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Arnold Ridley

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William Arnold Ridley, OBE (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English playwright and actor, first notable as the author of the play The Ghost Train and later in life for portraying the elderly Private Godfrey in the British sitcom Dad's Army (1968–1977). [1]

101 relations: A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), Actor, Agatha Christie, Albert de Courville, Anthony Pelissier, Arthur Askey, Bath Abbey Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, Battle of Boulogne (1940), Battle of France, Battle of the Somme, BBC News, Beechen Cliff School, Bernard Knowles, Bernard Vorhaus, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Blind Justice (1934 film), Bristol, Bristol Old Vic, British Army, British Expeditionary Force (World War II), Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Carry On Girls, Caterham, Coronation Street, Crooks in Cloisters, Crossroads (UK TV series), Dad's Army, Dad's Army (1971 film), Daisy Ridley, De Spooktrein, Denville Hall, Desert Island Discs, Ealing comedies, Eamonn Andrews, East of Ludgate Hill, Easy Money (1948 film), Entertainments National Service Association, Falling (accident), Freemasonry, Géza von Bolváry, George A. Cooper (director), Ghost Train (1927 film), Golders Green Crematorium, Green Grow the Rushes (film), Hamlet, Hillingdon, HMS Vimiera (1917), Home Guard (United Kingdom), Karel Lamač, ..., Keepers of Youth, London, Maclean Rogers, Mangotsfield railway station, Manning Haynes, Marylebone station, Meet Mr. Lucifer, Montgomery Tully, Northwood, London, Officer (armed forces), Order of the British Empire, Peril at End House (play), Phoney War, Playwright, Plymouth, Private (rank), Private Godfrey, René Hervil, Royal Eagle, Second lieutenant, Service number, Seven Sinners (1936 film), Shadowed Eyes, Somerset, Somerset Light Infantry, Stolen Face, The Amorous Milkman, The Archers, The Avengers (TV series), The Flying Fool (1931 film), The Ghost Train (1931 film), The Ghost Train (1941 film), The Ghost Train (play), The Interrupted Journey, The Persuaders!, The Sunday Telegraph, The Warren Case, The Wrecker (1929 film), The Wrecker (play), Third Time Lucky (1931 film), This Is Your Life (UK TV series), Thomas Bentley, University of Bristol, Walcot, Bath, Walter Forde, Walter Summers, Who Killed the Cat?, World War I, World War II, WorldCat, Z-Cars. Expand index (51 more) »

A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)

A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British biographical drama film in Technicolor based on Robert Bolt's play of the same name and adapted for the big screen by Bolt himself.

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Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer.

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Albert de Courville

Albert de Courville (1887–1960) (born in Croydon, England) was a director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913.

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Anthony Pelissier

Harry Anthony Compton Pelissier (27 July 1912 – 2 April 1988) was an English actor, screenwriter, producer and director.

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Arthur Askey

Arthur Bowden Askey, CBE (6 June 190016 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor.

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Bath Abbey Cemetery

The Anglican Bath Abbey Cemetery, officially dedicated as the Cemetery of St Peter and St Paul (the patron saints that Bath Abbey is dedicated to), was laid out by noted cemetery designer and landscape architect John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) in 1843 on a picturesque hillside site overlooking Bath, Somerset, England.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Battle of Boulogne (1940)

The Battle of Boulogne was the defence of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by French, British and Belgian troops, during the Battle of France of the Second World War in 1940.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.

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Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme, Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire.

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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.

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Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School is a boys' secondary school in Bath, Somerset, England, with about 1,150 pupils.

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Bernard Knowles

Bernard Knowles (20 February 1900 – 12 February 1975) was an English film director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter.

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Bernard Vorhaus

Bernard Vorhaus (December 25, 1904 – November 23, 2000) was an American film director born in New York City.

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Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England.

