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- ...3 February 1954 |accessdate=29 August 2019 |work=Burnley Express |location=Burnley, Lancashire |page=4}}</ref><br /> ...ying, "The director, Peter Gill, elicits admirable style and even ensemble from a first-rate cast including John Barrett as the collier, Anne Dyson as his20 KB (2,626 words) - 17:54, 2 September 2024
- | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=James+Anthony+&gsln=Sagar+&MSAV=1&msbdy=1920&msbpn__ftp=Burnley%2c+Lancashire%2c+England&msbpn=84797&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c0%7c3257%7c3251%77 KB (970 words) - 07:48, 16 March 2023
- ...s as host of the [[BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] show ''[[Have A Go]]'', which ran from 1946 to 1967 and launched such catchphrases as "How do, how are yer?", "Are ...shire dialect]] verses, "A Bird Song Away" and "Th' Art Lookin' Sackless", from the award-winning weaver-poet [[Nicholas Freeston]].<ref>Pickles, Wilfred.8 KB (1,227 words) - 16:24, 11 April 2023
- ...eremy James Hardy''' (17 July 1961{{snd}}1 February 2019) was an [[English people|English]] comedian. Born and raised in [[Hampshire]], Hardy studied at the ...st=Turner |date=22 March 2012 |work=New Statesman}}</ref> Hardy was banned from voting in Labour internal elections in 2015 because he had also raised fund21 KB (2,984 words) - 16:38, 8 September 2024
- "'''Every Sperm Is Sacred'''" is a musical sketch from the film ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]''. A satire of Catholic t ...tion in ''The Meaning of Life'' was filmed in [[Colne, Lancashire]], and [[Burnley, Lancashire]], and choreographed by [[Arlene Phillips]] to a storyboard by12 KB (1,748 words) - 00:19, 12 February 2023
- ...r immediate chemistry was that they had been friends for many years. Aside from their Theatre Workshop years, Murphy also featured in ''[[Sparrows Can't Si ...also appeared as Frank Dobson in ''[[The Café (UK TV series)|The Cafe]]'' from 2011 and 2013. He also appeared in the [[Channel 4]] comedy ''[[Man Down (T15 KB (2,245 words) - 17:14, 18 February 2023
- ...ame show ''[[Bullseye (British game show)|Bullseye]]'', which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995. ...evel (United Kingdom)|O-levels]] and subsequently worked as a dustman in [[Burnley]].<ref name=grauniad>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-rad16 KB (2,294 words) - 12:08, 20 February 2023
- ...ought therefore to be treated as an alien."], '' 'Our Gracie' risked fall from grace over wartime marriage to Italian'', 21 Dec, 2021</ref> ...BE)]] in 1979.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/451952/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Fields, Gracie (1898-1979) Bio38 KB (5,709 words) - 19:29, 24 August 2024
- ...e ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the la ...ce was in December 1960, two weeks before the death of Beryl. He surprised people by announcing his engagement to a school teacher, Pat Howson, seven weeks a87 KB (13,680 words) - 07:53, 16 March 2023