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Les Dawson, the Glossary

Leslie Dawson (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and pianist.^[1]

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An Audience with...

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television (now part of ITV Studios), in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a lighthearted revue/tribute style.

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Andy Hamilton

Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Les Dawson and andy Hamilton are 20th-century English comedians, English comedy writers, English male comedians and English stand-up comedians.

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Barry Cryer

Barry Charles Cryer (23 March 1935 – 25 January 2022) was an English writer, comedian, and actor. Les Dawson and Barry Cryer are English comedy writers and English male comedians.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Blankety Blank

Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show which first aired in 1979.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.

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Bruce Forsyth

Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was an English entertainer and television presenter whose career spanned more than 70 years. Les Dawson and Bruce Forsyth are 20th-century English comedians, English game show hosts and English male comedians.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).

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Cilla Black

Priscilla Maria Veronica White (27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer and television presenter. Les Dawson and Cilla Black are English game show hosts.

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Cissie and Ada

Cissie and Ada, in full Cissie Braithwaite and Ada Shufflebotham (or Sidebottom),Ada's surname is recorded both as Sidebottom and as Shufflebotham in various sources.

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Collyhurst

Collyhurst is an inner city area of Manchester, England, northeast of the city centre on Rochdale Road (A664) and Oldham Road (A62), bounded by Smedley, Harpurhey and Monsall to the north, Miles Platting to the east, Ancoats to the south, and the River Irk to the west.

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Cotton mill

A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.

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David Renwick

David Peter Renwick (born 4 September 1951) is an English author, television writer, actor, director and executive producer.

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Deadpan

Deadpan, dry humour, or dry-wit humour is the deliberate display of emotional neutrality or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness or absurdity of the subject matter.

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Eamonn Andrews

Eamonn Andrews, (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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English literature

English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world.

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Ex on the Beach (British TV series) series 5

The fifth series of Ex on the Beach, a British television programme, began on 16 August 2016 on MTV, and concluded on 18 October 2016 after ten episodes.

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Fast Friends (game show)

Fast Friends was a short lived game show that aired for one series on BBC One in 1991.

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Grand Order of Water Rats

The Grand Order of Water Rats is a British entertainment industry fraternity and charitable organisation based in London.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.

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ITV Yorkshire

ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.

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John Bradley (English actor)

John Bradley West (born 15 September 1988) is an English actor, best known for his role as Samwell Tarly in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones. Les Dawson and John Bradley (English actor) are male actors from Manchester.

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John Bull

John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works.

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Jokers Wild (TV series)

Jokers Wild is a British comedy panel game show that originally aired on ITV as a pilot on 15 April 1969 and then as a full series from 9 July 1969 to 20 November 1974.

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Jon Culshaw

Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968) is an English actor, comedian and impressionist. Les Dawson and Jon Culshaw are 20th-century English comedians, comedians from Lancashire, English male comedians and male actors from Lancashire.

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Ken Dodd

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer, and occasional actor. Les Dawson and Ken Dodd are 20th-century English comedians, comedians from Lancashire, English male comedians and English stand-up comedians.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Listen to Les

Listen to Les was a long-running comedy sketch show on BBC Radio 2 starring Les Dawson, which was written and produced by James Casey (variety artist).

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Loom

A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Lytham St Annes

Lytham St Annes is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England.

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Malapropism

A malapropism (also called a malaprop, acyrologia, or Dogberryism) is the incorrect use of a word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Mark Addy

Mark Ian Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor.

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Michael Aspel

Michael Terence Aspel (born 12 January 1933) is a retired English television presenter and newsreader. Les Dawson and Michael Aspel are English game show hosts.

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Mother-in-law joke

Humour and jokes about one's mother-in-law (the mother of one's spouse) are a mainstay of comedy.

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Nelson, Lancashire

Nelson is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, it had a population of 29,135 in the 2011 Census.

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Norman Evans

Norman Evans (11 June 1901 – 25 November 1962) was an English stage and radio comedian, best remembered for his sketches and programmes entitled "Over the Garden Wall". Les Dawson and Norman Evans are 20th-century English comedians, comedians from Lancashire, English male comedians and Pantomime dames.

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One Foot in the Grave is a British television sitcom written by David Renwick.

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Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)

Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson.

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Panel show

A panel show or panel game is a radio or television game show in which a panel of celebrities participate.

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Pantomime

Pantomime (informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady (14 June 1955 – 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, broadcaster, drag queen, actor, and writer. Les Dawson and Paul O'Grady are English game show hosts, English male comedians and Pantomime dames.

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Pepper's ghost

Pepper's ghost is an illusion technique, used in the theatre, cinema, amusement parks, museums, television, and concerts, in which an image of an object off-stage is projected so that it appears to be in front of the audience.

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Performance (British TV series)

Performance is a UK television anthology series produced by Simon Curtis for the BBC.

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Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)

The Piano Sonata No.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British royal family.

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Prostate

The prostate is both an accessory gland of the male reproductive system and a muscle-driven mechanical switch between urination and ejaculation.

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Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)

Richard Wilson (born Iain Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster.

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Roberto Cossa

Roberto M. Cossa (30 November 1934 – 6 June 2024) was an Argentine playwright and theatre director.

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Roy Barraclough

Roy Senior Barraclough (12 July 1935 – 1 June 2017) was an English comic actor.

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Sepsis

Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs.

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Sez Les

Sez Les is a British sketch comedy show that starred Les Dawson.

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Sky Arts

Sky Arts (originally launched as Artsworld) is a British free-to-air television channel offering 24 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, films, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions).

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Surprise Surprise (British TV series)

Surprise Surprise is a British light entertainment television programme for ITV that originally ran from 6 May 1984 to 26 December 2001 with Cilla Black as the host.

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Terry Wogan

Sir Michael Terence Wogan (3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish-British radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career.

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The Bolton News

The Bolton News – formerly the Bolton Evening News – is a daily newspaper and news website covering the towns of Bolton and Bury in north-western England.

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The Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance, and social enterprise.

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The Good Old Days (British TV series)

The Good Old Days is a BBC television light entertainment programme produced by Barney Colehan which ran for 30 years from 20 July 1953 to 31 December 1983.

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The Grand Knockout Tournament

The Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which took place on 15 June 1987, and was shown on British television on 19 June 1987 (BBC1, repeated on 27 December 1987), in addition to airing on American TV via the USA Network on 12 August 1987, and European satellite channel Superchannel on 6 March 1988 (repeated on Christmas Day 1988).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Dawson

Also known as The Dawson Watch.

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Actors from Lytham St Annes

Comedians from Manchester

Pantomime dames

People from Collyhurst

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