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Blind Justice (1934 film)

Blind Justice is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Eva Moore, Frank Vosper, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Roger Livesey and John Mills.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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Bristol Old Vic

Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the name of the British Army in Western Europe during the Second World War from 2 September 1939 when the BEF GHQ was formed until 31 May 1940, when GHQ closed down.

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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.

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Carry On Girls

Carry On Girls is the 25th in the series of ''Carry On'' films to be made, released in Britain in 1973.

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Caterham

Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England.

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Coronation Street

Coronation Street (also informally referred to as Corrie) is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960.

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Crooks in Cloisters

Crooks in Cloisters is a 1964 British comedy which features Ronald Fraser as 'Little Walter', the leader of a gang of forgers, including Bernard Cribbins as 'Squirts', Melvyn Hayes as 'Willy', Grégoire Aslan as 'Lorenzo', and Davy Kaye as 'Specs'.

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Crossroads (UK TV series)

Crossroads is a British television soap opera that ran on ITV over two periods – the original 1964 to 1988 run, followed by a short revival from 2001 to 2003.

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Dad's Army

Dad's Army is a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War.

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Dad's Army (1971 film)

Dad's Army is a 1971 British war comedy film and the first film adaptation of the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.

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Daisy Ridley

Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992) is an English actress.

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De Spooktrein

De Spooktrein is a 1939 Dutch film directed by Carl Lamac.

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Denville Hall

Denville Hall is a historic building in Northwood, a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, which is used as a retirement home for professional actors, actresses and other theatrical professions.

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Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

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Ealing comedies

The Ealing comedies is an informal name for a series of comedy films produced by the London-based Ealing Studios during the period 1947 to 1957.

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Eamonn Andrews

Eamonn Andrews, CBE (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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East of Ludgate Hill

East of Ludgate Hill is a 1937 British drama film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Hal Gordon, Aubrey Mallalieu and Nancy O'Neil.

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Easy Money (1948 film)

Easy Money, a satirical 1948 British film about one of the most beloved traditions of the English middle class, the football pool, is composed of four tales about the effect a major win has on four different groups in the postwar period.

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Entertainments National Service Association

The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) was an organisation set up in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II.

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Falling (accident)

Falling is the second leading cause of accidental death worldwide and is a major cause of personal injury, especially for the elderly.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Géza von Bolváry

Géza von Bolváry (full name Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.

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George A. Cooper (director)

George A. Cooper (1894–1947) was a British screenwriter and film director.

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Ghost Train (1927 film)

The Ghost Train (German: Der Geisterzug) is a 1927 German-British comedy crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Guy Newall, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph.

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Golders Green Crematorium

Golders Green Crematorium and Mausoleum was the first crematorium to be opened in London, and one of the oldest crematoria in Britain.

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Green Grow the Rushes (film)

Green Grow the Rushes (1951) is a British comedy film and the first film to be released by ACT Films Ltd.

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Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602.

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Hillingdon

Hillingdon is a suburban area within the London Borough of Hillingdon, situated 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross.

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HMS Vimiera (1917)

HMS Vimiera was V-class destroyer ordered as part of the 1917-18 Program.

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Home Guard (United Kingdom)

The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Karel Lamač

Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.

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Keepers of Youth

Keepers of Youth is a 1931 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Garry Marsh, Ann Todd and Robin Irvine.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Maclean Rogers

Maclean Rogers (13 July 1899 – 4 January 1962) was a British film director and screenwriter.

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Mangotsfield railway station

Mangotsfield railway station was a railway station on the Midland Railway route between Bristol and Birmingham, north-east of and from, serving what is now the Bristol suburb of Mangotsfield.

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Manning Haynes

Horace Manning Haynes (born: Lyminster, Sussex – died 3 March 1957, Epsom, England) (often credited as H. Manning Haynes) was a British-born film director and actor.

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Marylebone station

Marylebone station is a Central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the Marylebone area of the City of Westminster.

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Meet Mr. Lucifer

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Montgomery Tully

Montgomery Tully (1904–1988) was an Irish film director and writer.

