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- Born in [[Wolverhampton]], Insull trained as a [[w:joiner|joiner]] before entering showbusiness as [[Category:People from Wolverhampton]]1 KB (180 words) - 23:46, 14 February 2023
- | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> ...Theatre]], Wolverhampton (1953), ''[[The Gay Dog]]'' at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton (1954), Joe in '' The Ring of Truth'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]] (1959), ''[[7 KB (970 words) - 07:48, 16 March 2023
- ...d=8482948&style=music&fulldesc=T|title="Music of the People/ Spirit of the People" CD sleeve note cited at|publisher=cduniverse.com/|access-date=6 October 20 ...olved in managing the entertainment of servicemen based at [[Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton]]. In 1944 he was appointed conductor of the [[BBC Dance Orchestra|BBC Danc13 KB (1,884 words) - 14:03, 24 February 2023
- ...]] and [[Ellesmere College]], making his first appearance as an actor in [[Wolverhampton]] at the age of 16 and then appeared in repertory theatre in [[East Anglia] ...r in London perpetually searching for Copthorne Avenue. The comedy derived from the characters they met along the way, often also played by themselves. The13 KB (1,978 words) - 08:05, 11 September 2024
- | death_place = [[w:Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton]], England ...pector Calls]]'' (1954).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba127353d|title=Norman Bird}}</ref>22 KB (3,253 words) - 14:43, 21 December 2022
- ...productions.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 |title=Peter Vaughan |access-date=7 December 2016 |work=Briti ...rk=Shropshire Star|date=4 July 2016|page=16}}Report by Mat Growcott.</ref> From the age of seven he lived in [[Staffordshire]],<ref>[http://www.shropshirem24 KB (3,494 words) - 10:21, 25 August 2024
- ...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]]'38 KB (5,858 words) - 08:36, 20 February 2023
- ...ember 2001) was an English actress. As a child, she found acting an escape from an unhappy home life. After playing in amateur productions, she was taken o Mount occasionally performed in comedies from the classical repertoire, including works by [[William Shakespeare|Shakespe22 KB (3,503 words) - 14:45, 24 February 2023
- ...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 ...ork in West Germany, although its initial emphasis is on three bricklayers from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] making the journey to Germany, with the others bein43 KB (6,877 words) - 22:55, 24 August 2024
- ...Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' from 1976 to 1979.<ref name=obit/> ...ecame assistant stage manager there, and then went on to [[w:Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton]] and [[w:Salisbury|Salisbury]] repertory companies. In his first 19 months35 KB (5,150 words) - 14:02, 21 February 2023
- ...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]67 KB (9,357 words) - 08:07, 11 September 2024