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...of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and television [[w:sitcom|sitcom]]s and Children's ITV's ''[[w:Playbox (1980s TV series)|P ===Television===

...d from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984. Morecambe took his stage name from his home town, the [[seaside resort|seaside resort]] of [[Morecambe|Morecam He was the co-star of the [[BBC1|BBC1]]'s television series ''The Morecambe & Wise Show'', which for the 1977 Christmas episode

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...Reginald Perrin in the BBC's ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' from 1976 to 1979.<ref name=obit/> ...off. It was the perfect preparation for rehearsing [[situation comedy]] on television at the rate of one episode a week."<ref>Tanitch, p. 25</ref>

...tly dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, including ''[[The Paul O'Grady Show]]''. ...television, radio, and theatrical appearances. As Savage, he presented the television shows ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' (1995–1996), ''[[Blankety Blank]]'' (1997