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- {{Infobox radio show | name = Welsh Rarebit4 KB (573 words) - 22:51, 18 March 2023
- ...try=GBR|MBE}} (30 July 1925 – 26 November 2013) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[comedian|comedian]], [[actor|actor]] and [[jazz|jazz]] [[musician|music ...sident comedian on variety radio show, ''[[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)|Welsh Rarebit]]'', and he gained further success as one of the regular comedy gue5 KB (647 words) - 13:42, 25 February 2023
- {{Infobox radio show | format = Comedy radio3 KB (472 words) - 16:57, 4 January 2023
- ...ng musical interludes on the [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] programmes ''[[Beyond Our Ken]]'' and ''[[Round the Horne]]''. ...to prove successful. In June 1950, they appeared on the [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] show ''Variety Fanfare'', and were given positive comments by the critics4 KB (608 words) - 23:41, 17 January 2023
- {{Infobox radio show ...ice: North]]|[[BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]]|[[BBC Radio 2|BBC Radio 2]]}}13 KB (1,971 words) - 00:00, 9 February 2023
- {{Infobox radio show Plays, with titles beginning with 'A', 'B' and 'C' on the radio comedy programme "''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]''"10 KB (1,311 words) - 18:17, 25 February 2023
- ...re]], [[Middlesex]], on 2 July 1931, to William Williams, a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]], and wife Alice (née Myl ...ter the show that made him famous|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1459031/Dads-Army-Frank-Williams-comedy-vicar-captain-mainwaring-corporal-j13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:57, 10 September 2024
- | nationality = [[Welsh People|Welsh]] | television = ''[[The Goon Show]]'' (Radio)<br />The Harry Secombe Show, Secombe And Friends, [[Highway (TV series)|Hi23 KB (3,421 words) - 22:11, 11 September 2024
- ...ith the Robert Stigwood Organisation as executive vice-president producing programmes for American television.<ref name="Guardian obit"/> ...tion to Broadcasting]] at the [[Broadcasting Press Guild#Awards|BPG TV and Radio Awards]].<ref name="BBC News Obituary 2022">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=17 KB (2,470 words) - 09:07, 3 February 2023
- ...ss-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> as well as being a regular panellist on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s comedy panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]'' from its second series in 196 Williams stated in his diaries that he believed he was of [[Welsh people|Welsh]] extraction because of his parents' surnames (Williams was later proven co36 KB (5,196 words) - 19:07, 23 August 2024
- ...se to international prominence when his career moved into television, with programmes for [[London Weekend Television]] and [[Thames Television]]. ...affected his career and his health, effectively ending offers to front new programmes and relegating him to performing as a guest star on other entertainment sho32 KB (4,605 words) - 07:53, 11 September 2024
- ...yfanwy-talog-6175249|title=Sir David Jason opens up on tragic romance with Welsh actress|first1=Sion|last1=Morgan|date=13 October 2013|website=WalesOnline}} ...illingsgate Fish Market|Billingsgate Fish Market]], and his [[Welsh people|Welsh]] mother, Olwen Jones, was from [[Merthyr Tydfil|Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Glamor36 KB (5,248 words) - 13:45, 18 March 2023
- {{Infobox radio show ...<br />[[BBC Light Programme]]<br />{{small|(series 2–5)}}<br />[[BBC Radio 2]] {{small|(series 6–9)}}35 KB (5,724 words) - 23:56, 9 February 2023
- ...fe of Brian director dies, aged 77|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> was a Welsh comedian, director, historian, actor, writer and member of the [[Monty Pyth ...ichael Palin]] wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'' and ''[[The Frost Report]]'', bef56 KB (7,720 words) - 19:07, 4 September 2024
- ...pist instead. She worked as a [[BBC]] secretary for two years, assigned to programmes including ''[[Dick Barton]]'' before eventually moving into [[repertory]] i | Welsh Woman14 KB (2,040 words) - 15:56, 24 February 2023
- ...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 ==Films, television and radio==34 KB (5,049 words) - 19:26, 4 September 2024
- ...oduce shows such as ''[[Taxi! (British TV series)|Taxi!]]'', ''[[Hi Gang! (radio series)|Hi Gang!]]'', ''[[Can You Beat It?]]'' and ''[[Oliver’s Twists]]' ...st of his staff who resided near Lower Sagging. The cast comprised some of radio’s newest talent who had been experimenting with a new form of ‘goon’68 KB (11,111 words) - 19:25, 6 July 2024
- ...er [[Jimmy James (comedian)|Jimmy James]]. Meanwhile Harry featured on BBC radio shows such as ''[[Seaside Variety]]'', ''Force All Star Bill'' and ''[[Summ ...“Crystal-Set Observer”. I forget which,''’ Spike told the [[w:Radio Times|Radio Times]] as he and Larry described the creation of ''The Goon Show'' in the62 KB (10,149 words) - 19:46, 21 January 2023
- ...ate 1951, producer [[Dennis Main Wilson]] was planning the new run of Goon programmes featuring [[Harry Secombe]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Michael Bentine]] and [[S ...alked into the project, feeling it was impractical at the same time as the radio show and was dubious about the availability of Harry who was still in the p58 KB (9,254 words) - 14:58, 21 July 2024
- ...years |author=Ian Burrell |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc1-to-revive-comedy-playhouse-after-40-years-in-bid-to-reduce-risk-on-new ...ite|black-and-white]], with the rest being in colour. Like many television programmes from the time, many of 1960s & 1970s episodes are [[w:Wiping|lost]]. As a r22 KB (2,874 words) - 16:40, 12 January 2023