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Rik Mayall, the Glossary

Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014), known professionally as Rik Mayall, was an English comedian, actor and writer.^[1]

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A Family Affair (musical)

A Family Affair is a musical with a book by James Goldman and William Goldman, lyrics by James Goldman and John Kander, and music by Kander.

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A Kick Up the Eighties was a 1981–1984 BBC 2 comedy sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane (Series 2), Tracey Ullman, Richard Stilgoe (Series 1), Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Ron Bain and Roger Sloman.

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A Monkey's Tale

A Monkey's Tale (Le Château des singes; literally "The Castle of Monkeys") is a feature-length animated film directed by Jean-François Laguionie.

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A-level

The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational authorities of British Crown dependencies to students completing secondary or pre-university education.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson are Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester, bad News (band) members, British surrealist artists, British surrealist writers, English male comedians and the Comic Strip.

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Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple (or simply Marple) is a British ITV television programme loosely based on the books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie.

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Alan Rickman

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Rik Mayall and Alan Rickman are English male video game actors and English male voice actors.

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Alexei Sayle

Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle are 20th-century English comedians, 21st-century English comedians, British surrealist artists, British surrealist writers, English male comedians, English male voice actors and the Comic Strip.

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All About George

All About George is a family sitcom which follows the extended family of George Kinsey (Rik Mayall).

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All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a light utility vehicle (LUV), a quad bike or quad (if it has four wheels), as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, has a seat that is straddled by the operator, and has handlebars.

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Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark is a survival horror video game series originally developed by Infogrames.

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Alternative comedy

Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era.

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An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 comedy horror film written and directed by John Landis.

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Anarchy

Anarchy is a form of society without rulers.

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Andrex

Andrex is a British brand of toilet roll.

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Annette Crosbie

Annette Crosbie (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish actress.

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Arnold Brown (born 1936, in Glasgow) is a Scottish Jewish comedian, one of the main figures in the alternative comedy scene of the early 1980s. Rik Mayall and Arnold Brown (comedian) are the Comic Strip.

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Art of Noise

Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were a British avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music journalist Paul Morley.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Asterix Conquers America

Asterix Conquers America (in France as Astérix et les Indiens; in Germany as Asterix in Amerika) is a 1994 German animated film, directed by, and co-produced by Hahn and.

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Bad News (band)

Bad News are a fictional English heavy metal band created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... Rik Mayall and bad News (band) are the Comic Strip.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.

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Barnes, London

Barnes is a district in south London, England, part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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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 Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC.

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Believe Nothing

Believe Nothing (2002) is a British sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, the cleverest man in Britain, and Oxford's leading moral philosopher.

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Bells (Blackadder)

"Bells" is the first episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603.

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Ben Elton

Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is a British comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director. Rik Mayall and Ben Elton are Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester and British surrealist writers.

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Birmingham Mail

The Birmingham Mail (branded the Black Country Mail in the Black Country) is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, England, but distributed around Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire.

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Birth name

A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth.

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Black comedy

Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, bleak comedy, morbid humor, gallows humor, black humor, or dark humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.

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Blackadder

Blackadder is a series of four period British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired on BBC1 from 1983 to 1989.

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Blackadder Goes Forth

Blackadder Goes Forth is the fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989 on BBC1.

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Blackadder II

Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986.

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Blackadder: Back & Forth

Blackadder: Back & Forth is a 1999 British science fiction comedy short film based on the BBC period sitcom Blackadder that marks the end of the Blackadder saga.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Bottom (TV series)

Bottom is a British sitcom created by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson that ran for three series on BBC2 from 1991 to 1995.

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Bottom Live

Bottom Live – The Stage Show is a live stage show based on the UK TV series Bottom.

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Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity

Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity was the fourth live show based on the British sitcom Bottom.

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Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour is the fifth and final live stage show based on the UK TV series Bottom.

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Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island is a live stage show that was recorded at the Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, in 1997, written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.

