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  • ...versary]] of the broadcast of the first series. The actual [['Allo 'Allo! (series 1)#Pilot – The British Are Coming|pilot]] for the show had been broadcast The episode is set some time after the end of the war. No date is given, but clearly it's before the last regular episode (where
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  • ...second series, Askey and Murdoch were joined by Syd Walker, and the third series added Diana Clare for two episodes. ...epper]]<ref>Peter Hay , ''Canned Laughter: The Best Stories from Radio and Television'' (1992), p. 42</ref><ref>[http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/bandwagon
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  • {{infobox television | caption = First series opening title, 1975
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  • ...[[Hermione Baddeley]]. It is the third film spin-off from the television series ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (the previous films being ''[[Up the Chastity Belt]]'' ...g the German master plan for the entire war, which has through an unlikely series of events been tattooed onto his posterior, is pursued across France by Ger
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  • | series = [[Dad's Army]] ...idley himself fought at the [[Battle of the Somme]] during the First World War.
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  • ...Cartoonist". He served in the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] during the war, and entertained the troops as "The Trench Philosopher", performing [[monol ...On realising that many in his audience did not want to be reminded of the war, he modified the act to become "Old Bill in [[Civvies]]", and was sometimes
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  • ...acters#The Grace Brothers (Harold Bennett and Kenneth Waller) (series 1–8, series 8)|'Young Mr. Grace']] in the 1970s [[British sitcom]] ''[[Are You Being Se ...served as a courier, initially on horseback, then on motorcycle. After the war he took up acting and eventually worked as stage producer in the [[Tower Th
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  • ...evens - Gifted and versatile character actor at home in theatre, films and television.] ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> ...name=bfi/> He appeared as Mr Rudge in the ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)]]'' episode (9/5) "The Facts of Life" (1988).
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  • {{Infobox television | genre = [[documentary television series|Documentary]]
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  • ...ppearances as a variety of eccentric characters in the [[w:BBC|BBC]] radio series ''[[It's That Man Again]]'' (''ITMA''). ...ar, [[Tommy Handley]]. Train was seriously ill in 1943 and had to miss one series of the show, but otherwise he remained a stalwart until Handley's sudden de
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  • {{Infobox television episode | series = [[Dad's Army]]
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  • | known_for = [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On (series)]] ...he first six of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On (series)]]...'' film series, for which he wrote the screenplays until he was replaced by [[Talbot Rothw
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  • ...[[Dad's Army]]'' (1973&ndash;1974) and Tom Price in ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1975), while Thomas also appeared with [[Jon Pertwee]] in t ...but joined the local amateur dramatic society. During [[World War II|World War II]], he joined the [[Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force (RAF)]], and was a [[
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  • {{Infobox television episode | series = [[Dad's Army]]
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  • {{Infobox television ...[BBC]] in four series (seven episodes each in series 1, 3 and 4 and six in series 2) from 1975 to 1979.
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  • ...''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). Hackney also co-wrote the script of ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'', which was a satire of trade unions.<ref name=tele>{{c ...rs]] and [[Johnny Dorelli]]), and Hollywood as well as working for British television and continuing to contribute to ''Punch''.
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  • ...1973 to become Head of Light Entertainment at [[w:ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] and was responsible for commissioning ''[[Rising Damp]]''.<ref name=scree ...uding [[Dick Emery]], [[Tony Hancock]], and [[Benny Hill]]. He moved into television in 1953, and worked on a wide range of programmes including dancing and [[w
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  • {{Infobox television | image = The World of Beachcomber.jpg
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  • | occupation = Television producer, director ...[[w:British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] (1967–1972), producer at Thames Television
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  • | notable_work = ''[[The Comedians (1971 TV series)|The Comedians]]'' ...man was evacuated with his family to [[Wrexham]] during the [[Second World War]], and after the family returned to their Merseyside home mistakenly thinki
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