• Edward Taylor (scriptwriter)
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• Jeremy Lloyd
  | birth_place = [[w:Danbury, Essex|Danbury]], [[w:England|England]], UK ...med had seen him as a failure.<ref name=guardian/> His father withdrew him from a private [[w:Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in 1
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• Dick Clement
  | birth_place = [[Westcliff-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], England Born in [[Westcliff-on-Sea|Westcliff-on-Sea]], Essex, England, Clement was educated at [[Bishop's Stortford College|Bishop's Sto
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• David Croft (TV producer)
  ...]]<br>2003 Lifetime Achievement Award<br>[[Writers' Guild of Great Britain|Writers' Guild of Great Britain]]<br> 1969 Best Comedy Script ''[[Dad's Army]]''<br ...iving as the war in Europe ended, and was assigned to the [[Essex Regiment|Essex Regiment]], rising to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]. When hi
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• Peter Brough
  ...]] as the girlfriend of Archie; [[Eric Sykes]] was one of the series' main writers in the early 1950s. The show often averaged 15 million listeners, and a fan ...017-07-23}}</ref> and was buried in [[w:Maldon, Essex|Maldon]] cemetery in Essex.
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• Johnny Speight
  ...(1960-65)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> Speight was one of many writers on that series which also included Sykes, [[John Antrobus]] and [[Spike Mil ...with a vengeance on the BBC's ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' which ran from 1985 to 1992.<ref name="auto"/><ref name=bbcnews>{{Cite news|url=https://ww
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• Neil Innes
  | birth_place = [[w:Danbury, Essex|Danbury]], Essex, England, United Kingdom ...here he studied fine art. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Goldsmiths in 1966.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http:/
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• Bryan Forbes
  | birth_place = [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], [[Essex|Essex]], England ...ulture/2008/jun/11/art Albert Herbert: A visionary artist, he found a path from abstraction to religious imagery via etching]. ''The Guardian''. 11 June 20
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• George (Blackadder)
  ...ackadder]] ([[Rowan Atkinson]]). The character garnered positive responses from critics. ...ieces, this princely incarnation of George is struck by a point-blank shot from the vengeful Wellington's pistol and killed. George briefly awakes, believi
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• On the Buses
  | caption = Title card used from series 3 to 6; the animated titles were introduced in series 2. .... It spawned three spin-off feature films and a stage version. Despite the writers' previous successes with ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' and ''[[Meet the Wife (TV se
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• Fanny Cradock
  {{short description|Restaurant critic, television celebrity cook and writer from England}} | birth_place = [[w:Leytonstone|Leytonstone]], [[w:Essex|Essex]], England
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• List of Porridge episodes
  ...ge]]'' and sequel series, ''[[Going Straight]]'', which aired on [[BBC 1]] from 5 September 1974 to 25 March 1977 and 24 February to 7 April 1978 respectiv ...] and authoritarian [[Mr Mackay]] – make the journey on [[New Year's Eve]] from London up to Slade Prison in [[Cumberland]].
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• Eric Morecambe
  ...d from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984. Morecambe took his stage name from his home town, the [[seaside resort|seaside resort]] of [[Morecambe|Morecam ...in Boy|Bevin Boy]] and worked as a coal miner in [[Accrington|Accrington]] from May 1944 onwards.
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• Four Weddings and a Funeral
  ...access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> A 2017 poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine r ...tish fiancé. During the reception, Charles experiences further humiliation from several ex-girlfriends, including the distraught Henrietta, who angrily cla
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• Porridge (1974 TV series)
  ...tten by [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]], and broadcast on [[BBC1]] from 1974 to 1977. The programme ran for three series and two Christmas specials ...ters of Porridge (TV series)#Lennie Godber|Lennie Godber]], a naïve inmate from [[Birmingham]] serving his first sentence, whom Fletcher takes under his wi
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• Rik Mayall
  ...orn on 7 March 1958 at 98 Matching Tye near [[w:Harlow|Harlow]], [[w:Essex|Essex]], to Gillian ({{nee}} Harrild; 1930–2018) and John Mayall (1925–2011). ...n't You Kill My Mother-in-law?: The Story of Alternative Comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Live|last=Wilmut|first=Roger|publisher=Methuen
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• Bob Monkhouse
  ...documentary, it was revealed that Monkhouse and his older brother suffered from [[Physical abuse|physical]] and [[verbal abuse]] by their mother. ...hool in [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], and [[Dulwich College]] in south London, from which he was expelled for climbing the clock tower.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http
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• The Les Dawson Show
  ...son Show''''' was a [[variety show]] that aired on [[BBC1]] intermittently from 1978 through 1989. The show starred comedian [[Les Dawson]] (1931–1993), ...e recruited for the special, but much of the content was material rehashed from Dawson's earlier sketch comedy series, ''[[Sez Les]]''.<ref>Barfe (2012), [
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• Douglas Adams
  ...eir mother moved then to an [[RSPCA|RSPCA]] animal shelter in [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]], run by his maternal grandparents.<ref>Webb 2005a, p. 32.</ref> ...Web. Retrieved 13 March 2012. (Click on link at bottom for facsimile page from ''Daily News'' article, 7 March 1998.)</ref> His ability to write stories m
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• Hi-de-Hi!
  ...30 January 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-41281850|title=Hi-de-Hi! star 'comforted' by hotel plan|date=10 February 20 ...eens.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42772378|title=Morning campers! The inside story of 80s sitcom Hi-de-Hi!|fi
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