• Beyond the Fringe
  ...widely regarded as seminal to the "[[satire boom]]", the rise of [[Satire|satirical]] comedy in 1960s Britain. As with the established comedy revue, it was a series of [[satire|satirical]] sketches and musical pieces using a minimal set, looking at events of the
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• One Way Pendulum (film)
  ...o an extent that may surprise even those who never expect much from filmed plays. The dialogue, with its humour somehow completely self-contained, is still [[Category:1960s satirical films]]
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• Nothing but the Best (film)
  ...ting itself very far in any particular direction. ... Denholm Elliott plays the 1960s remittance man in rich style, achieving precisely the right sugge [[Category:1960s satirical films]]
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• The Man in the White Suit
  '''''The Man in the White Suit''''' is a 1951 British [[w:satire|satirical]] [[w:science fiction film|science fiction]] [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] The gurgling musical theme, "Guggle Glub Gurgle", that plays when Sidney Stratton’s apparatus is bubbling or when he is thinking about
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• The Mouse That Roared (film)
  '''''The Mouse That Roared''''' is a 1959 British [[satire|satirical]] [[comedy film]] on a [[Ban The Bomb]] theme, based on [[Leonard Wibberley In the film version, however, Peter Sellers plays the role as a parody of an elderly [[Queen Victoria]] (who thinks the Presi
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• Whoops Apocalypse (film)
  ...rength (a take on the death of [[Harry Houdini]]). As comical satire, Swit plays the role straight. Adams, while trying to maintain the peace, is shown to b ...small role in the original as Biff, a guitar player. [[Michael Richards]] plays Lacrobat, the only character from the original series to appear. Lacrobat i
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• Dirk Maggs
  | known_for = Radio Comedy, Radio Plays, Podcasts, Streamed Audio Productions ...in BBC Radio Light Entertainment Maggs produced six seasons of the gently satirical radio comedy series''[[The News Huddlines]]'' between 1989 and 1991.
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• The Best of Sellers
  ...ed as "the first British comedy LP created in a recording studio". Sellers plays all of the roles, [satire|satirising]] the [[Social class in the United Kin ...f name="sikov"/> Sellers found acclaim for his impersonations and [[Satire|satirical humour]] and began appearing in film, sometimes in [[voice acting]] roles.<
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• The Last Goon Show of All
  ...o the press when a public figure had medical treatment.</ref> Geldray then plays "[[Carioca (dance)|The Carioca]]" with the orchestra, and Ellington on cong ...ademarks. After some asides by his castmates, he delivers the line, which plays into a ''risqué'' reference to former Goon [[Michael Bentine]]. Neddie is
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• Kenneth Cope
  Cope also appeared in the satirical series ''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'' from 1962 until 1963. ...he trial of former ''Coronation Street'' colleague [[William Roache]], who plays [[Ken Barlow]] in the series.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Joe |title
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• Carry On Spying
  ...em. They include ''[[The Third Man]]'' (coincidentally, Eric Pohlmann, who plays The Fat Man, had a minor part in ''The Third Man'' and was the voice of SPE ...n Spying'' received critical acclaim, with critics praising its fast pace, satirical intent, and Kenneth Williams' performance which was largely based on his "S
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• Anton Rodgers
  ...on stage and in film. His stage roles ranged from contemporary comedy and satirical farce to Restoration comedy, [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]], [[George Bernard Shaw| *Withers and Tim in [[John Osborne]]'s double-bill, ''Plays for England'', [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]], July 1962
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• Songs for Swingin' Sellers
  ...sical parodies of Sinatra and [[Lonnie Donegan]] among the tracks. Sellers plays a variety of roles alongside contributions from the comic [[character actre ...g of "[[Any Old Iron (song)|Any Old Iron]]", a [[music hall]] song given a satirical [[skiffle]] arrangement and sung in the voice of ''The Goon Show'' characte
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• Rutland Weekend Television
  *Eric Idle - As the star of the show, Idle plays many of the lead roles in the series. He is also the first person to appear ...pisode of series two, Woolf bitterly complains that "I'm a writer—I've had plays on!" Both claims are true.
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• Dame Edna Everage
  Although Humphries freely states that Edna is a character he plays, Edna refers to Humphries as her "entrepreneur" or manager. Humphries and h ...picture ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' Dame Edna plays the role of Mrs. Crummles, an actress and wife of the manager of a provinci
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• Humphrey Appleby
  ...]; and the banker Sir Desmond Glazebrook. He is married, although his wife plays virtually no role in either series and is only seen once: next to him in be ...ler-hatted]] Sir Humphreys" is sometimes used when describing their image. Satirical and investigative magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'' often refers to Sir Humphrey
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• Peter Cook
  ...Eight]]'', before finding prominence in his own right in a four-man group satirical stage show, ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'', alongside [[Jonathan Miller]], [[Ala ...rime minister]], [[Harold Macmillan]]. This was one of the first occasions satirical political mimicry had been attempted in live theatre, and it shocked audien
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• Bob Grant (actor)
  ...} He returned to the Theatre Royal, Stratford, in 1967, and starred in the satirical play ''[[Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)#Harold Wilson: Mrs. Wilson's ...dy thriller by [[Ken Whitmore]] on [[BBC Radio 4]].{{R|"Radio Times 1986"|"Plays and Players 1986"}} On stage he later played Autolycus in [[William Shakesp
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• The Day Today
  ...inhaling [[helium]] to subtract credibility from his statement. This was a satirical comment on [[1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions|broadcaste ...port, with Morris putting on a generic Dutch accent). David Schneider also plays ''The Day Today''{{'}}s News Dancer, who performs an energetic [[interpreti
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• Barry Humphries
  Humphries' other satirical characters include the "priapic and inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les P ...dy over the next decade. His first appearance at Phillip Street was in the satirical revue ''Two to One'', starring veteran Australian musical star Max Oldaker,
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