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  • [[Category:Television characters introduced in 1982]] [[Category:Fictional French people in television]]
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  • ...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 ...adopter of [[stereophonic sound]]; it was recorded in 1978, and broadcast in 1979. The series has been repeated on [[BBC Radio 7]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.
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  • | caption = Rowan Atkinson portraying Mr. Bean in 1997 ...rtis]], portrayed by Atkinson, and made his first appearance on television in [[List of Mr. Bean episodes|the pilot episode]], which first aired on 1 Jan
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  • ...as "Wee Jimmy Krankie" (looking at camera) and Ian Tough at a public event in the 1980s. | occupation = Television presenters, <br />comedians, singers
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  • ...Guardian|date=14 January 2018}}</ref> was an English comedy actress whose television career spanned 60 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/n ...s in weekly [[Repertory theatre|repertory]] in [[Ryde]], [[Isle of Wight]] in the summer season of 1962, aged 25.<ref name=":1" />
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  • ...ared for a small sketch with [[John Cleese]] in ''[[We Are Most Amused]]'' in November 2008. ...]], explaining things from his point of view, when the series was released in audio format. The first two episodes released did not feature him at all, a
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  • ...]] (the character's brother) due to the sudden death of [[Lennard Pearce]] in 1984. ==Fictional character biography==
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  • {{short description|Fictional character created by Blake Edwards}} | nationality = French
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  • | caption = Terry Collier in [[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?]] | occupation = Electrician (by trade), corporal in the British Army, car washer, hospital porter, fork lift driver, taxi drive
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  • ...acter is grandfather to [[Del Boy]] and [[Rodney Trotter]]. Pearce's death in December 1984 was written into the series with the death of Grandad. His pl The character was portrayed by [[Phil Daniels]] in the prequel series ''[[Rock & Chips]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.b
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  • | last = "[[Beckham in Peckham]]" <br> {{End date|2014|03|14|df=y}} ...television, and is regarded as an iconic character in [[British culture]]. In a 2001 poll conducted by [[Channel 4]] Del Boy was ranked fourth on their l
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  • ...rds=John%20Cleese |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=BAFTA.org}}</ref> In a 2001 poll conducted by [[Channel 4]], Basil was ranked second on their li ...s Hotel]] in [[Torquay]], England) along with the rest of [[Monty Python]] in May 1970.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fawlty hotelier was bonkers, says waitress
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  • ...the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate in September 1946, playing Hansell in ''Tangent''. ...irst appeared in the West End in ''Family Portrait'' at the Strand Theatre in February 1948. Among his many subsequent appearances were ''[[Cry Liberty]]
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  • *[[Dawn French]] ...y]] scene. The core members are [[Ade Edmondson|Adrian Edmondson]], [[Dawn French]], [[Rik Mayall]], [[Nigel Planer]], [[Peter Richardson (British director)|
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  • ...ays Baxter Thwaites, a Governor who has 'gone native' (similar to his role in ''[[The Honorary Consul (film)|The Honorary Consul]]''), and [[Billy Connol ...House, French bottled water producers, and Cuban guerrillas take interest in the future of the island and threaten to destroy the cosy way of life enjoy
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  • | television = ''[[Odd Man Out (British TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''<br>''[[Are You Bein ...between 1972 and 1985, and was the only actor from that series to feature in the [[Are You Being Served? (Australian TV series)|Australian Version]].
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  • ...r. He is best known for his role as [[Henry Hook (VC)|Private Henry Hook]] in ''[[Zulu (1964 film)|Zulu]].'' ...e="ind">Obituary: JAMES BOOTH ; Leading actor of the 1960s who specialised in playing cheerful cockneys: [First Edition]
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  • [[File:Ministry of Silly Walks.jpg|thumb|John Cleese as a civil servant in the halls of the Ministry]] ...y of Silly Walks'''" is a sketch from the [[Monty Python]] comedy troupe's television show ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', series 2, episode 1, which is en
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  • ...Father, Dear Father]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1396912/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Cargill, Patrick (1918–1996 ...yal Military Academy]] at Sandhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the [[British Indian Army|British Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https:/
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  • {{short description|Fictional character from the sitcom Dad's Army}} ...y [[Arthur Lowe]] in the [[BBC]] television [[sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]''. In the [[Dad's Army (2016 film)|
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