• The Robin Flies at Dawn
  ...the [[British Army|British troops]] serving in the [[Gulf War|1990–91 Gulf War]]. It has never been broadcast commercially. The episode was filmed at [[RA ...troops from a "secret location in [[Southern England]]" (shortly revealed by Rodney to be High Wycombe). Their yellow [[Reliant Regal]] van has been kit
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• King Arthur Was a Gentleman
  ...(1942) - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> It was [[film producer|produced]] by [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]] and Maurice Ostrer for [[Gainsboro Set during [[World War II]], the plot involves the undersized Arthur joining the army to prove him
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• My British Buddy
  ...to serve beer, and the Americans are told they do not know when to enter a war, a fight breaks out. A photographer from the local paper is on hand to reco ...te about a spear-throwing contest during his military service in [[Mahdist War|the Sudan]]) of treating their visitors to a [[darts]] match in the local [
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• Miss London Ltd.
  ...015-07-02 |accessdate=2015-10-05}}</ref> It was [[film producer|produced]] by [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]], Maurice Ostrer, Fred Gunn and [[G ...name of the escort agency he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner, Terry Arden ([[Evelyn Dall]]), as she inherited
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• Captain Cook (Blackadder)
  ...haracter)|Lt. George]] enters and provides Blackadder with a copy of the [[propaganda]] magazine ''King and Country'', which Blackadder uses for toilet paper, an ...s to leave the trenches for [[Paris]], and attempts to paint a work of art by himself. He and Baldrick both fail, but when George reveals he can paint su
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• Gasbags
  ...ref> The film was a morale-booster in the early part of the [[Second World War]].<ref name=radiotimes/> ...at the [[Lime Grove Studios]] in [[London]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Alex Vetchinsky]]. It was the fourth and final film
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• Let George Do It!
  ...edy from this studio to deal directly with the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/movie.aspx?tvobjectid=1 At the beginning of the Second World War, before Germany invaded [[Norway]], a [[banjulele|ukulele]] player in a Bri
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• I Thank You (film)
  | based_on = an original story by Howard Irving Young ...hard Murdoch]], [[Graham Moffatt]] and [[Moore Marriott]]. It was produced by [[Edward Black (producer)|Edward Black]] at [[Gainsborough Pictures]].<ref>
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• The Mouse on the Moon
  ...flight using wine as a propellant. It satirises the [[space race]], [[Cold War]] and [[politics]]. ...se [[Leo McKern]] did not reprise his role of Benter; this part was played by [[Roddy McMillan]]. The film also featured [[June Ritchie]], [[Bernard Crib
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• The Black Sheep of Whitehall
  {{short description|1942 film by Basil Dearden, Will Hay}} ...= Original British [[film poster#United Kingdom|quad format]] film poster by [[Dudley Pout]]
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• Alvar Lidell
  ...r|announcer]] and [[w:news presenter|newsreader]]. During the Second World War his distinctive voice became synonymous with the reading of news.<ref name= ...was at [[war]] with [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |title=News - Outbreak of War with Germany |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ww2outbreak/7916.shtml |pu
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• Resisting the Aggressor Down the Ages
  ...town pageant, a propaganda show to inspire the locals and raise funds for "War Weapons Week". ...feat of many oppressors down the ages, including [[Julius Caesar]] (played by Godfrey), [[William the Conqueror]] (Frazer), [[Philip II of Spain|Philip o
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• Bees in Paradise
  ...d Black (producer)|Edward Black]] at [[Gainsborough Pictures]]. Co-written by director [[Val Guest]] and comic [[Marriott Edgar]], who wrote for [[Will H ...both of them were boys. As the Queen points out to Jani, her [[Minister of Propaganda]]: the only thing worse than boys is men. She demands more marriages, even
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• Peter Eton
  | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> ...the [[BBC Transcription Services|London Transcription Service]]—a wartime propaganda unit within the BBC—as a producer.{{sfn|Took|1981|p=41}} After spending t
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• John Snagge
  ...andings in 1944, he was presenting the magazine programme ''[[w:War Report|War Report]]'' which featured regular news from the beaches of [[w:Normandy|Nor ...staking his career on it. Later, in the 1970s, he echoed his wartime role by appearing as the newsreader in the radio version of ''[[Dad's Army]]'', set
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• Where the Spies Are
  |based_on = novel ''[[Passport to Oblivion]]'' by [[James Leasor]] ...'Where the Spies Are''''' is a 1966 British comedy adventure film directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Niven]], [[Françoise Dorléac]], [[John
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• 'Allo 'Allo! series 8
  ...tish Airmen are back in England. The Germans are still in Nouvion, but the war is not going well for them. René is pleased to say that all is back to nor | ShortSummary = A tour by a group of Spanish Flamenco dancers provides the ideal cover for René and
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• Betty Box
  ...el]] at [[Verity Films]], where she helped produce more than 200 wartime [[propaganda]] shorts.<ref name="box">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-articl Following World War II, she made an easy transition to feature films, beginning with ''[[The Ye
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• Lizbeth Webb
  '''Betty Ethel Holton''' (30 January 1926 – 17 January 2013), better known by her stage name, '''Lizbeth Webb''', was an English [[soprano|soprano]] and ...ming as a dance band vocalist and entertaining British troops during World War II, Webb pursued a career in West End musicals, becoming known for her viva
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• 'Allo 'Allo! series 7
  ...fen is determined that the Nouvion garrison will play a bigger part in the war. In response, the Germans and Bertorelli decide to spring General Von Klink ...eneral Von Klinkerhoffen wants to resurrect Nouvion's local newspaper as a propaganda tool.
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