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  • ...tributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] Corporation (United Kingdom)<br>Oxford Films (United States) ...period entertainment, with particularly likeable performances from British veterans Gordon Harker and Betty Balfour as the parents."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://
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  • | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] ...-notes which are handed out, Hyde asks their opinion of the novel which is about a robbery. They show little enthusiasm but Hyde then reveals each person's
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  • ...ame significantly younger (though dialogue referring to them as theatrical veterans remained). Their agent, a German-accented character called Wolfstein in the [[Category:1955 films]]
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  • ...ut with only a few yards to go, Genevieve breaks down. As Ambrose's car is about to overtake it, its tyres become stuck in tramlines (London's tram network ...ian">{{harvnb|MacFarlane|1997|p=538}}</ref> Sheridan was offered two other films around the same time (''Grand National Night'' and ''Street Corner'') and a
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  • ...m, and informs Mainwaring that he's off to the 42nd annual reunion for the veterans of the [[Battle of Omdurman]]. He gives Mainwaring and Wilson a gory accoun ...ring quickly organises the [[parade]], and Frazer announces his suspicions about their relationship.
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  • ...ce corporal]] and veteran of the [[British Empire]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army|first=Jeffrey|las ...d of [[bayonet]] warfare ("the cold steel"), and usually meets any queries about this with the assertion that "they don't like it up 'em!", a phrase which w
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  • ...ight Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]" and for his appearances in comedy films including ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) and the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|C ...Tom Campbell]], a [[companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] to [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]]. 41 years later, he began appearing in [[Doctor Who|the revival
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  • ...Shakespeare]], [[Romanticism|Romanticist]] poetry, and [[Charlie Chaplin]] films. ...that the earlier colonial battles produced wildly unrealistic expectations about future conflict. Characteristically reluctant to meet his end in the mud of
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  • ...the only time I've ever been depressed about my work and thought seriously about giving it all up, was just after I played Hamlet. I didn't like it at all a ...In early Porridge's Richard tried to do a Birmingham accent but he gave up about three weeks in.|isbn=0-450-50813-7|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|year=1988|p
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  • ...was hosted by [[Angus Deayton]], who was sacked following several scandals about his private life in national newspapers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.b ...r 2021: Ian Hislop & Jimmy Mulville on ''Have I Got News For You'' with TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman.</ref> The team captains, ''[[Private Eye]]''
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