535 words) - 16:44, 25 April 2023
- ...on before joining the [[w:BBC|BBC]]. He appeared in a variety of radio and television satirical shows and theatre shows, some of which he also directed. ...the founding of independent television, producing shows for [[w:Associated TeleVision|ATV]] in Birmingham.12 KB (1,743 words) - 09:03, 6 February 2023
- {{Infobox television | language = English10 KB (1,397 words) - 16:55, 15 September 2024
- '''Bernard John Manning''' (13 August 1930 – 18 June 2007) was an English comedian and nightclub owner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/c ...sial as attitudes changed, with the result that Manning was rarely seen on television in the last few decades of his career.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url18 KB (2,656 words) - 12:05, 20 February 2023
- ...r of the British Empire|CBE]] (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent, a ...ording commentary for broadcast the following day. He was one of the first journalists to experiment with unconventional outside broadcasts, such as when flying i17 KB (2,516 words) - 15:33, 24 August 2024
- ...ish actor, best known for playing womanising café owner René Artois in the television comedy series ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''. ...had appeared in a radio play directed by [[Alan Ayckbourn]] and also in a television play from Manchester. Ayckbourn suggested that he audition for the [[Octago16 KB (2,321 words) - 14:11, 11 March 2023
- ...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 ...[Phoney War]]", employed as a "Conducting Officer" tasked with supervising journalists who were visiting the front line. In May 1940,<ref name="BBC">[https://www.20 KB (2,914 words) - 09:38, 19 April 2023
- | language = English Other characters include two tabloid journalists who discover the Communist weapons, but are killed; a rear admiral who is o9 KB (1,441 words) - 17:50, 14 February 2023
- ...ts but was prominent in Scottish public life, helping to launch [[Scottish Television]] (STV) and serving as Rector of the [[University of Edinburgh]]. .... He spoke many languages (possibly up to 20) including [[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[Greek langua19 KB (2,878 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
- {{short description|English TV dramatist, screenwriter, journalist}} | occupation = Television playwright, screenwriter, journalist, author, novelist, director41 KB (6,216 words) - 09:11, 17 January 2023
- {{Infobox television '''''Chalk''''' is a [[British television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] set in a [[comprehensive school]] named Galfast34 KB (5,287 words) - 00:09, 19 February 2023
- ...sician|physician]]|[[w:Theatre director|theatre and opera director]]|actor|television presenter|author}} ...English [[w:Theatre director|theatre and opera director]], actor, author, television presenter, humourist and [[w:physician|physician]]. After training in medic38 KB (5,348 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- * Television presenter ...t-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, [[journalist]], comedian and writer.42 KB (5,950 words) - 00:03, 13 February 2023
- {{Infobox television | alt = Front view of large English manor home with large lawn, with text "Waiting for God" superimposed37 KB (5,063 words) - 07:57, 15 August 2024
- ...1996|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the sati ...ushton was the obvious choice to stand. Rushton gained much attention from journalists, since he stood under the slogan "Death to the Tories".<ref>{{cite news |fi34 KB (5,049 words) - 19:26, 4 September 2024
- {{Infobox television | language = English40 KB (6,261 words) - 14:28, 11 March 2023
- ...] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for ''[[The Observer]]''; he also lectured on [[art history]], with [[Category:English humanists]]22 KB (3,201 words) - 23:42, 19 February 2023
- {{Infobox television | country = [[Television in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]46 KB (6,871 words) - 00:25, 5 February 2023