• Ian La Frenais
  ...ame Allan's School, Newcastle|Dame Allan's Boys School]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] ...ly [[List of satirical television news programs|satirical programme]] on [[Tyne Tees Television]] and then moved to London where he worked for a [[market r
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• Terry Collier
  ...t). ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads'' begins with Terry's discharge from the army, and for the duration of the series he spends most of his time une ...ombing|air raid]] on [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and born on 29 February 1944. From an early age Terry was seen as a disruptive threat to other children, and t
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• Ann Lancaster
  | birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[England]] ...on shows and in theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba008f77c|title=Ann Lancaster}}</ref><ref name=avelyman>{{cite web|url=
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• Nat Jackley
  | birth_place = [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], England ...[[comedian|comic actor]] who starred in revue, variety, film and pantomime from the 1920s to the mid-1980s. His trademark rubber-neck dance, skeletal frame
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• Bill Maynard
  ...000, reprising the character in the spin-off ''[[w:The Royal|The Royal]]'' from 2002 to 2003. ...''One O'Clock Show'' for [[Tyne Tees Television]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] (1959–64). He also served for [[BBC Radio Leicester]] during the 1960s,
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• Robin Bailey
  ...tinghamshire]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f426b58|title=Robin Bailey}}</ref> ...so collaborated with Tinniswood on the television and radio series ''Tales from a Long Room'', playing the Brigadier, an eccentric [[cricket|cricket]]-love
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• Bernard Bresslaw
  ...[[The Independent]] |language= |date=13 June 1993}}</ref> was an [[English people|English]] actor. He is best known as a member of the ''[[Carry On (franchis ...' at the [[Theatre Royal, Newcastle|Theatre Royal]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], in the 1990s.
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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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• Bill Travers
  | birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], England Travers was born in the suburb of Jesmond in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England,<ref name=NYT/> the son of Florence (née Wheatley) and William Ha
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• Anne Reid
  | birth_place = [[Jesmond]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England ...'', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born 28 May 1935) is an [[English people|English]] stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as [[Vale
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• Tommy Trinder
  ...<ref name="sweet">{{cite web |last1=Sweet |first1=Matthew |title=You lucky people: remembering Tommy Trinder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/1 ...], on 24 March 1909, the son of Thomas Henry Trinder, a London tram driver from [[Shilton, Oxfordshire|Shilton]], Oxfordshire, and his wife Jennie Georgina
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• Harry Worth
  ...When he was only five months old, his father died from injuries resulting from an industrial accident. He left school at 14 and was a miner for eight year ...and taught himself [[ventriloquism|ventriloquism]] from a book he borrowed from the local library, buying his first dummy in 1936.<ref name=DMirror/> Durin
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• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
  ...ted in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. A feature film spin-off was made in 1976. Around Set in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in [[north-east England]], the show follows the friendship, resumed after
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• Bob Grant (actor)
  ...this was Grant's début. A production of the play was staged at the theatre from the 4{{Nbsp}}May 1953 for six days.{{R|"West Sussex County Times 1 May 1953 ...to Musical Theatre Mrs Wilson's Diary"}} After George Brown's resignation from the Government on 15{{Nbsp}}March 1968,{{R|"Birmingham Daily Post 16 March
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• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
  ...created by [[Franc Roddam]] after an idea from Mick Connell, a bricklayer from [[Stockton-on-Tees]], and mostly written by [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La F ...lthough its initial emphasis is on three bricklayers from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] making the journey to Germany, with the others being introduced along the
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• James Booth
  ...ed for a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he studied from 1954 to 1956. Classmates included Albert Finney, Peter O'Toole, Alan Bates ...unities in Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b772d8b6c |title = Stormin&#039; Home (1985)}}</ref> His first writing
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• David Jason
  ...>{{cite web | title = David Jason | url = https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16c38d9 | publisher = British Film Institute | access-date = 14 Janua ...claimed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes |first=Heather |url=http://www.tv.com/people/david-jason/ |title=David Jason |publisher=TV.com |access-date=13 June 2012
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• The Fast Show
  ...''''Brilliant''''' in the US, is a [[BBC]] comedy [[sketch show]] that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers ...chphrase]]s, its fast-paced "[[blackout gag|blackout]]" style set it apart from traditional sketch series because of the number and relative brevity of its
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• George Formby Sr
  ...of the early 20th century.<ref name="Dundee C: Obit" /> His comedy played upon [[Lancashire]] stereotypes, and he was popular around Britain. His nickname ...04}} Formby also had a successful recording career and made the transition from music hall to [[revue]] in 1916.
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• Kenneth More
  ...1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954), ''[[Raising a Riot ...is career declined in the early 1960s, two of his own favourite films date from this time – ''[[The Comedy Man]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Greengage Summer]]'
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