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Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour

Bottom Live 2: The Big Number Two is a 1995 live stage show based on the UK TV series Bottom that was filmed at the Apollo Theatre Oxford.

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Breaking character

In theatre (especially in the illusionistic Western tradition), breaking character occurs when an actor fails to maintain the illusion that they are the character they are supposedly portraying.

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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis

Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis is a British comedy film directed by John Henderson, originally released in 1997.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Bristol Hippodrome

The Bristol Hippodrome is a theatre located in The Centre, Bristol, England, United Kingdom with seating on three levels giving a capacity of 1,951.

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British undergraduate degree classification

The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading structure used for undergraduate degrees or bachelor's degrees and integrated master's degrees in the United Kingdom.

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Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.

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Carry On Columbus

Carry On Columbus is a 1992 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Jim Dale, Bernard Cribbins, Maureen Lipman, Peter Richardson and many other British comic actors.

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Cell Mates (play)

Cell Mates is a play by Simon Gray.

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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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Character comedy

Character comedy is a genre in which a stand-up comedian performs as a character they have created.

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Chris Wade (writer)

Chris Wade is an English born writer, musician and filmmaker. Rik Mayall and Chris Wade (writer) are English male comedians.

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Christopher Ryan

Christopher Papazoglou (born 25 January 1950), known professionally as Christopher Ryan, is a British actor best known for his roles as Mike The Cool Person in the BBC comedy series The Young Ones, Dave Hedgehog in the BBC comedy series Bottom, Tony Driscoll in the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses, and as Edina Monsoon's ex-husband Marshall Turtle in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

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Churchill Theatre

The Churchill Theatre in Bromley, southeast London, was built by the London Borough of Bromley according to designs by the borough architect's department.

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Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Churchill: The Hollywood Years is a 2004 British comedy film directed by Peter Richardson, who also wrote the screenplay with Pete Richens. Rik Mayall and Churchill: The Hollywood Years are the Comic Strip.

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Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor.

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Cliffs Pavilion

Cliffs Pavilion is a theatre and concert venue on Station Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, a town within the city of Southend-on-Sea.

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Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections is a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2008.

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the famine in Ethiopia.

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Concert film

A concert film or concert movie is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Crackanory

Crackanory is a storytelling television series aimed at adults and inspired by the popular children's series Jackanory.

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Dancing Queen (1993 film)

Dancing Queen is a 1993 British television film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter.

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Danny Cohen (television executive)

Daniel Nicholas Cohen (born 15 January 1974) is a British television executive.

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Dawn French

Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, comedian, and writer. Rik Mayall and Dawn French are the Comic Strip.

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Decline and Fall

Decline and Fall is a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928.

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Derriford Hospital

Derriford Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Plymouth, England.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Digital Spy

Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.

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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

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Dittisham

Dittisham is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of the English county of Devon.

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Domestos

Domestos is a British brand of household cleaning range which contains bleach (primarily sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl).

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Double act

A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act, often highlighting differences in their characters' personalities.

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Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel (. Random House Unabridged Dictionary. in the Webster's Dictionary March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author and cartoonist.

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Dr. Seuss's ABC

Dr.

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Droitwich Spa

Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich) is a historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe.

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Drop Dead Fred

Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 black comedy fantasy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema, starring Phoebe Cates as a young woman named Elizabeth Cronin and Rik Mayall as her imaginary friend, Drop Dead Fred, with Marsha Mason, Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda in supporting roles.

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Duane Eddy

Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was an American rock and roll guitarist.

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East Allington

East Allington is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England, south of Halwell and just off the A381 road.

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Eat the Rich (film)

Eat the Rich is a 1987 British black comedy film directed by Peter Richardson, who also wrote the screenplay with Pete Richens. Rik Mayall and Eat the Rich (film) are the Comic Strip.

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Eldorado (2012 film)

Eldorado is a British horror-comedy film written and directed by Richard Driscoll, and starring Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Brigitte Nielsen, Kerry Washington, Jeff Fahey, Steve Guttenberg, Bill Moseley, Sylvester McCoy, Tyrese Gibson and Peter O'Toole.

