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- ...s range from the practical (stealing pills from the prison doctor and eggs from the prison farmyard), to the symbolic (finding new and imaginative ways to ...h is also manipulative, and can play upon the sympathies and weaknesses of people like the liberal warden, [[Mr Barrowclough]], and the ineffectual prison go7 KB (1,111 words) - 10:41, 17 March 2023
- | birth_place = [[Tottenham]], [[Middlesex]]<!-- Tottenham was part of Middlesex when Moody was born, it did not become part of London Moody was born on 8 January 1924 in [[Tottenham]], [[Middlesex]],<!-- Tottenham was part of Middlesex when Moody was born, it did not become part of London16 KB (2,315 words) - 13:29, 16 January 2023
- ...ond Huntley]].<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad62e64|title=It's Hard to Be Good (1948)|website=BFI}}</ref> In ...ith Mary Leighton (Anne Crawford), who nursed him whilst he was recovering from his wartime injuries. He bungles a proposal to her at a railway station aft5 KB (688 words) - 11:36, 7 February 2023
- ...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]].24 KB (3,333 words) - 12:57, 7 February 2023
- | birth_place = [[Tottenham]], [[Middlesex]], England ...or|director|producer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5e1afb | title=Leslie Phillips }}</ref>}}45 KB (6,314 words) - 23:31, 25 January 2023
- ...970), ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (1973) and ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' (1974) and comedy films including ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii ...cite web|url=http://www.jeoliver.co.uk/recurringpeople.htm|title=recurring people|website=www.jeoliver.co.uk}}</ref>17 KB (2,537 words) - 16:26, 24 February 2023
- ...' (1964), ''[[The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came In from the Cold]]'' (1965), ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1969) and ''[[Norman ...15 December 2006 }}</ref> (originally surnamed "Misell"<ref>Davis, Barry. "From the BBC with Love", ''The International Jerusalem Post'', 2–8 January 20125 KB (3,696 words) - 15:24, 18 August 2024
- ...blisher=ONS}}</ref> [[The Blitz|The Blitz]] caused his family to move to [[Tottenham]] where he attended Rowland Hill School. ...death. He coped by ploughing himself into work, but Reid said years later "People must see me on the TV or in cabaret laughing, singing, cracking gags and im17 KB (2,625 words) - 16:58, 13 April 2023
- ...six episodes, calling it ''[[Till Death...]]''. The BBC produced a sequel from 1985 until 1992, ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]''. ...ike Rawlins ([[Tony Booth (actor)|Anthony Booth]]) is a socialist layabout from [[Liverpool]] who frequently locks horns with Garnett. Alf Garnett became a34 KB (5,386 words) - 19:43, 10 September 2024
- ...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 appearing58 KB (9,254 words) - 14:58, 21 July 2024
- ...Sheik Rattle And Roll. Sheik Rattle And Roll you will recall was sent down from Audlin College, Oxford, for attacking the British garrison there. Service C ...The Arabs are attacking for the first time in this series! Arsenal three, Tottenham one. Hooray.57 KB (7,234 words) - 21:05, 22 November 2022
- ...ainment-arts-26889405 | work=BBC News | title=Sir Bruce Forsyth steps down from Strictly Come Dancing | date=4 April 2014}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Guinness Wor ...ng [[Fred Astaire]] in films at the age of eight, he trained in dance in [[Tottenham]] and then [[Brixton]].<ref name="Guard1" />49 KB (6,903 words) - 13:04, 18 March 2023
- ...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 |locati49 KB (7,334 words) - 16:20, 25 August 2024
- ...Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road|Whitefield's Tabernacle]] from 1903 and, from 1910, chairman of the [[Congregational Union of England and Wales]]. Betwee ...8–9}}<ref name="LP: Silvester death" /><ref name="D Tel: jolly old eek" /> From September that year Horne attended [[St George's School, Harpenden]] as a [53 KB (7,695 words) - 10:49, 29 September 2024