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  • ...l as a picture gallery, synopsis, the script of unfilmed scenes, and actor biographies. ...ert's dog Gums which has repossessed its own body, now stuffed and mounted on a trolley.
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  • ...hat the mess on the floor was not accidental, Clouseau begins to ''dance'' on the mess as if he is deliberately rehearsing a "soft shoe" shuffle. As a p ...llers, Clouseau's faux French accent became more exaggerated in successive films (for example, pronouncing "[[Room (architecture)|room]]" as "reum"; "[[Pope
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  • | based_on = {{based on|''[[Man About the House]]''|Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke}} ...n Cooke|Brian Cooke]] and [[Johnnie Mortimer]]. Like [[List of films based on British sitcoms|many British sitcoms]], ''George and Mildred'' was made int
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  • ...21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937. ...Damita was born '''Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré''' in [[Blaye]], France, on 10 July 1904. Her father was an officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://france3
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  • ...lms]] <br /> [[Company Pictures]] <br /> HD Vision Studios <br /> Labrador Films <br /> De Mann Entertainment ...evision film]] about the life of English comedian [[Peter Sellers]], based on [[Roger Lewis]]'s book<ref>[https://aux.avclub.com/roger-lewis-the-life-and
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  • ...ries ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', first broadcast on radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and per ...ociation|Entertainments National Service Association]] (ENSA), he ended up on the ''[[w:Ralph Reader|Ralph Reader]] [[w:Gang Show|Gang Show]]'' touring p
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  • ...sh [[sitcom]] starring [[Leonard Rossiter]] in the title role. It is based on a series of novels written by [[David Nobbs]] and produced from 1976 to 197 ...com proved to be a subversion of others of the era, which were often based on bland, middle-class suburban family life.
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  • ...d for seven [[w:BAFTA|BAFTA]]s and became one of the most recognised faces on UK television. ..., he maintained a busy professional schedule until his death from a stroke on 15 April 1982, aged 66.
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  • | caption = Hawtrey in ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971) ...ost of St. Michael's]]''), through the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]], and television.
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  • | 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 child
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  • | based_on = {{based on|''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]''|[[Ian Fleming]]}} ...[[Columbia Pictures]] featuring an [[ensemble cast]]. It is loosely based on the 1953 novel of [[Casino Royale (novel)|the same name]] by [[Ian Fleming]
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  • On Wednesday 21 January 1959, the American entertainment paper [[Variety (maga ...er traits) to a 1955 script entitled [[Dishonoured]] which could be remade on Sunday 25 January under the title ''[[Dishonoured — Again]]''; the show c
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  • ...dding in the middle of the Sahara Desert, and an atom bomb will be dropped on him. What will be the effect? Well, your guess is as good as mine. Anyhow, On Sunday 4 May, Spike arrived in Melbourne aboard the RMS Arcadia to be mobbe
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  • ...nis Main Wilson]]. All the shows were recorded on a Sunday and transmitted on the following Tuesday evenings, with the exception of shows [[The Pevensey ...on listeners tuning in - a larger audience than for the original broadcast on the less popular [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]]. In the meantime, the sh
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  • ...as before with tapings in Studio I of the Aeolian Hall from 9pm to 9.45pm on Sundays. Earlier the same day, [[Harry Secombe]] was making his regular app ...ut ''Educating Archie'' appeared at the start of the script to be recorded on Sunday 10 January but were cut prior to transmission. The script by [[Spike
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  • ...me known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelty song|comical songs]], usu ...iner during those decades. The media historian Brian McFarlane writes that on film, Formby portrayed gormless Lancastrian innocents who would win through
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