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Whoops Baghdad, the Glossary

Whoops Baghdad is a BBC television comedy programme first broadcast from 25 January to 1 March 1973.^[1]

36 relations: Alan Curtis (British actor), Ancient Rome, Ba'athist Iraq, Baghdad, Bangalore, BBC, BBC One, Bill Fraser, Caliphate, China, Comedy, Concubinage, David Nobbs, Debbie McGee, Derek Francis, Dinar, Dowry, Frankie Howerd, Hilary Pritchard, Jinn, John Howard Davies, Josephine Tewson, June Whitfield, Larry Martyn, Middle Ages, Milton Reid, Norman Chappell, Patrick Troughton, Ronnie Brody, Sid Colin, Sinbad the Sailor, Sitcom, Sultan, Tartary, Up Pompeii!, Vizier.
Baghdad in fiction
Television series set in the Middle Ages

Alan Curtis (British actor)

Alan Vernon Curtis (30 July 1930 – 18 February 2021) was an English actor and cricket announcer.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Ba'athist Iraq

Ba'athist Iraq, officially the Iraqi Republic (1968–1992) and later the Republic of Iraq (1992–2003), was the Iraqi state between 1968 and 2003 under the rule of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

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Baghdad

Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

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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 One

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

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Bill Fraser

William Simpson Fraser (5 June 1908 – 9 September 1987) was a Scottish actor who appeared on stage, screen and television for many years.

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A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Comedy

Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: In Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters.

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Concubinage

Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage.

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David Nobbs

David Gordon Nobbs (13 March 1935 – 8 August 2015, The Guardian, 11 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.) was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, adapted from his own novels.

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Debbie McGee

Debra Ann McGee (born 31 October 1958) is an English television, radio and stage performer who is best known as the assistant and widow of magician Paul Daniels.

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Derek Francis

Derek Francis (7 November 1923 – 27 March 1984) was an English comedy and character actor.

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Dinar

The dinar is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use.

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Dowry

A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

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Frankie Howerd

Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian.

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Hilary Pritchard

Hilary Pritchard (1942–1996) was a Manx film and television actress.

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Jinn

Jinn (جِنّ), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs.

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John Howard Davies

John Howard Davies (9 March 193922 August 2011).

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Josephine Tewson

Josephine Ann Tewson (26 February 1931 – 18 August 2022) was an English actress, known for her roles in British television sitcoms and comedies.

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June Whitfield

Dame June Rosemary Whitfield (11 November 1925 – 29 December 2018) was an English radio, television and film actress.

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Larry Martyn

Lawrence Martyn (22 March 1934 – 7 August 1994) was a British film and television actor known for his comedy performances.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Milton Reid

Milton Rutherford Reid (29 April 1917 – c. 1987) was a British-Indian actor and professional wrestler.

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Norman Chappell

Norman Chappell (31 December 1925, Lucknow, India – 21 July 1983) was an English character actor, known for numerous roles in television and film.

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Patrick Troughton

Patrick George Troughton (25 March 1920 – 28 March 1987) was an English actor best known for his roles in television and film.

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Ronnie Brody

Ronnie Brody (6 November 1918 – 8 May 1991) was a British actor who appeared in many comedy television series and films.

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Sid Colin

Sid Colin (born Sidney Coblentz; 31 August 1915 – 12 December 1989) was an English scriptwriter, working for radio, television and the cinema.

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Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor (Sindibādu l-Bahriyy or Sindbad) is a fictional mariner and the hero of a story-cycle.

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Sitcom

A sitcom (a shortening of situation comedy, or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy centred on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode.

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Sultan

Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.

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Tartary

Tartary (Tartaria; Tartarie; Tartarei; Tartariya) or Tatary (Tatariya) was a blanket term used in Western European literature and cartography for a vast part of Asia bounded by the Caspian Sea, the Ural Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and the northern borders of China, India and Persia, at a time when this region was largely unknown to European geographers.

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Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series set in ancient Pompeii and broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. Whoops Baghdad and Up Pompeii! are BBC television sitcoms.

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Vizier

A vizier (wazīr; vazīr) is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the Near East.

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References

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

Also known as Whoops, Baghdad.

Whoops Baghdad, the Glossary

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See also

Baghdad in fiction

Television series set in the Middle Ages

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