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- [[Category:Fictional French people in television]] [[Category:Fictional bartenders]]314 bytes (34 words) - 19:17, 18 July 2024
- ...s radio station [[BBC Radio 3|Radio 3]], features a satirical profile of a fictional famous person each week.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/31 ...x>[http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/atkinsonpeople.html The Atkinson People], britishcomedy.org.uk</ref> Following the precedent set by ''[[The Hitchhi3 KB (393 words) - 23:48, 8 February 2023
- {{short description|Fictional character created by Blake Edwards}} | nationality = French15 KB (2,316 words) - 12:25, 5 December 2022
- ==Fictional character biography== ...two scatter Albert's ashes in the [[English Channel]], before visiting the French village where Albert had been stationed for a time during the war only to f10 KB (1,690 words) - 17:14, 8 February 2023
- '''Manuel''' is a fictional character from the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'', played by [[Andrew ...gin was changed to Mexico City and the character has a Mexican accent. The French version also gives his nationality as Mexican.8 KB (1,210 words) - 15:20, 19 February 2023
- ...nd Grytpype-Thynne says, "Let that clubbing be a lesson to you, you crutty French schlapper!" ...e#Noun_2 "Charlie"] (meaning a foolish or easily duped person) to refer to people (often Neddie Seagoon). His book of ideas for schemes, alphabetically order6 KB (899 words) - 15:51, 24 January 2023
- ...s The Krankies in episodes of the [[BBC Television|BBC]] comedy series ''[[French and Saunders]]''. Wee Jimmy Krankie often used the [[catchphrase]] exclamat ...te web|url=http://www.frenchandsaunders.com/specials/christmas1999/ |title=French & Saunders – Christmas Special 1999 |publisher=Frenchandsaunders.com |acc12 KB (1,722 words) - 16:07, 25 August 2024
- ...Terry adds that he does not like many local people, in fact "he hates the people next door". Bob eventually narrows it all down to the fact that Terry "can' [[Category:Fictional engineers]]8 KB (1,323 words) - 23:21, 1 January 2023
- '''Mr. Bean''' is a fictional character from the British [[comedy television|comedy]] television programm ...the comedy film ''[[Monsieur Hulot's Holiday]]'', starring and directed by French comedian and director [[Jacques Tati]], as an influence on the character, p8 KB (1,145 words) - 14:03, 25 August 2024
- ...derek.shtml |title = Comedy – Only Fools and Horses – del Boy}}</ref> is a fictional character from the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' and one of ...[Cockney]] (though not an actual Cockney), Del Boy is known for his broken French phrases, which are usually completely out of context, and a variety of Brit20 KB (3,147 words) - 12:54, 18 February 2023
- ...Who]]'' four times. From 2008 to 2010 she appeared as [[Barney Harwood]]’s fictional Aunt Barbara in ''[[Bear Behaving Badly]]'' on [[CBBC]]. In 1965 she had an |1981|| ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' || Baguette || (The French Revolution)5 KB (773 words) - 18:09, 8 January 2023
- ...1936, he and his friend Nobby Clarke ran away to [[Tangier]] to join the [[French Foreign Legion]]; however, they were unsuccessful and ended up becoming [[G [[Category:Fictional World War II veterans]]10 KB (1,635 words) - 16:51, 8 February 2023
- ..., including Downing Street, the Cascara Liberation Front, the White House, French bottled water producers, and Cuban guerrillas take interest in the future o ...'s do it'," said Clement.<ref name="Sellers p 145">Sellers p 145</ref> The fictional island of Cascara, which was the Caribbean island of [[Saint Lucia]], is a15 KB (2,222 words) - 13:50, 28 January 2023
- ...chieving this dream, yet his job frequently requires him to be pleasant to people he despises – something he severely struggles with, referring with contem ...s Lord Melbury (who turned out to be an impostor), Mrs Peignoir (a wealthy French antique dealer) and Major Gowen, an elderly ex-soldier and recurring charac17 KB (2,643 words) - 15:39, 19 February 2023
- ...that these sketches, while mocking an oppressed gay identity, present gay people as cheerful, rather than "indexing unhappy, ashamed identities like those i Another catchphrase often used by both characters was "That's your actual French", although Barry Took acknowledged that [[Peter Cook]] had claimed to be th9 KB (1,438 words) - 15:06, 23 January 2023
- *[[Dawn French]] ...y]] scene. The core members are [[Ade Edmondson|Adrian Edmondson]], [[Dawn French]], [[Rik Mayall]], [[Nigel Planer]], [[Peter Richardson (British director)|20 KB (2,960 words) - 11:06, 10 January 2023
- {{short description|Fictional character from the sitcom Dad's Army}} '''Captain George Mainwaring''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|ər|ɪ|ŋ}}) is a fictional [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] captain, first portrayed by [[Ar26 KB (4,150 words) - 17:13, 2 February 2023
- }}</ref> In 1981, he appeared as the town clerk of the fictional Frambourne Town Council in the pilot episode of ''[[It Sticks Out Half a Mi ...'s Theatre.<ref>Jean Anouilh (trans Michael Frayn), ''Number One'', Samuel French 1984</ref>11 KB (1,644 words) - 17:41, 24 January 2023
- ...a man ([[Terry Jones]]) dressed in a mixture of stereotypical English and French outfits, with a sped-up version of "[[La Marseillaise]]" playing. ...Tour: One For the Road]]'', [[Larry the Cable Guy]], referring to strange people who go to [[Wal-Mart]] in the middle of the night, says that it "turns into19 KB (2,825 words) - 11:27, 26 January 2023
- ...ed to change his name, "Geeves" being reminiscent of [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s fictional [[Jeeves]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> ...4) for TV and played the lead in a comedy, ''[[French Dressing (1964 film)|French Dressing]]'' (1964), the feature debut of [[Ken Russell]]. It was a box off20 KB (2,941 words) - 15:18, 27 December 2022