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  • [[File:Salon of the Vocalion Warerooms, Aeolian Hall, London.png|thumb|Salon of the [[w:Vocalion Records|Vocalion]] warerooms, Aeolian H ...buy electricity from him. Thus began the system of electrical distribution in use today, but the threat of fire ended these activities, and by 1890, Lind
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  • | music = *Incidental music:
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  • | music = [[Wally Stott]] ...ilcox although he produced several further films before his [[bankruptcy]] in 1964.
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  • ...formed [[policemen]], but also appeared in other comic and straight roles in British and Australian productions. ...rtory]], in the postwar years he worked steadily in bit and featured parts in theatrical films; twice being directed by [[John Ford]] and once by [[John
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  • ...er|2003|p=19|ps=}} He developed his own show, ''Randle's Scandals'', which in the 1950s featured [[Roy Castle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc. ...9}}<!--|accessdate=23 August 2015--></ref> Randle responded to his critics in robust fashion, frequently throwing his false teeth into the audience and o
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  • | caption = as Mr Harman in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' ...lish television, film and stage actor and comedian from the [[w:music hall|music hall]] tradition.
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  • ...stEnders|EastEnders]]'' in 2006 and from 2008 to 2009, with a brief return in 2016. ...ppeared in [[repertory theatre]] and several [[West End theatre|West End]] venues.<ref name="filmography">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gordonandfrench.co.uk/ar
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Marylebone|Marylebone]], London, England | death_place = [[w:Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London, England
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  • | death_place = [[w:Fulham|Fulham]], [[w:London|London]], England ...returned to York on many occasions for family holidays, however, and later in life spoke of his fondness for the city.<ref name="trust"/>
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  • | caption = Barry (left) and Paul (right) in 2008 ...NT: Please do NOT change to "South Yorkshire". That county was only formed in 1974, 27 years after the Chuckle Brothers were born. Back then, it was the
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  • ...e British Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)]] in 1979.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id ...historyoffamilyo00stan|title=History of the Stansfeld Family of Stansfield in the Parish of Halifax and its numerous branches|year=1885|location=Leeds|pa
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  • ...= ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''<br />''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]''<br />''[[Hallelujah! (TV series)|Hallelujah!]]'' | death_place = [[Twickenham]], London, England
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  • ...Bill Oddie]], [[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], [[Graeme Garden|Graeme Garden]] <br />in a screenshot from the title sequence <br />of the BBC television series ...ll Oddie|Bill Oddie]] (b. 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their [[The Goodies (TV series)|eponymous television comedy show]] from 197
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  • ...[[Alexei Sayle]], and broadcast on [[BBC Two]] for two series, first shown in 1982 and 1984. The show focused on the lives of four dissimilar students an ...as voted number 31 in the BBC's [[Britain's Best Sitcom|Best Sitcom]] poll in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/sitcom/top11to100.shtml|ar
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  • ...21 (he co-produced ''The Missing Christmas Parcel'' with John Lane) shows in the series, with [[Pat Dixon]] producing the remaining five, with the excep ...original broadcast on the less popular [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]]. In the meantime, the show's three stars - [[Harry Secombe]], [[Peter Sellers]]
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  • | caption=Morecambe (left) & Wise in their classic "skip dance" pose, performed to the song "[[Bring Me Sunshine | medium=Film, television, stand-up, music, books
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  • In late 1951, producer [[Dennis Main Wilson]] was planning the new run of Goon ...how'' rather than ''Crazy People''. This is purely because everybody, both in and outside the business, refers to it as ''the Goon Show'' (or that ''Goon
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  • ...form of villainy, gaining the affection of an attractive middle-class girl in the process. ...n, Lancashire|Preston]] three weeks later, at the age of 56; he was buried in [[Warrington]], alongside his father.
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  • | caption = Mayall in 1999 | death_place = [[w:London|London]], England
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  • | caption = Dors in 1968 ...names = Diana d'Ors<br>The Siren of Swindon<br>The Hurricane in Mink<br>The Blonde Bombshell
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