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  • ...through the village, with most of the village placed in the independent [[Irish Free State]], but with a significant portion to [[Northern Ireland]]. ...acter, Dan frequently breaks the [[fourth wall]], speaking directly to the writer about the trouble he has been made to endure.
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  • | writer = [[Michael Pertwee]] ...' by [[Irish people|Irish]] author [[Leonard Wibberley]], and was directed by [[Richard Lester]]. In it, the people of the [[Duchy]] of [[Grand Fenwick]]
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  • | writer = John Krish ...</ref> It was adapted from the 1961 novel ''The Last Hours of Sandra Lee'' by [[William Sansom]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y
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  • | writer = [[w:Robin Estridge|Robin Estridge]] ...1953 British [[w:comedy film|comedy]] [[w:drama film|drama film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring an [[w:ensemble cast|ensemble cast]] includin
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  • {{Infobox writer |children = 3, including [[Jim Sullivan (writer)|Jim]]
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  • |occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actor|writer|presenter}} ...on Jr.''' (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his [[w:deadpan|deadpan]] style,
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  • | creator = [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]] ...izen Smith''''' is a British television sitcom written by [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|title=B
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  • | writer = [[Leonard Wibberley]] ...by [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]], and the screenplay was written by [[Roger MacDougall]] and [[Stanley Mann]].
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  • ...ng Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen] ...ofiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-bryan-forbes-film-director-writer-and-actor-1106462.html |title = Passed/Failed: An Education in the Life of
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  • {{Infobox writer ...Kingdom general election|1964 general election]], his health was affected by the onset of [[psoriatic arthropathy]] which necessitated Potter to change
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  • | citizenship = British (1918–1962)<br/> Irish (1962–2002) | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|writer|musician|poet|playwright}}
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  • ...d by [[Ron Grainer|Ron Grainer]]. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 poll by the BBC to find ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom|Britain's Best Sitcom]]''. It was ...man", is an elderly rag-and-bone man, set in his grimy and grasping ways. By contrast, his son Harold is filled with social aspirations and pretensions.
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  • ...ass kids of Dublin to power his movie 'The Commitments,' about a fictional Irish band |work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=11 August 1991|url= http://articles. ...is the first in a series known as ''[[The Barrytown Trilogy]]'', followed by ''[[The Snapper (film)|The Snapper]]'' (1993) and ''[[The Van (1996 film)|T
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  • ...}</ref> Sykes first came to prominence through his many radio credits as a writer and actor in the 1950s, most notably through his collaboration on ''[[The G ...ccess-date=26 April 2014|date=4 May 2011|quote=Mr Eric Sykes, comedian and writer, 88 }}</ref> in [[Oldham]], Lancashire; his mother died three weeks later,
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  • | writer = [[Steven Moffat]] ...{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
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  • ...out. They refilled the bottle to inoculate him and the other man as well. By mistake they loaded a pure culture of typhoid. The other man died immediate ...Millions of words have been written about these horror camps, many of them by inmates of those unbelievable places. I’ve tried, without success, to des
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  • | caption = UK film poster by [[Tom Eckersley]] | writer = {{plainlist|
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  • |caption = Ustinov in 1986, photographed by [[Allan Warren|Allan Warren]] * writer
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  • ...-the-dame-20100914-15ar3.html "Absurd moments: in the frocks of the dame"] by Steve Meacham, ''[[Brisbane Times]]'' (15 September 2010)</ref> ...te-pilgrim/2005/10/06/1128562941049.html "Return of a passionate pilgrim"] by Barry Humphries, ''[[The Age]]'' (7 October 2005)</ref> the son of Eric Hum
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  • The show's protagonist, played by [[w:Patricia Routledge|Patricia Routledge]], is the [[w:social-climbing|soc ...a "local celebrity", and believes she is held in high and enviable esteem by the community for her candlelight suppers, charity work and her involvement
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