• Michael Bentine's Potty Time
  {{Infobox television | network = [[Thames Television]]
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• Leonard Swindley
  ...Lights (TV series)|Turn Out the Lights]]'', making him a unique character in British soap opera. ...but it was his turn as pompous Mr. Swindley that made him a household name in the early 60s.<ref name="thecoronationstreetstory">{{cite book |last=Little
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• Bernard Woolley
  | caption = Derek Fowlds as '''Bernard Woolley''' in ''Yes, Prime Minister'' ...Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA (Oxon)]] is one of the three main fictional characters of the 1980s [[British sitcom]] ''[[Yes Minister]]'' and its sequel, ''Yes,
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• David Rappaport
  ...e Planeteers|Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]''. He was 3' 11" (1.19 m) in height.<ref>{{cite news|title= David Rappaport, Character Actor, 38, Seen o ...a common form of [[w:dwarfism|dwarfism]]. As a child, he developed talents in playing the [[w:accordion|accordion]] and drums, the latter of which he pla
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• Mr Creosote
  '''Mr. Creosote''' is a fictional character who appears in [[Monty Python|Monty Python's]] ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life|The ...dly obese middle-aged man is accompanied by ominous music. One of the fish in the aquarium exclaims, "Oh shit—it's Mr. Creosote!" as he passes, causing
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• Pink Panther (character)
  ...figure of a springing panther" when held up to the light in a certain way; in the credits this was translated to an animated pink [[Black panther|panther ...toons|theatrical shorts]], television cartoons and merchandise. He starred in 124 short films, four TV series and four TV specials. The character is clos
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• Basil Fawlty
  ...st/ITVProgs/2001/05/05/Y22090001/ |title=100 Greatest ... (100 Greatest TV Characters (Part 1)) |publisher=[[ITN Source]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/we ...s Hotel]] in [[Torquay]], England) along with the rest of [[Monty Python]] in May 1970.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fawlty hotelier was bonkers, says waitress
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• The Benny Hill Show
  {{Infobox television | company = [[BBC]]<br />[[Associated Television]]<br />[[Thames Television]]
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• Burt Kwouk
  | image = Burt Kwouk in The Last of the Summer Wine.png | caption = Kwouk in ''Last of the Summer Wine''
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• Inspector Clouseau
  ...ted as Turk Thrust II) in the 1983 film ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]''. In the [[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|2006 remake]] and its [[The Pink Panther ...link=Jerry Beck |title=Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town |publisher=Dorling Kindersley, Ltd. |year=2006 |location=[[New York Ci
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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
  {{Infobox television ...he Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Stage shows|stage shows]], in 1979 and 1980, making it the fifth iteration of the guide.
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• Humphrey Appleby
  ...won the [[British Academy Television Awards]] Award for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Light Entertainment Performan ...nder of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]] award early on in the series in "The Official Visit". The Dean of Baillie describes him as "too clever by h
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• Basil Brush
  ...ldren's television from the 1960s to the present day. He has also appeared in pantomimes across the UK. ...Boom! Boom!]]", used after something he finds funny, and also for speaking in a "posh" accent and manner, referring to himself as a "fella". The characte
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• Chesney and Wolfe
  ...(1969–73) and ''[[Romany Jones]]'' (1972–75). When their partnership began in the mid-1950s, Chesney was already known to the public as a [[harmonica]] p ...k trader, and Jeanne (''[[née]]'' Basset). He left the French Lycée school in London at the age of 16, and began using his English name.<ref name="Haywar
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• Mildred Roper
  ...er (mother-in-law) <br>Humphrey Pumphrey (brother-in-law)<br>Fred (brother-in-law)<br>Six nieces and nephews ...''' (''[[née]]'' '''Tremble''') is a fictional character from the [[Thames Television]] sitcoms ''[[Man About the House]]'' and ''[[George and Mildred]]''. She w
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• List of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps characters
  {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' characters}} [[File:Two pints wt l 1.jpg|thumb|Main characters]]
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• Jim Hacker
  ...e Minister]]. He was portrayed by [[Paul Eddington]] in the original show. In the 2013 revival a new version of Hacker was portrayed by [[David Haig]]. ...eries= Yes Minister |series-link=Yes Minister |station=BBC2 |date=10 March 1980 |series-no=1 |number=3 }}</ref>{{ref|a}}
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• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
  ...ings enjoying very lively audiences, particularly when familiar themes and characters were repeated; a tradition that continued into the spinoff show ''[[I'm Sor ...sodes. An hour-long 25th anniversary show was broadcast in 1989, comically introduced as "full frontal radio".
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• The Pink Panther
  |2=''[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]'' (1964) * ''[[The Pink Panther Show]]'' (1969–1980)
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• Harry Secombe
  | television = ''[[The Goon Show]]'' (Radio)<br />The Harry Secombe Show, Secomb ...r! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968) – and, in his later years, was a presenter of television shows incorporating [[hymn|hymn]]s and other devotional songs.
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