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...at [[Monmouth School]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] in Cardiff, of which he became a Fellow. After various menial jobs, Spinetti pursued a ...at [[Monmouth School]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] in Cardiff, of which he later became a Fellow. Early on, he worked as a waiter and fac

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...ntly wrote for and performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including [[Tony Hancock]], [[Spike Milligan]], [[Tommy Coop ...om the early 1950s Sykes began to make an ultimately successful transition from radio to TV, writing a number of series episodes and one-off shows for the

...ton Mowbray]]. He enjoyed science, acting and comedy and, after graduating from [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] and [[St Bartho Chapman's main contribution to the "Dead Parrot sketch", derived from the piece within ''How to Irritate People'' and involving a customer return

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...n was to rename him as ‘Spike’ to identify him closely with his performer. Writers [[Larry Stephens]] and Spike Milligan planned that each edition would close ...e show would be pre-empted on Tuesday 26 February to make way for speeches from the ''Pilgrims’ Dinner''. The Stargazers were also announced as appearing

...edy]], and later [[television comedy|television comedy]] series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton and Alan Simpso ...in the development of the [[Sitcom|situation comedy]], with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.

...two editions of the show to help Peter out when problems arose with other writers. ...as a home for his new wife June who was then pregnant and on her way back from [[w:Australia|Australia]]. Eventually Max Geldray and vocalist [[Ray Elling

...pt was most recently written by [[Iain Pattinson]], who worked on the show from 1992 until his death in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amandahowardas ...running radio [[sketch show]] ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', the writers of which were [[John Cleese]], [[Jo Kendall]], [[David Hatch]], [[Bill Oddi

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...House of Lords]] as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of [[Mencap]] from 1998 until his death. ...xperience with the White Rose Players at the opera house in [[Harrogate]]. From there he went into the Royal Air Force, eventually ending up as a volunteer

...C Two]], 15 October 2010</ref> in 1929 he walked (by his own account) to [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], where he became a [[cabin boy]] in the [[British Merchant Nav ...s centre in a command bunker in London, where he connected telephone calls from war leaders to the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]].