• Max Harris (composer)
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• Bob Danvers-Walker
  ...C) network of commercial radio stations broadcasting in English to Britain from the continent.<ref name="ODNB"/> He became Chief Announcer at Radio Normand ...or for the twice-weekly British Pathé newsreel, a job he held continuously from 1940 to 1970.
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• Max Bygraves
  | children = 6 (three with Blossom, three from extramarital affairs) ...Bygraves in the role of Archie's teacher. The idea for the programme came from record producer [[Wally Ridley]], who also produced Bygraves' records durin
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• Fanny Cradock
  {{short description|Restaurant critic, television celebrity cook and writer from England}} ..._much_character_/ |title=Bournemouth: a town with so much character! (From Bournemouth Echo) |publisher=Bournemouthecho.co.uk |date=3 November 2010 |access-date=3
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• Amanda Barrie
  ...rls]]'', playing inmate [[List of Bad Girls characters#Bev Tull|Bev Tull]] from the fifth series to the last, along with [[List of Bad Girls characters#Phy ...iry Godmother in ''Cinderella'' at the [[Marina Theatre]] in [[Lowestoft]] from December 2013 to January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wilf Arasaratnam |url=
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• Buster Merryfield
  ...'The World–My Canvas'' by Ruth Dixon and ''[[A View from the Bridge|A View from the Bridge]]'' by [[Arthur Miller|Arthur Miller]], for the now defunct amat ...officer, putting on shows for the other troops. Merryfield was demobilised from the Army on 16 March 1946.
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• Tony Hancock
  ...ck's Half Hour]]'', first broadcast on radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and personal bond with
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• Dino Shafeek
  ...comedy actor. Born and raised in [[Dhaka]], he moved to the United Kingdom from [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh) in 1958 and appeared in several [[sitcom ...ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210926210851/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5cd9523|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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• John Clegg (actor)
  ...and Pugh many were sceptical as to whether the marriage would last, apart from Jimmy Perry and his wife Gillian. After the wedding there was a whip-round [[Category:People from Murree]]
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• Wendy Richard
  ...1972 to 1985, and [[Pauline Fowler]] on the soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' from 1985 to 2006. ...iss Brahms]] in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' appearing in all 69 episodes from 1972 to 1985. She also reprised the role in the sequel series ''[[Grace and
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• Waiting for God (TV series)
  '''''Waiting for God''''' is a [[British sitcom]] that ran on [[BBC1]] from 28 June 1990 to 27 October 1994 starring [[Graham Crowden]] as Tom and [[St Set at the fictional Bayview Retirement Home near [[Bournemouth]], the show was based on Diana Trent and her relationship with Tom Ballard,
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• Windsor Davies
  ...<ref>{{cite web |last=Pratt |first=Vic |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/479696/ |title=Davies, Windsor (1930-) Biography|work=BFI Screenonline|d ...BFI">{{cite web |title=Windsor Davies |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba02da5eb |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=19 January 201
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• John Antrobus
  ...al Military Academy Sandhurst]], serving with the [[East Surrey Regiment]] from 1952 to 1955,<ref name="auto">Contemporary Dramatists, ed. James Vinson, St ...llaborated on the 1986 sitcom ''Room at the Bottom'' and ''Get Well Soon'' from 1997) unveiled their play ''[[Steptoe and Son]] – Murder at Oil Drum Lane
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• Things Aren't Simple Any More
  ...game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''s first UK jackpot win. Some people within the BBC alleged that [[Celador]], the production company in charge o ...cular)|hit and run]] victim, Margaret joins a church group clearing litter from roadsides. There she meets Glynis Holloway ([[Hannah Gordon]]), whose husba
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• Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)
  | caption = Title card from the pilot for ''Love Thy Neighbour'' ...' is a [[British television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] that was broadcast from 13 April 1972 until 22 January 1976. The show spanned eight series, lasted
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• Ruth Madoc
  ...Art]] (RADA) in London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/hi-de-hi-actress-ruth-madoc-dies-aged-79-after-a-fall-3949421|title=Tribute ...'' after recovering from an injury earlier in the year; the show opened at Bournemouth Pavilion on 17 September and ended on 23 November at [[Chichester Festival
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• Millicent Martin
  ...949|page=2}}</ref> The following year she was in "Aladdin" at the Pavilion Bournemouth in December 1950<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Stage|journal=The Stage|date= ...artin to producer [[Sheldon Leonard]], who came up with the premise of ''[[From a Bird's Eye View]]''. The series was not a success and was cancelled after
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• One Foot in the Grave
  ...vision centre]]. In and around [[Christchurch, Dorset|Christchurch]] and [[Bournemouth]], [[Dorset]], [[England]] ...x half-hour shows) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late 2000. The first five series were broadcast between Janua
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• Dirk Maggs
  ...In 2019 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his work in the Arts by [[Bournemouth University]]. ...neered tribute band" to the Goons. The show won the 2002 Best Comedy Award from the Spoken Word Producers Association (now the [[Audio Publishers Associati
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• Bless This House (British TV series)
  ...This House''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 2 February 1971 to 22 April 1976. Starring [[Sid James]] and [[Diana Coupla ...spelt "Abbott}} and his wife Jean live with their teenagers: Mike is fresh from [[art school|art college]] and more pre-occupied with protests than finding
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