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  • | birth_place = [[Portrack]], [[Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]], England Many sources state he was born in [[Portrack]], [[Stockton-on-Tees]],<ref name="JimmyOxfordBio"/><ref name="Swalwell"/><ref name="JimmyBFI"/><
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  • | birth_place = [[w:Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]], County Durham, England | death_place = [[w:Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]], County Durham, England
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  • | birth_place = [[Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham|County Durham]], England Hay was born at 23 Durham Street in [[Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham|County Durham]]. He was one of two sons and three daught
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  • ...] as a mechanic before enrolling in the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], from which he was later expelled for responding to rock-and-roll.<ref>{{cite web ...ey Sutton – Broadway Cast & Staff &#124; IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> From 25 May 1966, he appeared in [[Tango (play)|''Tango'']], a play by [[Slawomi
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  • ...d by [[Franc Roddam]] after an idea from Mick Connell, a bricklayer from [[Stockton-on-Tees]], and mostly written by [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]], who also ...ork in West Germany, although its initial emphasis is on three bricklayers from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] making the journey to Germany, with the others bein
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  • ...''''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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  • ...in-off ''[[The Green Green Grass]]'' (2005–2009), as well as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the ITV sitcom ''[[Benidorm (British TV serie ...920212012/https://www.zani.co.uk/film-tv/item/3268-john-challis-aka-boycie-from-only-fools-and-horses-talks-to-zani|url-status=live}}</ref> Challis attende
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  • ...pt was most recently written by [[Iain Pattinson]], who worked on the show from 1992 until his death in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amandahowardas ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' developed from the long-running radio [[sketch show]] ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]
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  • ...ed four times and had three children from his first two marriages. He died from a heart attack, aged 54, in 1980. English filmmakers the [[Boulting brother ...particular. He was prone to laziness, but his natural talents shielded him from criticism by his teachers.{{sfn|Moritz|1961|p=371}} Sellers recalled that a
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