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Errors of the Human Body

Errors of the Human Body is a 2012 psychological thriller directed by Eron Sheean and starring Michael Eklund.

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.

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Euro

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Evelyn Waugh

Arthur Evelyn St.

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Evening Standard

The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a long-established newspaper, since 2009 a local free newspaper in tabloid format, with a website on the Internet, published in London, England.

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Evil Calls: The Raven

Evil Calls: The Raven, also known as The Legend of Harrow Woods, Alone in the Dark and simply as Evil Calls, is a 2011 British horror film written, produced and directed by Richard Driscoll, starring Rik Mayall, Jason Donovan, Eileen Daly, Norman Wisdom and Robin Askwith.

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Eye of the Needle (film)

Eye of the Needle is a 1981 British spy film directed by Richard Marquand, and starring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan.

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Fairy tale

A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre.

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Film

A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.

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Filthy Rich & Catflap

Filthy Rich & Catflap is a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast in 1987.

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French and Saunders

French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comedy duo and namesake Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that originally broadcast on BBC2 from 1987 to 1993, and later on BBC One until 2017.

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Frying pan

A frying pan, frypan, or skillet is a flat-bottomed pan used for frying, searing, and browning foods.

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Galton and Simpson

Galton and Simpson were a British comedy scriptwriting duo, who wrote for radio, television and film, consisting of Ray Galton OBE (17 July 1930 – 5 October 2018) and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017).

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GCE Ordinary Level

The O-Level (Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education.

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George MacDonald

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister.

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George's Marvellous Medicine

George's Marvellous Medicine (known as George's Marvelous Medicine in the US) is a children's novel written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

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Goblin

A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures.

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Gordon Young (artist)

Gordon Young (born 1952) is a British artist specialising in public art, often including typographical elements.

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Great Performances

Great Performances is a television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts; the banner has been used to televise plays, musicals, opera, ballet, concerts, as well as occasional documentaries.

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Greg Davies

Gregory Daniel Davies (born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer.

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Grim Tales

Grim Tales is a British children's television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as a storyteller dressed in pyjamas and a dressing gown.

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Guest House Paradiso

Guest House Paradiso is a 1999 British slapstick black comedy film written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, who also directed in his feature directorial debut.

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Hammersmith

Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross.

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Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council

Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, which styles itself Hammersmith and Fulham Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in Greater London, England.

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Hammersmith Broadway

Hammersmith Broadway is a major transport node and shopping centre in Hammersmith, London.

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Happy Families (1985 TV series)

Happy Families is a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which was a BBC series first broadcast in 1985.

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Hardwicke House

Hardwicke House is a seven-episode sitcom produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network.

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Harlow

Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Harry Potter (film series)

Harry Potter is a film series based on the eponymous novels by British author J. K. Rowling.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman, from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling.

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Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.

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Hematoma

A hematoma, also spelled haematoma, or blood suffusion is a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries.

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Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas (Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπας, Hērǭdēs Antipas) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea.

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High Society (novel)

High Society (2002) is a darkly comic novel by English author Ben Elton.

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Hogs of War

Hogs of War is a 2000 turn-based tactics video game developed by Infogrames Sheffield House and published by Infogrames for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a Christmas children's book by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author.

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How to Be a Little Sod

How To Be A Little Sod is a humour book written in 1992 by author Simon Brett.

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Imaginary friend

Imaginary friends (also known as pretend friends, invisible friends or made-up friends) are a psychological and a social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than physical reality.

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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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In the Red (TV series)

In the Red is a three-part BBC Two black comedy-crime drama 1998 series featuring Warren Clarke as BBC Reporter George Cragge and Alun Armstrong as Police Superintendent Frank Jefferson, investigating a series of murders of London bank managers, a small political party contesting a by-election, and a plan to overthrow the Director-General of the BBC.

