• Leslie Henson
  [[File:Leslie Henson.jpg|thumb|Henson, c. 1920]] ...the Night]]'' (1915) and ''[[Yes, Uncle!]]'' (1917). After briefly serving with the [[Royal Flying Corps]], he was released from active service by the Brit
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• Sydney Tafler
  | image = File:Sydney Tafler.jpg ...J&pg=PA780|date=2 November 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8|pages=780}}</ref>
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• Tony Hancock
  ...(including "[[The Blood Donor]]" and "[[The Radio Ham]]"). After breaking with his scriptwriters [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton and Alan Simpson]] later ...ry: Roger Hancock obituary], ''The Independent'', 14 July 2011</ref> lived with their mother and stepfather Robert Gordon Walker<ref>Bournemouth electoral
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• List of Press Gang episodes
  ...le=The Guinness Book of Classic British TV |publisher=Guinness |year=1993 |pages=215–8 |isbn=0-85112-543-3}}</ref> All 43 episodes across five series were ...andra Hastie, part 2" ''Breakfast at Czar's'' Issue 2. [Available as a PDF file on the ''Press Gang'' Series 5 DVD]</ref>
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• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
  The character was popular with impressionists such as [[Mike Yarwood]] in the 1970s, particularly his main ...rase of the series. Others include a quavering "Oooh ...", usually uttered with his forefinger to his mouth as he stands amidst the chaos of some disaster
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• Flatulence
  ...August 24, 2015}}</ref> which is defined in turn as "marked by or affected with gases generated in the intestine or stomach; likely to cause digestive flat ...have a feculent odor, which may be intense. The noise commonly associated with flatulence ("[[blowing a raspberry]]") is produced by the [[external anal s
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• Margaret Rutherford
  [[File:Dame MARGARET RUTHERFORD - 4 Berkeley Place Wimbledon London SW19 4NN.jpg|t ...ite book|last1=Merriman|first1=Andy|title=Margaret Rutherford: Dreadnought with Good Manners |date=2009 |publisher=Aurum |place=London}}</ref>
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• Mr. Bean
  ...TV]], beginning with the pilot on 1 January 1990<ref name=TL /> and ending with "[[The Best Bits of Mr. Bean]]" on 15 December 1995. ...n.com/index.cfm?id=2323922005 |title=Atkinson has Bean there and he's done with that |archive-date=18 October 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The series has
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• Polari
  ...lish Dictionary'', Third Edition</ref> There is a long-standing connection with [[Punch and Judy]] street puppet performers, who traditionally used Polari [[File:Polari Rainbow Plaque.jpg|thumb|right|[[Leeds Pride#Rainbow Plaques|Rainbow
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• Douglas Adams
  ...Nicholas. [http://douglasadams.eu/interview-with-frank-halford/ "Interview with Frank Halford"]. ''Life, DNA, and H2G2.'' 2009. Web. Retrieved 13 March 201 ...called having completed three essays in three years — he graduated in 1974 with a 2:2 in [[English literature|English literature]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=htt
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• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
  ...attempts to fly since the [[Stone Age]] inspired by a bird's flight, seen with footage from the [[silent film]] era, and man being represented by a "test ...m London to Paris to advance the cause of British aviation and his career. With Patricia's support, he persuades Lord Rawnsley to sponsor the race as a pub
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  ...e Galaxy" |publisher = Titan Books |year = 2003 |isbn = 978-1-84023-742-9 |pages = 144–145 |author-link = Neil Gaiman }}</ref> or '''''tHGttG''''') is a [ ...s Adams. In 2017, [[BBC Radio 4]] announced a 40th-anniversary celebration with [[Dirk Maggs]], one of the original producers, in charge.<ref>[https://www.
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• Kenneth Horne
  ...'[[Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer|Ack-Ack]]''. The experience brought him into contact with the more established entertainer [[Richard Murdoch]], and the two wrote and [[File:Silvester-Horne-ILN.jpg|thumb|frameless|upright|Horne's father, nonconformi
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• The Commitments (film)
  ...e! A musical without the schmaltz|newspaper=[[The Age]]|location=Melbourne|pages=25}}</ref> or £5.41 million<ref name="org">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi ...ho offers his services, and has unlikely stories about meeting and working with famous musicians. Joey names the band "The Commitments".
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• Red Dwarf
  [[File:The Red Dwarf space ship as seen in series 10.jpg|thumb|right|Red Dwarf's d ...und Lister being the last human alive, three million years from [[Earth]], with his companions. The crew encounter phenomena such as [[Time distortion theo
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• Rolf Harris
  ...is credited with the invention of the [[wobble board]]; and is associated with the [[stylophone]].<ref>{{cite web |author=stylophone |date=12 January 2013 ...2013, Harris was again arrested by Operation Yewtree officers and charged with nine counts of indecent assault dating to the 1980s, involving two girls be
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• Spitting Image
  ...caricature [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] (as an elderly gin-drinker with a [[Beryl Reid]] voice).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts ...ppets-britbox/|title=Spitting Image revival to debut on BritBox next month with 100 new puppets including Boris Johnson and Donald Trump|work=[[Radio Times
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• It's That Man Again
  | image = The British comedian Tommy Handley rehearses with actors from his ITMA show (cropped).jpg ...re than seventy regular characters during its twelve seasons, most of them with his or her own [[catchphrase]]. Among them were the bibulous Colonel Chinst
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• Fawlty Towers
  ...Hotel, Torquay|Gleneagles Hotel]] in [[Torquay]], [[Devon]] in 1970 (along with the rest of the [[Monty Python]] troupe), where he encountered the eccentri ...es Hotel, Torquay|Gleneagles Hotel]], Torquay in 2009. After staying there with the Monty Python team in 1970, the eccentric behaviour of owner [[Donald Si
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• Paul O'Grady
  ...bility in the [[LGBT culture in London|London gay scene]] during the 1980s with his drag persona '''Lily Savage''', through which he gained wider popularit ...111143726/https://kccmediahub.net/new-deputy-lieutenants-of-kent-appointed-with-familiar-face-amongst-them/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title
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