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- | director = [[Don Sharp]] | based_on = original story by Peter Welbeck ([[Harry Alan Towers]])6 KB (823 words) - 16:06, 29 September 2024
- | studio = Associated London Films ...'' is a 1969 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Norman Cohen]], written by [[Johnny Speight]], and starring [[Warren Mitchell]] and [[Dandy Nichols]].6 KB (860 words) - 23:14, 6 February 2023
- | based_on = musical play ''Under Your Hat'' by [[Arthur Macrae]] ...tish [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[spy film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Jack Hulbert]], [[Cicely Courtneidge]] and5 KB (746 words) - 16:11, 29 September 2024
- ...ers-don-sharp-top-25/|magazine=Filmink|title=Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25|date=July 27, 2019}}</ref> ...an, his main excitement comes from cycling. After he's forced off the road by an impatient car driver, he tracks down the owner, only to find that he is8 KB (1,217 words) - 23:19, 7 February 2023
- | director = [[Don Sharp|Don Sharp]] ...[[Harry Alan Towers|Harry Alan Towers]] (as "Peter Welbeck")<br>"inspired by the writings of [[Jules Verne|Jules Verne]]14 KB (2,084 words) - 11:27, 20 February 2023
- * [[HandMade Films]] | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] (United States)<br />HandMade Films (United Kingdom)<ref name=bbfc />16 KB (2,306 words) - 12:48, 24 January 2023
- ...ate criminal plot to threaten the countries of the world with annihilation by a massive laser weapon if they do not assassinate Clouseau for him. ...injures Cato, but Clouseau himself is unharmed, being lifted from the room by an inflatable hunchback disguise. Deciding that a more elaborate plan is ne22 KB (3,287 words) - 15:19, 20 February 2023
- ! style="background:#9A297E; color:#ffffff" width="25%"| Written by38 KB (5,096 words) - 12:25, 24 February 2023
- ...th Century-Fox Productions Ltd]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b83cf5f|title=Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machine ...London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b83cf5f |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=BFI |language=en}}48 KB (7,067 words) - 22:57, 13 March 2023
- ...y executive producer [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] (Croft also directed some episodes) and [[Jeremy Lloyd]], with contributions from [[Michael Know ...he [[1972 Summer Olympics]] when the coverage of the games was interrupted by the [[Munich massacre]] on 8 September 1972, leading to a full series being40 KB (5,848 words) - 22:47, 29 March 2023
- ...{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Newton |title=Press Gang – An episode guide by Matthew Newton |url=http://www.mjnewton.demon.co.uk/tv/pgmain.htm |access-d ...the activities of a children's newspaper, the ''Junior Gazette'', produced by pupils from the local [[comprehensive school]]. In later series it was depi48 KB (7,315 words) - 11:15, 20 January 2023
- ...niversity of Liverpool|University of Liverpool]].<ref>''Leonard Rossiter'' by Robert Tanitch; {{ISBN|0-947728-19-8}}</ref> Instead, he did his [[w:Conscr ...1959 to 1961, a time he described as "the bedrock of his career", followed by other stage work, in, among other plays, ''The Strange Case of Martin Richt35 KB (5,150 words) - 14:02, 21 February 2023
- ...ilm Institute | access-date = 14 January 2021}}</ref> known professionally by his stage name '''David Jason''', is an English actor. He is best known for ...gnore}}</ref> Upon leaving school, Jason wanted to be an actor, influenced by his brother, but their father advised that he first learn a trade. He train36 KB (5,248 words) - 13:45, 18 March 2023
- ...|Home Guard]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It was written by [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and original ...ilitary service, either because of age (hence the title ''Dad's Army'') or by being in professions exempt from conscription. Most of the platoon characte58 KB (8,853 words) - 08:50, 10 February 2023
- * [[HandMade Films]] ...It was directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young [[Jews|Jewish]]-[[Roman people|Roman]] man who is born on85 KB (13,100 words) - 11:21, 14 March 2023
- ...yne Mansfield]] and [[Mamie Van Doren|Mamie Van Doren]]. Dors was promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly in sex film-comedies and risqué ...2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She supplemented her earnings by posing as a model.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article586 KB (13,434 words) - 23:28, 12 February 2023
- ...gland for the first time, he arrived on a winter's morning and was bemused by the climate, so different from India's, remembering the dock's "terrible no ...alised for a mortar wound to the right leg and shell shock, he was demoted by an unsympathetic commanding officer (identified in his war diaries as Major59 KB (9,117 words) - 22:45, 2 October 2024
- ...ooks including an autobiography, ''My Gorgeous Life'', appeared in several films and hosted several television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared a ...s. Barry Humphries has claimed that they were inspired by the glasses worn by Melbourne eccentric, beautician, radio broadcaster, actor and dancer [[Step42 KB (6,292 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> ...[bit part|bit part]] actor in the late 1930s to a member of the main cast; by the time of his death he had appeared in nearly 140 cinema roles. His later90 KB (14,130 words) - 08:06, 29 March 2023
- ...to something larger in scope and influence, including touring stage shows, films, albums, books and musicals. The Pythons' influence on comedy has been comp ...s of television comedy. Following their television work, they began making films, including ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' (1975), ''[[Monty Python151 KB (22,229 words) - 11:42, 4 January 2023