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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 Meridian

ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England.

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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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ITV1

ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc.

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Jack and the Beanstalk

"Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale.

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Jackanory

Jackanory is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996.

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Jellabies

Jellabies (also known as Jellikins or The Jellies) is a British children's animated television series that first aired on the UK television network (GMTV), from 18 May 1998 until 2001.

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Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter. Rik Mayall and Jennifer Saunders are 20th-century English comedians, 21st-century English comedians and the Comic Strip.

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Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

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Jimmy Tarbuck

James Joseph Tarbuck (born 6 February 1940) is an English comedian, singer, actor, entertainer and game show host. Rik Mayall and Jimmy Tarbuck are 20th-century English comedians and 21st-century English comedians.

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Jogging

Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace.

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John Mortimer

Sir John Clifford Mortimer (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.

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Jon Morter

Jonathan Morter (born 4 October 1974) is an English radio DJ, social media pioneer and campaigner.

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Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek is a long-running British mystery crime drama series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick.

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Judy Parfitt

Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935) is an English theatre, film, and television actress.

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Kaye Umansky

Kaye Umansky (born 6 December 1946) is an English children's author and poet.

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Kevin of the North

Kevin of the North is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Bob Spiers.

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Kevin Turvey

Kevin Turvey was a British television comedy character, created by actor and comedian Rik Mayall, who featured in the BBC sketch show A Kick Up the Eighties in 1981.

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King Arthur

King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain.

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King Arthur's Disasters

King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV.

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King's School, Worcester

The King's School, Worcester is a private co-educational day school refounded by Henry VIII in 1541.

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Krindlekrax

Krindlekrax is a thriller children's novel by author Philip Ridley.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Lancelot

Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants, is a character in some versions of Arthurian legend where he is typically depicted as King Arthur's close companion and one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table.

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Laurence Marks (British writer)

Laurence Marks (born 8 December 1948) is a British screenwriter and one half of writing duo Marks and Gran (with Maurice Gran).

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Let's Sing and Dance

Let's Sing and Dance, formerly known as Let's Dance, is a British television programme shown on BBC One, featuring celebrities performing famous dance routines to raise money for the charities Comic Relief and Sport Relief.

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Lise Mayer

Lise Mayer (born 29 November 1959) is an American television and film writer. Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer are British surrealist writers.

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List of Asterix characters

This is a list of characters in the Asterix comics.

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List of Blackadder characters

This article lists the characters in the four series and three special episodes of the British sitcom Blackadder.

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Little Noises

Little Noises is a 1991 comedy drama film directed by Jane Spencer.

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LittleBigPlanet 3

LittleBigPlanet 3 is a puzzle-platform game developed by Sumo Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.

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Living Doll (song)

"Living Doll" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still known as 'the Drifters') in 1959.

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, England, forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames.

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Magic Eight Ball (band)

Magic Eight Ball is a power pop band formed in Old Windsor, England.

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Magical creatures in Harry Potter

Magical creatures are an aspect of the fictional Wizarding World contained in the Harry Potter series and connected media originally created by British author J. K. Rowling.

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Make-up artist

A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions including all aspects of the modeling industry.

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Man Down (TV series)

Man Down is a British sitcom that was broadcast from 18 October 2013 to 29 November 2017 on Channel 4.

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Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.

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Mark Powlett

Mark Powlett (born 26 September 1967) is an English clinical hypnotherapist, broadcaster, actor and writer.

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Marston's Brewery

Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (CMBC) is a British brewing company.

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Master of ceremonies

A master of ceremonies, abbreviated MC or emcee, is the official host of a ceremony, staged event, conference, convention, or similar performance.

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Match of the Day

Match of the Day (abbreviated to MOTD) is a football highlights programme, typically broadcast on BBC One on Saturday nights, during the Premier League season.

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Matt Lucas

Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer and television presenter. Rik Mayall and Matt Lucas are 20th-century English comedians, 21st-century English comedians, English male comedians and English male voice actors.

