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- | name = The Boys in Blue '''''The Boys in Blue''''' is a 1982 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Val Guest]] and s6 KB (970 words) - 15:28, 25 January 2023
- |distributor=[[British Lion Films]] |budget=$600,000<ref>Alexander Walker, ''National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties'', Harrap, 1985 p. 67</ref>7 KB (956 words) - 10:50, 25 August 2024
- ...d mainly at [[West Bay, Dorset|West Bay]], [[Bridport|Bridport]], [[Dorset|Dorset]]. Only Phillips had appeared on the radio version – all other parts wer ...ct Lifeboat funds but found a real mine instead, which Pouter bashes about in an effort to take it apart. Released, it explodes nearby and this convinces8 KB (1,186 words) - 18:48, 10 February 2023
- ...in this film. ''Carry On Jack'' was the second of the series to be filmed in colour and the first ''Carry On'' film with a historical setting and period ...as incorporated into the series.<ref>Gerrard, Steven (2017) ''The Carry On Films'', Springer, p.35</ref>12 KB (1,788 words) - 09:02, 14 February 2023
- | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] ...d (author)|John Boland]] and adapted by [[Bryan Forbes]], who also starred in the film.12 KB (1,832 words) - 11:31, 9 March 2023
- ...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
- ...Reginald Perrin''''' is a British [[sitcom]] starring [[Leonard Rossiter]] in the title role. It is based on a series of novels written by [[David Nobbs] ...dle-aged [[middle manager]], Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, who reveals himself in the first series to be aged 46, who is driven to bizarre behaviour by the p19 KB (2,842 words) - 18:01, 23 February 2023
- | caption = Malleson promotional head shot ...doctor. Malleson was also a writer on many films, including some of those in which he had small parts, such as ''[[w:Nell Gwynn (1934 film)|Nell Gwyn]]'21 KB (2,929 words) - 09:01, 6 February 2023
- |caption = Finney in 1966 ...previously directed him in the theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.65 KB (9,313 words) - 14:17, 25 August 2024
- ...e and screen|on stage and screen]], especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in ''[[My Fair Lady|My Fair Lady]]''. He was also renowned for his [[Songs and ...recordings of his many monologues. By the 1930s, he was in demand to star in [[variety show|variety]], [[pantomime|pantomime]] and musical comedy, inclu56 KB (8,391 words) - 00:06, 23 February 2023
- ...e series followed and elaborated upon the style used by [[Spike Milligan]] in his groundbreaking series ''[[Q... (TV series)|Q5]]'', rather than the trad ...unlike anything else on British television at the time. Much of the humour in the series' various episodes and sketches targets the idiosyncrasies of [[C69 KB (10,368 words) - 20:10, 11 February 2023