• Leon Thau
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• Brian Rawlinson
  | death_place = [[w:Lyme Regis|Lyme Regis]], [[w:Dorset|Dorset]], England ...d 14 February 2021.</ref> was an English actor and writer for films and TV from the 1950s.
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• Ian Messiter
  ...er|Winchester]], and [[w:Sherborne School|Sherborne School]] in [[w:Dorset|Dorset]]. [[Category:People from Dudley]]
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• Peggy Ann Clifford
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• The Boys in Blue
  ...lebrity-interview/2010/08/15/rock-on-cannon-and-ball-102039-22487535/|work=People|accessdate=17 April 2013}}</ref> It is loosely based on the 1939 [[Will Hay ...d, so loads them into the fake ambulance and drives off. Our heroes escape from the faulty cell and set off in pursuit. After several changes of vehicle, B
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• Bernie Andrews
  ...reers of many emerging [[w:rock music|rock]] and [[w:pop music|pop]] bands from the 1960s onwards, and responsible for producing such programmes as ''[[w:S ...ded by John Beecher of Rollercoaster Records, who purchased the collection from Andrews to preserve it after the BBC allegedly reneged on a negotiated agre
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• Lionel Jeffries
  | death_place = [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], England ...orne Minster|Queen Elizabeth Grammar School]] in [[Wimborne Minster]] in [[Dorset]].<ref name="Telegraph"/>
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• Buster Merryfield
  | death_place = [[Poole|Poole]], Dorset, England ...'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
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• Sandra Dorne
  Married to the actor [[Patrick Holt|Patrick Holt]] from 1954 until her death, Dorne died on Christmas Day 1992 at Paddington Commun * ''[[Five Go Mad in Dorset]]'' (1982, TV Series) – Aunt Fanny
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• David Croft (TV producer)
  |birth_place = [[Sandbanks|Sandbanks]], [[Poole|Poole]], Dorset, England ...(with Lloyd). His last full series ''[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]]'', broadcast from 1995 to 1997, was co-written with [[Richard Spendlove]]. He created a telev
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• Terence Alexander
  ...ter of a rival school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cf03543|title=The Honour of the School (1970)|publisher=British Film ...70 film)|Waterloo]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba47193|title=Waterloo (1970)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref
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• John and Julie
  John (Gibson) and Julie (Dudley) are two young children from Dorset who are eager to see the [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II]] in spite of t Along their way, they encounter different quirky and eccentric people who help them achieve their goal and see the Queen's procession.
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• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
  ...duced from 1976 to 1979. Nobbs adapted the screenplay for the first series from the novel. Some of its subplots were considered too dark or risqué for tel ...from those around it only by having its streets named after famous poets. From references, it would have approximately coincided with [[Teddington]]. He c
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• The Comic Strip
  ...dea of a [[cabaret]] night. He persuaded the double acts and Sayle to move from the Comedy Store along with [[Arnold Brown (comedian)|Arnold Brown]], an ol ...n't You Kill My Mother-in-law?: The Story of Alternative Comedy in Britain from The Comedy Store to Saturday Live
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• The Titfield Thunderbolt
  ..., or passengers being asked to assist in pushing the carriages, were taken from incidents on the Talyllyn Railway recounted in ''Railway Adventure''. ...erford and retired track layer Dan Taylor in running the train, volunteers from the village help to operate the station.
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• The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
  ...at a spectacularly waterlogged royal garden party. To distract the nation from the appalling state of the economy, the Goodies are employed to cheer up th ...Ernie (Sesame Street)|Ernie]], [[Oscar the Grouch]] and [[Cookie Monster]] from ''[[Sesame Street]]''); he and Graeme are challenged to a sword fight by Bi
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• Glynn Edwards
  ...r]]''.<ref name="bfi.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efa5d96|title=Glynn Edwards|publisher=British Film Institute|access-d He received his early formal education at [[Clayesmore School]] in [[Dorset]].<ref name=telegraph/> In his childhood he read [[Arthur Ransome|Arthur Ra
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• Miles Malleson
  ...''. When the plays were published in book form in 1916, copies were seized from the printers by the police, who described them as "a deliberate calumny on ...00 {{ISBN|9780521624077}} (pgs. 162-189).</ref> His 1934 play ''Six Men of Dorset'' (written with Harvey Brooks), about the [[w:Tolpuddle Martyrs|Tolpuddle M
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• Lance Percival
  ...9780198614128-e-111886}}</ref> and was educated at [[Sherborne School]] in Dorset, where he learnt to play the guitar. He then did [[Conscription in the Unit ...><ref>{{cite news |title=Percival to pay £5,200 |quote=The court increased from £18,331 to £25,531 damages awarded to Mrs. Jillian Young, aged 31, for th
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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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