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Maurice Gran

Maurice Bernard Gran (born 26 October 1949, in London, England) is an English writer and one half of scriptwriting duo Marks and Gran.

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Mayflower Theatre

Mayflower Theatre (formerly the Gaumont Theatre and originally The Empire Theatre) is a Grade II listed theatre in the city centre of Southampton, England, with a capacity of 2,300.

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Merlin

Merlin (Myrddin, Merdhyn, Merzhin) is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a magician, with several other main roles.

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Merlin: The Return

Merlin: The Return is a 2000 British fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Paul Matthews.

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the Chief Inspector Barnaby book series created by Caroline Graham, and broadcasts on the ITV Network since its premiere on 23 March 1997.

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Minder (TV series)

Minder is a British comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld.

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Miscarriage

Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is the death and expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it can survive independently.

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Mockumentary

A mockumentary (a portmanteau of mock and documentary) is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a documentary which in itself is a subset of a faux-documentary style of film-making.

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Morwenna Banks

Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Rik Mayall and Morwenna Banks are 20th-century English comedians and 21st-century English comedians.

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Mr. Toad

Mr.

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Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes is a television crime drama series created by David Pirie, and co-produced by the BBC and WGBH Boston, a PBS station.

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Myocardial infarction

A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.

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National Comedy Awards

The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year.

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Nell Campbell

Laura Elizabeth Campbell (born 24 May 1953), better known as Nell Campbell or by her stage name Little Nell, is an Australian actress, singer, and former club owner.

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New Theatre Oxford

New Theatre Oxford (formerly the Apollo Theatre Oxford and The Apollo, from 1977–2003) is the main commercial theatre in Oxford, England.

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Nigel Planer

Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, writer and musician. Rik Mayall and Nigel Planer are 20th-century English comedians, 21st-century English comedians, bad News (band) members, English male comedians, English male voice actors and the Comic Strip.

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Nintendo

is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.

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Noël Coward Theatre

The Noël Coward Theatre, formerly known as the Albery Theatre, is a West End theatre in St.

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Noble England

"Noble England" is a song by Rik Mayall.

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NOtoAV

NOtoAV was a political campaign in the United Kingdom whose purpose was to persuade the public to vote against the Alternative Vote (AV) in the referendum on 5 May 2011.

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Nottingham

Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.

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Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Nottingham Royal Concert Hall is a concert hall in the English city of Nottingham.

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Ofcom

The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.

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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (stylized as One fish two fish red fish blue fish) is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Oxford Playhouse

Oxford Playhouse is a theatre designed by Edward Maufe and F.G.M. Chancellor.

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Pallbearer

A pallbearer is one of several participants who help carry the casket at a funeral.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Pete Richens

Peter Richens was a British screenwriter. Rik Mayall and Pete Richens are the Comic Strip.

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Peter Gunn (song)

"Peter Gunn" is the theme music composed by Henry Mancini for the television show of the same name.

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Peter Richardson (British director)

Peter Richardson (born 15 October 1951) is an English director, screenwriter, actor and comedian. Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson (British director) are bad News (band) members, English male comedians and the Comic Strip.

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Phil Cornwell

Philip Cornwell (born 5 October 1957) is an English actor, comedian, impressionist and writer. Rik Mayall and Phil Cornwell are comedians from Essex, English male comedians and English male voice actors.

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Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media.

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Phoebe Cates

Phoebe Belle Cates Kline (born July 16, 1963) is an American former actress, who appeared in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Princess Caraboo (1994).

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Phoenix Theatre, London

The Phoenix Theatre is a West End theatre in the London Borough of Camden, located in Charing Cross Road (on the corner of Flitcroft Street).

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Physical comedy

Physical comedy is a form of comedy focused on manipulation of the body for a humorous effect.

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PlayStation

is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines.

