...elevision performance. Cook scripted a conversation between two men from [[Dagenham]] wearing [[flat cap]]s. This proved to be very popular with television aud The "Dagenham Dialogues" between the two ranged from paintings (Pete finds the [[Mona Lisa]] snooty, and the bottoms of [[Peter

...pular [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]] [[George and Mildred]] which ran from 1976 until 1979, plus [[George and Mildred (film)]] which aired in 1980. *Simon Lloyd as Tarquin Fourmile (from series 3)

...teady work as a character actor and comic stooge. Battley's TV work ranged from the satire show ''[[BBC-3 (TV series)|BBC-3]]'' and the military police dra ...ll]]'' (1983).<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee85c2f|title=David Battley|website=BFI}}</ref>

...f the four writer-performers in the comedy revue ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' from 1960 that created a boom in satiric comedy, and with a member of that team, ...a Francis (née Hughes), a secretary, and John Moore, a railway electrician from Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/13

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...'[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (2009), ''[[Made in Dagenham]]'' (2010), and ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'' (2012). He also directe ...'s disease]], with which he had been diagnosed the previous year, and died from [[pneumonia]] on 29 April 2014 at the age of 71.

...th_date = 16 January 2014 (age 69)<ref>https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0da66e4</ref> ...sometimes credited without the [[hyphen]] in his surname. He died in 2014 from [[pancreatic cancer]].

| 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

...was followed by an explosion and a call of "You rotten swine, Bluebottle!" from Eccles. *Moriarty used the catchphrase "and there's more where that came from". The line was also occasionally used by Bloodnok, at least once by Minnie

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...rs to it as ''the Goon Show'' (or that ''Goon Show'') but never as ''Crazy People'' (which quite frankly could be applied to almost any comedy show).’ ...e show would be pre-empted on Tuesday 26 February to make way for speeches from the ''Pilgrims’ Dinner''. The Stargazers were also announced as appearing

...dio|radio]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] series, originally produced by the [[BBC]] from 1951 to 1960 and broadcast on the [[w:BBC Home Service|BBC Home Service]]. ...he fourth series was preserved in the [[BBC Sound Archive]] (as a tape dub from an acetate disc).

...er Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and I cooked up whenever people asked us to explain ourselves,’ wrote Harry Secombe in his newspaper colu From 3.30pm to 4.15pm on Wednesday 26 April 1949, a trial recording of a new BBC

...978 until his death in 1995, Cook no longer collaborated with Moore, apart from a few cameo appearances but continued to be a regular performer in British ...ite news |title=Peter Cook the funniest |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/People/Peter-Cook-the-funniest/2005/01/03/1104601276619.html |work=The Age |locati

| other_names = ''Crazy People'' (series 1) ...series, broadcast from 28 May to 20 September 1951, was titled '''''Crazy People'''''; subsequent series had the title ''The Goon Show''.