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- ...through the village, with most of the village placed in the independent [[Irish Free State]], but with a significant portion to [[Northern Ireland]]. An abridged [[audiobook]] version, read by the author, was released on LP and cassette.3 KB (492 words) - 23:10, 6 February 2023
- | based_on = {{Based on|''The Last Hours of Sandra Lee'' (novel)|[[William Sansom]]}} ...tributor = [[Bryanston Films (UK)|Bryanston Films]]<br />[[British Lion Films]]5 KB (652 words) - 20:35, 11 February 2023
- | image = The Mouse on the Moon poster.jpg | studio = Walter Shenson Films7 KB (1,057 words) - 22:46, 16 February 2023
- | based_on = {{based on|The Hand and the Flower|[[w:Jerrard Tickell|Jerrard Tickell]]}} ...trip]] to [[w:Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne-sur-Mer]] in [[w:France|France]]. On the eve of their visit to France, the members of the Hand & Flower pub dart7 KB (1,097 words) - 23:33, 3 February 2023
- | based_on = {{based on|''[[The League of Gentlemen (novel)|The League of Gentlemen]]''|[[John Bola | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]12 KB (1,832 words) - 11:31, 9 March 2023
- ...The Mouse That Roared]]'' (1955).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b0dc0d2|title=The Mouse That Roared (1959)|publisher=}}</re ...nt Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) devises a plan: Grand Fenwick will declare war on the United States, then surrender, taking advantage of American largesse to12 KB (1,800 words) - 10:47, 25 August 2024
- ...964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League o ...une 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2013</ref> [[Lionel Gamlin]] of the BBC took him on as the host of ''Junior [[The Brains Trust|Brains Trust]]'', and invented C26 KB (3,780 words) - 23:00, 19 February 2023
- The series focused on the inter-generational conflict of father and son. Albert Steptoe, a "dirty ...Institute]]. In a 2001 [[Channel 4|Channel 4]] poll Albert was ranked 39th on their list of the [[100 Greatest (TV series)|100 Greatest TV Characters]].30 KB (4,523 words) - 14:13, 25 February 2023
- | based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Commitments (novel)|The Commitments]]''|Roddy Doyle}} ...ass kids of Dublin to power his movie 'The Commitments,' about a fictional Irish band |work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=11 August 1991|url= http://articles.76 KB (10,631 words) - 10:17, 12 April 2023
- | based_on = {{based on|''[[Whisky Galore (novel)|Whisky Galore]]''|Compton Mackenzie}} ...Galore (novel)|Whisky Galore]]'', and [[Angus MacPhail]]. The story—based on a true event—concerns a shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island, the in41 KB (6,203 words) - 17:04, 25 April 2023
- | death_place = [[Ross-on-Wye]], [[Herefordshire]], England ...lls]]'' (1979)<br />''[[The Singing Detective]]'' (1986)<br />''[[Lipstick On Your Collar]]'' (1993)41 KB (6,216 words) - 09:11, 17 January 2023
- | citizenship = British (1918–1962)<br/> Irish (1962–2002) ...” after hearing the band [[Spike Jones|Spike Jones and his City Slickers]] on [[Radio Luxembourg]].59 KB (9,117 words) - 22:45, 2 October 2024
- | based_on = {{Based on|an idea|Bill Moffat}} ...& Television for [[Central Independent Television|Central]], and screened on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network in its regular weekday afternoon child48 KB (7,315 words) - 11:15, 20 January 2023
- ...mmaker and writer. As an internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television [[talk show|talk show]]s and lecture circuits for much of his ca ...his biography, with references to archival documentation and publications on him and his family, see Holtz: "Hall, Moritz", in: Siegbert Uhlig (ed.): [[56 KB (7,853 words) - 10:43, 25 August 2024
- ...[[author]] and [[satirist]]. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos [[Dame Edna Everage]] and [[Sir Les Patters ...international renown, and he also appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy [[Moonee Ponds, Vict67 KB (9,596 words) - 23:07, 6 February 2023