• Sunstruck
  ...'''''Education of Stanley Evans''''', is a 1972 British–Australian [[comedy film]] directed by [[James Gilbert (producer)|James Gilbert]] and starring Stanley Evans, a Welsh schoolteacher, is very proud of the choir that he's formed with his pupils.
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• Terry Nation
  | genre = {{hlist|[[Science fiction]]|[[comedy]]|[[Horror fiction|horror]]}} ...ography |website=Screenonline.org.uk |access-date=2016-09-10}}</ref> was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in [[British telev
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• Doctor in the House (franchise)
  ...can]] collective name for seven separate British and Australian television comedy series inspired by a [[Doctor (film series)|series of cinema films]], which ...tor in Charge''. His need to continually impress her is the source of much comedy.
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• The Dustbinmen
  | genre = [[w:Comedy|Comedy]] ...series too. However, the title credits for Episode 6 of Season 2 name the writers as Tom Brennand and Roy Bottomley.
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• Whoops Apocalypse
  ...rron]]) as a Cathedral Dean in the sitcom ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]''; the writers claimed not to know at the time that [[Alexander Haig]], Reagan's first Sec ...[[David Owen]]) and the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] ([[Richard Davies (Welsh actor)|Richard Davies]]) that they also lose their sanity, don [[Green Lant
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• Hywel Bennett
  ...July 1967|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>}} (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in ''[[The Family Way]]'' (1 ...1972). Other notable film roles include Private Brigg in the [[Comedy film|comedy]] ''[[The Virgin Soldiers (film)|The Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1969), Dennis in
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• Victor Spinetti
  {{short description|Welsh actor and theatre director}} .... WalesOnline (15 September 2010). Retrieved 3 September 2013.</ref> was a Welsh<ref name=obit/> actor, author, poet, and raconteur. He appeared in dozens o
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• Beryl Vertue
  ...iated London Scripts]] (ALS) as a secretary and she began working with the writers' cooperative in 1955.<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{cite news|url=https://www. ...their chief negotiator and agent, almost by accident, representing comedy writers [[Spike Milligan]], [[Eric Sykes]], [[Johnny Speight]], [[Galton and Simpso
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• Arthur Askey
  ...quently starred in several [[Gainsborough Pictures|Gainsborough Pictures]] comedy films during the [[Second World War|Second World War]] including ''[[Charle ...er role in the writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/bandwagon.htm |title=Bandwaggon |website=Britishcomedy.org.uk |access-date=
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• Terry Jones
  ...ian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the [[Monty Python]] comedy team. ...ner [[Michael Palin]] wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'' and ''[[The Frost Repo
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• Porridge (1974 TV series)
  ...te Barker's initial preference for another of the pilots, a sitcom about a Welsh [[Problem gambling|gambling addict]], "Prisoner and Escort" was selected. I ...roadcast on 25 March 1977.<ref>Webber, p. 123.</ref> The producers and the writers were keen to make more episodes, but Barker was wary of being "stuck with a
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• Ronnie Corbett
  ...o Ronnies]]''. He achieved prominence in [[David Frost]]'s 1960s satirical comedy programme ''[[The Frost Report]]'' (with Barker) and subsequently starred i ...eir own show by the BBC five years later. ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' ran as a comedy sketch show from 1971 to 1987, and became Corbett and Barker's most famous
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• Comedy Playhouse
  | image = Comedy Playhouse.jpg ...[[w:anthology series|anthology series]] of one-off unrelated [[w:Situation comedy|sitcoms]] that aired for 120+ episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes lat
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• The Green Green Grass
  | writer = John Sullivan<br />([[#Writers|Full list]]) ...oundings, however, situations occasionally arise – usually involving their Welsh neighbour, Llewellyn. Tyler was soon sent to school to finish his GCSEs.
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• The Goon Show series 3
  ...two editions of the show to help Peter out when problems arose with other writers. ...cted to return for a run of his other [[w: BBC Home Service|Home Service]] comedy series ''[[Educating Archie]]'' during September and October. In mid-June 1
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• The Goon Show series 1
  ...e and actor on BBC radio before the war who had found success in the radio comedy ''[[Danger - Men at Work!|Danger – Men at Work!]]'' and who had then star ...se strange new ‘goon’ humour would soon herald a new generation in British comedy.
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• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
  | format = [[Sketch Comedy]] ...comedy/isirta.htm |title=''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'' on The British Comedy Website |publisher=Britishcomedy.org.uk |access-date=2010-04-12}}</ref> Thi
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• Carry On (franchise)
  The '''''Carry On''''' series of 31 British comedy films was released between 1958 and 1978, produced by [[Peter Rogers]] with ...]], and [[Anthony Waye]]. Between 1958 and 1992, the series employed seven writers, most often [[Norman Hudis]] (1958–1962) and [[Talbot Rothwell]] (1963–
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• Willie Rushton
  ...don, the only child of publisher John Atherton Rushton (1908-1958) and his Welsh wife Veronica (née James, 1910-1977). He was educated at [[Shrewsbury Scho ...Dr Watson to John Cleese's Sherlock Holmes in [[N. F. Simpson]]'s surreal comedy ''Elementary, My Dear Watson''. In 1975 and 1976 he appeared in well-receiv
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• Ronnie Barker
  | medium = Books, film, stand-up comedy, television, theatre ...[[w:insult comedy|insult comedy]], [[w:observational comedy|observational comedy]], [[w:ribaldry|ribaldry]], [[w:shock humour|shock humour]]
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