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  • | studio = [[Walter Shenson]] Films ...ifford|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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  • ...mpressed with the film and wrote a novel ''[[Just William's Luck]]'' based on the events of the film. The following year a second film ''[[William Comes ...gh a gap in the floorboards of the truck's cargo bay. This leaves a trail on the road for the police to follow who ultimately catch and foil the gang of
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  • | genre = [[Children's literature]] ...om the story. The BBC wrote in a letter that the object was not to put God on the same level as goblins, to which Milligan replied that goblins, fairies
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  • ...te=15 June 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781611457131|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Category:1951 films]]
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  • ...ion|animated]] [[comedy]] series which ran from 1983 to 1986. It was based on the [[comic strip]] character [[Bananaman]] and each of the show's roughly ...|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-0740-3 |via=Google Books |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref>
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  • {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Dad's Army'' books and memorabilia}} This is a list of books and memorabilia relating to the BBC television and radio sitcom ''[[Dad's A
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  • ...s-2041644.html "Verily Anderson: Writer of humorous, optimistic children's books and memoirs"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 3 August 2010.</ref> under which ti ...ill School|Summerhill]],<ref>Dixon, Wheeler W. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3KibUx_BiR4C&pg=RA5-PA1922&lpg=RA5-PA1922&dq=%22no+kidding%22+%22beware+
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  • ...knows only by sight and sketches "plans" for a rocket-launching pad based on vacuum cleaner parts to increase his value to the service and to procure mo ...claiming his imagined machines had been dismantled. They bestow an [[OBE]] on Wormold and offer him a position teaching espionage classes in London.
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  • | studio = [[London Films]]<br>Individual Pictures | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}}
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  • ...yers||]]'s gentleman detective, [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey|Lord Peter Wimsey]], on [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)|television]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (r ...n|demobilisation]] from the British Army in 1947, Carmichael worked mostly on stage. In 1949 he toured for seven months in ''[[Lilac Domino|The Lilac Dom
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  • ...of cinema films]], which in turn were based on and inspired by a series of books by [[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]], about the misadventu ...Charge]]'', ''[[Doctor at Sea (TV series)|Doctor at Sea]]'' and ''[[Doctor on the Go]]'', were produced by [[London Weekend Television]] between 1969 and
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  • .../ Canada){{sfnp|Solomon|1989|p=231}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Big Rental Films of 1968 |date=8 January 1969 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page ...tor invites Margaret to a [[vice squad]] party, Stanley launches an attack on him, only to be felled with bug spray.
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  • ...ist and author. Baxter began his career as a [[w:child actor|child actor]] on [[w:BBC Scotland|BBC Scotland]] and later became known for his British tele Baxter has also written a number of books based on [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow]].
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  • ...ly 1957) was an English comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f230a15|title=Frank Randle}}</ref> A contemporary of fellow ...heroes.com/frank-randle|title=mislaid-comedyheroes}}</ref> Randle appeared on stage carrying a red warning lamp, similar to the type found around road wo
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  • ...t details are based on the book of the same title by Newbery Medal-winning children's author [[Sid Fleischman]]. ...ter, the pirate ship reaches Ireland, although Scratcher believes they are on a Greek island. The crew behaves gluttonously, with the exception of the de
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  • Davies was born on 28 August 1930 in [[Canning Town]], [[East London]], to Welsh parents. In 1 ...''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' (1974–1981).<ref name="BBC Arts" /> Modelled on similar individuals Davies had met as a soldier during his National Service
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  • ...ion for the stage production. Other notable projects include ''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]'' (1963), [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)|The Moody was born on 8 January 1924 in [[Tottenham]], [[Middlesex]],<!-- Tottenham was part of M
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  • | television = ''[[On the Buses]]'' ...[Beggar My Neighbour (TV series)|Beggar My Neighbour]]'' (1966–1968) and ''On the Buses'' stardom facililated overseas cabaret tours.
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  • ...imes]]|date=April 5, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fe1bdd1|title=Lionel Bart|website=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{ ...nd [[Anthony Newley]], whose recording reached number one on the UK charts on 30 March 1960<ref>{{cite web|title="Do You Mind?": Anthony Newley| url=http
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  • | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Oliver!]]''|[[Lionel Bart]]}}<br />{{Based on|''[[Oliver Twist]]''|[[Charles Dickens]]}} | studio = [[Romulus Films]]
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