• Les Dawson
  '''Leslie Dawson Jr.''' (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his [[w: ...f his love for [[w:canonical|canonical]] figures in [[w:English literature|English literature]], in particular the 19th-century essayist [[w:Charles Lamb (wri
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• Bryan Forbes
  ...|b|z}}; born '''John Theobald Clarke'''; 22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as ...e same name]].<ref name=bbc /> The thriller about the backlash against the Women's Liberation Movement in the U.S., in which Newman had a supporting role, w
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• Are You Being Served? (film)
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• Fanny Cradock
  ...uary 1909 – 27 December 1994), better known as '''Fanny Cradock''', was an English [[w:restaurant critic|restaurant critic]], television chef and writer.<ref> ...bition and making many "infomercials," instructing cooks, usually newlywed women, on how to use gas cookers for basic dishes.<ref>Archived at [https://ghost
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• Kryten
  ...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 ...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
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• Terry Jones
  After graduating from [[Oxford University]] with a degree in English, Jones and writing partner [[Michael Palin]] wrote and performed for severa ...e interested in the medieval period through reading Chaucer as part of his English degree.<ref>{{cite web|first=Todd|last=Leopold|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2
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• Alfie (1966 film)
  | language = English ...riorities. He cheats on numerous women, and despite his confidence towards women, he treats them with disrespect and refers to them as "it", using them for
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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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• Dennis Potter
  {{short description|English TV dramatist, screenwriter, journalist}} ...ennis Christopher George Potter''' (17 May 1935&nbsp;– 7 June 1994) was an English television [[dramatist]], screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for
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• Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
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• Sid James
  ...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 own ...divorced in 1940, mainly as a result of his many relationships with other women.
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• Donald Sinden
  ...s wife Mabel Agnes (''née'' Fuller), he had an elder sister Joy who was an English teacher at Claverham Community College in Battle, East Sussex, and a younge ....news-article44803823|title=New deal for star. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |date=4 April 1956 |access-date=10 July 2012 |page=52 |via=Natio
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• High & Dry (1987 TV series)
  | language = English ...C Television broadcast in 1985 under the title ''Walking the Planks'', the writers took the concept to the ITV company. Only one series was made.
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• The Abominable Dr. Phibes
  | language = English The film began as a script by writers James Whiton and William Goldstein. Studio [[American International Picture
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• David Frost
  ...e hosted the weekly programme ''[[Frost Over the World]]'' on [[Al Jazeera English]], and the weekly programme ''The Frost Interview'' from 2012. He received ...ille and Caius College, Cambridge]], from 1958, graduating with a Third in English.<ref>J. Hughes-Onslow, "Sir David Frost", ''[[The Oldie]]'', May 2014, p. 8
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• And Now for Something Completely Different
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• The IT Crowd
  | language = English ...s, he can be arrogant. Moss overcomes his lack of confidence while wearing women's slacks (a tip given to him by Douglas Reynom) but he can't wear them all
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• List of Blackadder characters
  ...urn it into something valuable. He is shown to have a terrible record with women; whilst the occasional girlfriend is mentioned, he is more often seen using ...Melchett. The character was originally conceived as "Captain Cartwright"; writers [[Ben Elton]] and [[Richard Curtis]] were simply unable to think of a more
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• Hancock's Half Hour
  | language = [[English language|English]] ...episode "The East Cheam Drama Festival" from the fifth series, showed that writers Galton and Simpson were in touch with developments in the British theatre,
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• Dame Edna Everage
  ...s her "entrepreneur" or manager. Humphries and his staff of assistants and writers only refer to Edna as "she" and "her", never mixing the character with Hump ...autobiography" (written by Humphries but credited to Edna herself), on its non-fiction list.<ref>{{Harvnb|Lahr|1992|p=5}}</ref> Humphries has also written an "Una
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