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Plymouth

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

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Poltergeist

In German folklore and ghostlore, a poltergeist (or;; or) is a type of ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Present Laughter

Present Laughter is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance is a Creative Arts Emmy Award given out by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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Primetime Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry.

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Private Plane

"Private Plane", or "Plan D: Private Plane", is the fourth episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, the fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.

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Radio Times

Radio Times (currently styled as RadioTimes) is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items.

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Raymond Revuebar

The Raymond Revuebar (1958–2004) was a theatre and strip club at 11 Walker's Court (now the location of The Box Soho nightclub), in the centre of London's Soho district.

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Resurrection

Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealander actor, writer, musician, and television presenter. Rik Mayall and Richard O'Brien are English male voice actors.

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.

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Robin Hood

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema.

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Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. Rik Mayall and Rowan Atkinson are 20th-century English comedians, 21st-century English comedians, English male comedians, English male voice actors and English writers with disabilities.

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Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT) within the UK and as the National Theatre of Great Britain internationally, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England.

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Saint George's Day

Saint George's Day is the feast day of Saint George, celebrated by Christian churches, countries, regions, and cities of which he is the patron saint, including Albania, Bulgaria, England, Ethiopia, Greece, Georgia, Portugal, Romania, Syria, Lebanon, Castile and León, Catalonia, Alcoi, Aragon, Genoa, and Rio de Janeiro.

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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator.

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Sarm Studios

Sarm Studios is an independent recording studio in London.

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Saturday Live (British TV programme)

Saturday Live (retitled Friday Night Live for the 1988 series and 2022 one-off special) is a British television comedy and music show, made by LWT and initially broadcast on Channel 4 from 1985 to 1988, with a brief revival on ITV in 1996.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.

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Scottish Television

Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland.

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Seven Dwarfs

The Seven Dwarfs are a group of seven fictional dwarfs that appear in the 1812 fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm and other renditions and adaptations.

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Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment is a 1981 American musical comedy film directed by Jim Sharman, and co-written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien.

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Shoebox Zoo

Shoebox Zoo is a fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies.

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Simon Brett

Simon Anthony Lee Brett OBE FRSL (born 28 October 1945 in Worcester Park, Surrey, England) is a British author of detective fiction, a playwright, and a producer-writer for television and radio.

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Sindy

Sindy is a British fashion doll created by Pedigree Dolls & Toys in 1963.

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Slapstick

Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy.

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Snow White: The Sequel

Snow White: The Sequel - (Blanche-Neige, la suite) is a 2007 Belgian/French/British adult animated comedy film directed by Picha.

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Sondheim Theatre

The Sondheim Theatre (formerly the Queen's Theatre) is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street in the City of Westminster, London.

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as Southend, is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England.

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Spike Milligan

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. Rik Mayall and Spike Milligan are British surrealist artists.

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SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg that first aired on Nickelodeon as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards on May 1, 1999, and officially premiered on July 17, 1999.

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Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts.

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Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator, and writer. Rik Mayall and Stephen Fry are 20th-century English comedians, 21st-century English comedians, English male comedians and English male voice actors.

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Sunday Mercury

Sunday Mercury is a Sunday tabloid published in Birmingham, UK, and now owned by Reach plc.

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Surreal humour

Surreal humour (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humour, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.

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The Australian

The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.

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The Bill

The Bill is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010.

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The Black Adder

The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd.

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The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays.

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The Comedy Store (London)

The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in Soho, London, England, opened in 1979 by Don Ward and Peter Rosengard.

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The Comic Strip

The Comic Strip are a group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s.

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The Common Pursuit

The Common Pursuit is a play by Simon Gray which follows the lives of six characters who first meet as undergraduates at Cambridge University when they are involved in setting up a literary magazine called The Common Pursuit.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Dangerous Brothers

The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, performing respectively as "Richard Dangerous" and "Sir Adrian Dangerous".

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The Dying Swan

The Dying Swan (originally The Swan) is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns's Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux as a pièce d'occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova, who performed it about 4,000 times.

