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  • | death_place = [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], England Askey died in [[Worthing|Worthing]], [[Sussex|Sussex]], in 1999, aged 65.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Denis Giffor
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  • | death_place = [[Worthing|Worthing]] ...f name="Stevens"/> He took the series into a more lewd and bawdy direction from that of ''Carry On'''s first screenwriter, [[Norman Hudis]], but was carefu
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  • | death_place = [[w:Worthing|Worthing]], [[w:Sussex|Sussex]], England ...ish people|English]] actor who made his name in television and film comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in ''[[Hancock's
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  • ...ontaminated chocolates were boxed and sent out with normal production to [[Worthing]]. Despite attempts to recover the suspect chocolates, they had all been so ...stionnaires were examined carefully to find unsurprising confirmation that people did not like the factory's chocolates, except for a group of customers who
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  • | death_place = [[Worthing]], [[West Sussex]], England ...tml |title=Sunday People – News, views, gossip, pictures, video |publisher=People.co.uk |accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>
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  • ...membered for supporting roles in many [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]]s from the 1970s onwards. ...]] in 1926 and he grew up on the [[w:Sussex|Sussex]] coast in [[w:Worthing|Worthing]].<ref name="The Good Life">{{cite news|title=A Celebration of The Good Lif
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  • Douglas started acting as a teenager, joining the [[Worthing]], West Sussex [[repertory theatre|repertory]] company, before making her W ...et fellow actor [[Kenneth More]] on the set of ''[[Some People (film)|Some People]]'' in [[Bristol]] in 1962. After starting an affair, More divorced his wif
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  • ...'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 ...officer, putting on shows for the other troops. Merryfield was demobilised from the Army on 16 March 1946.
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  • ...-on-Sea|Westcliff-on-Sea]], [[Wilmington, Kent|Wilmington]] and [[Worthing|Worthing]]. ...in ''Dad's Army'', which he played in both the original television series from 1968 to 1977, and the radio adaptations, as well as the radio sequel ''[[It
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  • | death_place = [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], [[England]], UK ...y, West Yorkshire|Shipley, Yorkshire]], England &ndash; 15 March 1975 in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], England) was a British [[cinematographer]] and [[film direct
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  • ...the play ''[[Berkeley Square (play)|Berkeley Square]]'' on [[Worthing Pier|Worthing Pier]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1331 ...e]]'' (1988).<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5ae9e43|title=John Warner|website=BFI}}</ref>
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  • ...ph" /> Before the [[Second World War]], he ran the Connaught Theatre in [[Worthing]]; when called up he served in a [[Royal Air Force]] [[Ultra|Special Liaiso He died from [[emphysema]] in [[Bushey]], [[Hertfordshire]], aged 79, leaving a widow, t
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  • ...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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  • ...ncluding working on the Thames River Bus and selling razors. He graduated from [[RADA]] in 1953 with the Principal’s Medal.<ref name=independent/><ref>{ He then spent two years with the Worthing Repertory Company, appearing in many plays.
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  • ...-smith-1-7749116 |title=Tributes paid to Worthing resident Liz Smith |work=Worthing Herald |date=27 December 2016 |access-date= 6 January 2019}}</ref> .../http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/pictures/STAR-PUPILS-REVEALED-Famous-people-Scunthorpe/pictures-26690493-detail/pictures.html |date=1 November 2015 |ur
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  • ...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|Shakespe
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  • ...first broadcast on [[ITV Network|ITV]] in 1992, moving to [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 1994 to 1998. A total of six series were made, along with a Christmas speci ...ointment. Sabotaging the evening further, Deborah's boyfriend Mike returns from [[Singapore]] after having sex with other women there, and headbutts Gary.
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  • ...documentary, it was revealed that Monkhouse and his older brother suffered from [[Physical abuse|physical]] and [[verbal abuse]] by their mother. ...hool in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], and [[Dulwich College]] in south London, from which he was expelled for climbing the clock tower.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http
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  • '''''Waiting for God''''' is a [[British sitcom]] that ran on [[BBC1]] from 28 June 1990 to 27 October 1994 starring [[Graham Crowden]] as Tom and [[St ...rand-aunt-to-be reveals that much of her hostility towards the world stems from the fact that she is infertile; this incapability is one of her very few re
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  • ...get ahead, and to get ahead quickly. I was impatient with all those older people who talked of the long grind to the top, who turned me down for jobs I knew ...st a mere £23,000 to produce, it was a hit at the box office, with profits from its Australian release alone being £150,000.<ref name="bfireleases">[https
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