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  • {{Short description|1971 ITV comedy-variety sketch series}} {{Infobox television
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  • {{Infobox television | company = [[London Weekend Television]]
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  • | distributor = [[ITC Entertainment|ITC Films]] ...t [[Prison governor|governor]], played by [[Geoffrey Bayldon]] rather than series regular [[Michael Barrington]].
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  • | caption = UK theatrical poster by [[Tom Beauvais]] | distributor = * [[ITC Entertainment]]<br><small>(theatrical release)</small>
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  • {{About|the 1986 film|the 1982 TV series|Whoops Apocalypse}} | distributor = [[ITC Entertainment]]
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  • {{short description|English screenwriter and television producer}} | occupation = Film and television producer, screenwriter
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  • ...ontrol of Associated Communications Corporation, the parent company of his television and other interests, to [[Robert Holmes à Court]], an Australian. Lord Gra ...en Grade was five years old, his [[Jewish]] family escaped the [[pogrom]]s by emigrating from [[Odessa]] (Ukraine) via [[Berlin]] (Germany) to London (En
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  • | studio = [[ITC Entertainment|ITC Entertainment]]<br />Jewel Productions<br />Pimlico Films<br>[[The Mirisch Company|Mirisc ...' (1968). The film was a commercial hit and revived the previously dormant series and with it Peter Sellers' career.
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  • ...e Edwards|Blake Edwards]]' [[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]] series of films. ...ccessful career playing a broad range of supporting roles in both film and television often with a specialisation in playing unsmiling villains and German office
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  • ...= [[w:Actor|Actor]], [[w:comedian|comedian]], [[w:Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]], [[w:author|author]] ...ent Award]]<br /> Oldie Camper of the Year, 2008<br /> [[BAFTA]] for Light Entertainment Performance, (1960, 1975)}}
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  • ...rtrayal of the omniscient valet [[Jeeves]] in [[The World of Wooster|1960s television adaptations]] of [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s stories. ...stage at the [[Croydon|Croydon]] Repertory Theatre in June 1937, followed by a London debut at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] on 6 September 1
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  • ...l Japanese Army]] Major Yamauchi in the British drama series ''[[Tenko (TV series)|Tenko]]'' and as [[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters#'Electrical' ....<ref name=telegraph_obit/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19884660|title=Obituary: Burt Kwouk|work=BBC News|date=24 May 2016}}</
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  • ...[United Kingdom|British]] [[TV comedy]] show ''[[Two of a Kind (British TV series)|Two of a Kind]]'', starring [[Morecambe and Wise]]. ...he title ''The Piccadilly Palace''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ctva.biz/UK/ITC/PiccadillyPalace.htm |title=Piccadilly Palace |author=<!--Not stated--> |d
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  • ...n|Congleton]], [[Cheshire|Cheshire]]. In the late 1920s, he studied radio, television and languages at [[University of Westminster|Regent Street Polytechnic]] in ...ed Unwin's first fan mail, from [[Joyce Grenfell]], who had been impressed by his performance. Since Grenfell was Unwin's heroine, the encouragement gave
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  • * [[Blake Edwards|Blake Edwards Entertainment]] | distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM/UA Entertainment Company]] (United States)<br>[[United International Pictures]] (Internation
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  • ...&nbsp;– 14 November 2015) was a British actor. He was a [[British Academy Television Award|BAFTA TV Award]] winner and twice a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] winner ...sed the role in the television sequels ''[[Till Death...]]'' ([[Associated TeleVision|ATV]], 1981) and ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (BBC, 1985–92), and in
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  • ...', was a German-born British actor and writer. He made his name on British television and found his greatest fame for his portrayal of the comical Spanish waiter He had a long career in acting and [[voice-over]] work for television, film and radio. He was successful well into his eighties, with roles in nu
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  • ...comedian [[Terry-Thomas]] (1911–1990) performed in many mediums of [[light entertainment]], including film, radio and theatre. His professional career spanned 50 ye ...of small and uncredited film roles while his reputation grew on radio and television. He played his first role on radio in the 1938 [[BBC]] tea dance programme
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  • ...Clouseau]] in ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|The Pink Panther]]'' film series. The filmmakers [[Boulting brothers|John and Roy Boulting]] described him a ...name="goon show (DNB)" /> Throughout his career, Sellers made a number of television appearances, in character roles and for interviews and advertisements.{{sfn
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