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The Forgotten Toys

The Forgotten Toys is a 1997–99 British animated comedy television series based on the children's book The Night After Christmas.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector, also known as The Inspector General (Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Lion King

The Lion King is a 1994 American animated musical coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution under the Walt Disney Pictures banner.

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The Lorax

The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971.

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The New Statesman (1987 TV series)

The New Statesman is a British sitcom made in the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the United Kingdom's Conservative government of the period.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand.

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The Orchard End Murder

The Orchard End Murder (also known as The Bunnyhole Murder)is a 1981 British short thriller film directed and written by Christian Marnham, and starring Tracy Hyde, Bill Wallis, Clive Mantle, and Raymond Adamson.

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The Princess and the Goblin

The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald.

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The Princess and the Goblin (film)

The Princess and the Goblin (A hercegnő és a kobold) is a 1991 animated fantasy film directed by József Gémes and written by Robin Lyons, an adaptation of George MacDonald's 1872 novel of the same name.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century-Fox.

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The Snow Queen (1995 film)

The Snow Queen is a 1995 British children's animated film co-written, directed and produced by Martin Gates and inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale The Snow Queen, featuring Helen Mirren in the title role.

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The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler is an unfinished animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Richard Williams.

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The Wind in the Willows (1995 film)

The Wind in the Willows is a 1995 British animated television film directed by Dave Unwin and written by Ted Walker, and based on the 1908 novel of the same name, a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame.

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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends is a British animated anthology television series based on the works of Beatrix Potter, featuring Peter Rabbit and other anthropomorphic animal characters created by Potter.

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The Young Ones (TV series)

The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer, starring Adrian Edmondson, Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle, and broadcast on BBC Two for two series, first shown in 1982 and 1984.

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Theatre Royal, Bath

The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, was built in 1805.

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Theatre Royal, Brighton

The Theatre Royal is a theatre in Brighton, East Sussex, England presenting a range of West End and touring musicals and plays, along with performances of opera and ballet.

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Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist and author.

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Torquay Herald Express

The Herald Express is a local newspaper covering the Torbay area of the United Kingdom.

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Tory

A Tory is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain.

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Trafalgar Theatre

Trafalgar Theatre is a West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London.

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U&Dave

U&Dave is a British free-to-air television channel owned by UKTV, a subsidiary of BBC Studios.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.

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University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England.

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Valiant (film)

Valiant is a 2005 animated comedy film produced by Vanguard Animation, Ealing Studios and Odyssey Entertainment, and released by Entertainment Film Distributors in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2005, and by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on August 19.

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Victoria University of Manchester

The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England.

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Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains (VT) (legal name West Coast Trains Limited) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Virgin Rail Group, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Stagecoach, which operated the InterCity West Coast franchise from 9 March 1997 to 7 December 2019.

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References

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

Also known as Adam Bastard, Rick Mayall, Rik Mayal, Rik Mayall Presents.

