Search results

From The Goon Show Depository

  • | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] (UK) ...iet Wedding]]'' by [[Esther McCracken]], [[Quiet Wedding|previously filmed in 1941]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b3c58ff|archive-
    5 KB (667 words) - 20:06, 8 February 2023
  • ...children's book series ''Ronnie'', which includes ''Help! I am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory''.<ref name="SurvivingSpikeMilligan">{{cite book|last= ...ward VII Nautical College, London, where he was an apprentice deck officer in the Merchant Navy from 1950 to 1952,<ref name="auto1"/> Antrobus attended t
    15 KB (2,014 words) - 11:53, 24 August 2024
  • | creator = [[Grosvenor Films]] ...=6 October 2013}}</ref> The original radio scripts were adapted by Maurice Wiltshire, who had previously co-written a number of radio episodes with [[Larry Step
    7 KB (958 words) - 13:33, 25 February 2023
  • ...s://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/o-lucky-man-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yotu1otu}}</ref> in the UK) ...Paul|last2=Fuller|first2=Linda K.|title=Beyond the Stars: Stock Characters in American Popular Film|url=https://archive.org/details/beyondstars00louk|url
    16 KB (2,548 words) - 20:07, 16 August 2024
  • ...llah Muhammed in ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' (1974–1981),<br />Ali Nadim in ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–1979) ...d=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA72 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the role of Ali Nadim in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sitcom ''[[Mind Your Language]]''.
    12 KB (1,671 words) - 11:08, 14 September 2024
  • ...he names [[w:Titsey|Titsey]] and [[w:Limpsfield|Limpsfield]], two villages in [[w:Surrey|Surrey]] near Clarke's home at [[w:Oxted|Oxted]].<ref>{{Cite web ...[[w:Ealing Studios|Ealing Studios]] and was the first of its comedies shot in [[w:Technicolor|Technicolor]].
    17 KB (2,642 words) - 13:34, 28 September 2022
  • *Barbara Wiltshire (lockdown episodes) ...]] following the [[Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993|1992 changes in the Church of England]] that permitted the [[ordination of women]]. [[Dawn
    23 KB (3,168 words) - 22:54, 24 August 2024
  • | restingplace = Cremated; ashes buried in [[w:Spinningdale|Spinningdale]], Sutherland, Scotland ...south east [[London]], he exaggerated his Scottish roots but was prominent in Scottish public life, helping to launch [[Scottish Television]] (STV) and s
    19 KB (2,878 words) - 22:58, 10 September 2024
  • | awards = [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play]]<br />1979 ''[[Bedroom Farce]]''}} ...ision. She was known for her role as [[Agatha Christie]]'s [[Miss Marple]] in the television series ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Miss Marple]]''. She also
    18 KB (2,629 words) - 00:03, 24 January 2023
  • | caption = Dors in 1968 | birth_place = [[Swindon|Swindon]], [[Wiltshire|Wiltshire]], England
    86 KB (13,434 words) - 23:28, 12 February 2023
  • ...r Sellers]] (top), [[Spike Milligan]] (left) and [[Harry Secombe]] (right) in a 1950s [[BBC]] publicity shot ...r shows for decades. Many elements of the show satirised contemporary life in 1950s Britain, parodying aspects of show business, commerce, industry, art,
    65 KB (9,857 words) - 19:35, 11 September 2024
  • ...7:'' 50 minutes<br />Christmas specials<br />35–95 minutes <!--- Don't put in the exact details of exactly how many episodes were what length; this infob ...[[Bristol]]<br />[[Margate]]<br />[[Weston-super-Mare]]<br />[[Malmesbury, Wiltshire]]
    98 KB (14,396 words) - 13:14, 25 February 2023
  • | death_place = [[Wiltshire|Wiltshire]], England ...red to as the "[[Fifth Beatle]]" in reference to his extensive involvement in each of [[the Beatles]]' original albums.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.t
    67 KB (9,538 words) - 23:20, 17 February 2023
  • ...had appeared in nearly 140 cinema roles. His later work was predominantly in television and radio. ...sion debut, becoming a reliable bit-part actor in many films, particularly in the [[war film|war film]] genre.
    90 KB (14,130 words) - 08:06, 29 March 2023
  • |caption = Ustinov in 1986, photographed by [[Allan Warren|Allan Warren]] ...ame of its Graduate Society to [[Ustinov College, Durham|Ustinov College]] in honour of the significant contributions Ustinov had made as chancellor of t
    56 KB (7,853 words) - 10:43, 25 August 2024
  • ...Desert Statue]]'', which doesn't mean a thing, for – after all – it's all in the mind, you know…' ==Tension in the ranks==
    34 KB (5,637 words) - 14:59, 19 March 2023
  • ...ngwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, [[Novelt ...form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process.
    87 KB (13,680 words) - 07:53, 16 March 2023
  • ...is childhood, relocating in 1931 to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself “S ...during the [[Second World War]], beginning with ''[[Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall]]'' (1971). He also wrote comical verse, with much of his poet
    59 KB (9,117 words) - 22:45, 2 October 2024