, Brothers Grimm, Carry On Columbus, Cell Mates (play), Channel 4, Character comedy, Chris Wade (writer), Christopher Ryan, Churchill Theatre, Churchill: The Hollywood Years, Cliff Richard, Cliffs Pavilion, Comedy Connections, Comic Relief, Concert film, Conservative Party (UK), Crackanory, Dancing Queen (1993 film), Danny Cohen (television executive), Dawn French, Decline and Fall, Derriford Hospital, Devon, Digital Spy, Discovery Channel, Dittisham, Domestos, Double act, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss's ABC, Droitwich Spa, Drop Dead Fred, Duane Eddy, East Allington, Eat the Rich (film), Eldorado (2012 film), Errors of the Human Body, Essex, Euro, European Union, Evelyn Waugh, Evening Standard, Evil Calls: The Raven, Eye of the Needle (film), Fairy tale, Film, Filthy Rich & Catflap, French and Saunders, Frying pan, Galton and Simpson, GCE Ordinary Level, George MacDonald, George's Marvellous Medicine, Goblin, Gordon Young (artist), Great Performances, Greg Davies, Grim Tales, Guest House Paradiso, Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, Hammersmith Broadway, Happy Families (1985 TV series), Hardwicke House, Harlow, HarperCollins, Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Heavy metal music, Hematoma, Herod Antipas, High Society (novel), Hogs of War, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, How to Be a Little Sod, Imaginary friend, IMDb, In the Red (TV series), ITV (TV network), ITV Meridian, ITV Yorkshire, ITV1, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jackanory, Jellabies, Jennifer Saunders, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jimmy Tarbuck, Jogging, John Mortimer, Jon Morter, Jonathan Creek, Judy Parfitt, Kaye Umansky, Kevin of the North, Kevin Turvey, King Arthur, King Arthur's Disasters, King's School, Worcester, Krindlekrax, Labour Party (UK), Lancelot, Laurence Marks (British writer), Let's Sing and Dance, Lise Mayer, List of Asterix characters, List of Blackadder characters, Little Noises, LittleBigPlanet 3, Living Doll (song), London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Magic Eight Ball (band), Magical creatures in Harry Potter, Make-up artist, Man Down (TV series), Manfred von Richthofen, Mark Powlett, Marston's Brewery, Master of ceremonies, Match of the Day, Matt Lucas, Maurice Gran, Mayflower Theatre, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Mental disorder, Merlin, Merlin: The Return, Midsomer Murders, Minder (TV series), Miscarriage, Mockumentary, Morwenna Banks, Mr. Toad, Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes, Myocardial infarction, National Comedy Awards, Nell Campbell, New Theatre Oxford, Nigel Planer, Nintendo, Noël Coward Theatre, Noble England, NOtoAV, Nottingham, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Ofcom, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Oxford, Oxford Playhouse, Pallbearer, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Pete Richens, Peter Gunn (song), Peter Richardson (British director), Phil Cornwell, Philip Ridley, Phoebe Cates, Phoenix Theatre, London, Physical comedy, PlayStation, Plymouth, Poltergeist, Post-punk, Pound sterling, Present Laughter, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Primetime Emmy Awards, Private Plane, Radio Times, Raymond Revuebar, Resurrection, Reuters, Richard O'Brien, Roald Dahl, Robin Hood, Rowan Atkinson, Royal National Theatre, Saint George's Day, Samuel Beckett, Sarm Studios, Saturday Live (British TV programme), Saturday Night Live, Scottish Television, Seven Dwarfs, Shock Treatment, Shoebox Zoo, Simon Brett, Sindy, Slapstick, Snow White: The Sequel, Sondheim Theatre, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Spike Milligan, SpongeBob SquarePants, Stand-up comedy, Stephen Fry, Sunday Mercury, Surreal humour, Television, The Australian, The Bill, The Black Adder, The Comedy of Errors, The Comedy Store (London), The Comic Strip, The Common Pursuit, The Daily Telegraph, The Dangerous Brothers, The Dying Swan, The Forgotten Toys, The Globe and Mail, The Government Inspector, The Guardian, The Independent, The Lion King, The Lorax, The New Statesman (1987 TV series), The New York Times, The New Zealand Herald, The Orchard End Murder, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and the Goblin (film), The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Snow Queen (1995 film), The Thief and the Cobbler, The Wind in the Willows (1995 film), The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, The Young Ones (TV series), Theatre Royal, Bath, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Tim Rice, Torquay Herald Express, Tory, Trafalgar Theatre, U&Dave, UK singles chart, University of Exeter, University of Manchester, Valiant (film), Victoria University of Manchester, Virgin Trains, Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), Voice acting, Waiting for Godot, Watership Down (1999 TV series), West End theatre, Who Let the Dogs Out? (TV series), Whoops Apocalypse, Whoops Apocalypse (film), William Shakespeare, Worcestershire, YouTube, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 20th Century Coyote.

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