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Northwood, London

Northwood is an elevated residential settlement in the London Borough of Hillingdon adjoining Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve (which contains the Ruislip Lido) and which shares a northern border with Hertfordshire.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Peril at End House (play)

Peril at End House is a 1940 play based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.

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Phoney War

The Phoney War (Drôle de guerre; Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district.

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Playwright

A playwright or dramatist (rarely dramaturge) is a person who writes plays.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Private (rank)

A private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in).

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Private Godfrey

Private Charles Godfrey MM is a fictional Home Guard platoon member and variously retired assistant in the sports department of the Civil Service Stores (TV) or tailor and assistant in the Army & Navy Stores (radio) portrayed by Arnold Ridley on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.

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René Hervil

René Hervil (1881–1960) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director.

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Royal Eagle

Royal Eagle is a 1936 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring John Garrick, Nancy Burne, Felix Aylmer and Edmund Willard.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.

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Service number

A service number is an identification code used to identify a person within a large group.

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Seven Sinners (1936 film)

Seven Sinners is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Edmund Lowe, Constance Cummings and Felix Aylmer.

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Shadowed Eyes

Shadowed Eyes is a 1940 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Basil Sydney, Patricia Hilliard and Stewart Rome.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Somerset Light Infantry

The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) was a light infantry infantry regiment of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1685 to 1959.

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Stolen Face

Stolen Face is a 1952 British film noir directed by Terence Fisher and starring Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott and André Morell.

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The Amorous Milkman

The Amorous Milkman is a 1975 British comedy film directed by Derren Nesbitt and starring Julie Ege, Diana Dors and Brendan Price.

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The Archers

The Archers is the world's longest-running radio soap opera.

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The Avengers (TV series)

The Avengers is an espionage British television series created in 1961.

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The Flying Fool (1931 film)

The Flying Fool is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Summers and starring Henry Kendall, Benita Hume and Wallace Geoffrey.

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The Ghost Train (1931 film)

The Ghost Train is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd.

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The Ghost Train (1941 film)

The Ghost Train is a 1941 British mystery thriller film directed by Walter Forde based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley.

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The Ghost Train (play)

The Ghost Train is a theatre comedy suspense thriller, written in 1923 by the English actor and playwright Arnold Ridley.

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The Interrupted Journey

The Interrupted Journey is a 1949 British thriller film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden and Tom Walls.

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The Persuaders!

The Persuaders! is an action/adventure/comedy series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, produced by ITC Entertainment, and initially broadcast on ITV and ABC in 1971.

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The Sunday Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961, and is published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings.

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The Warren Case

The Warren Case is a 1934 British crime film directed by Walter Summers and starring Richard Bird, Nancy Burne and Diana Napier.

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The Wrecker (1929 film)

The Wrecker (German: Der Würger) is a 1929 British-German silent crime film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker and Benita Hume.

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The Wrecker (play)

The Wrecker is a British play, written in 1924 by Arnold Ridley and Bernard Merivale, and filmed in 1928-29.

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Third Time Lucky (1931 film)

Third Time Lucky is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bobby Howes, Dorothy Boyd and Gordon Harker.

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This Is Your Life (UK TV series)

This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American show of the same title.

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Thomas Bentley

Thomas Bentley (1884 – 1966) was a British film director.

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University of Bristol

The University of Bristol (simply referred to as Bristol University and abbreviated as Bris. in post-nominal letters, or UoB) is a red brick research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Walcot, Bath

Walcot is a suburb of the city of Bath, England.

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Walter Forde

Walter Forde (born Thomas Seymour Woolford, 21 April 1898 – 7 January 1984) was a British actor, screenwriter and director.

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Walter Summers

Walter Summers (1892–1973) was a British film director and screenwriter.

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Who Killed the Cat?

Who Killed the Cat? is a 1966 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Mary Merrall, Ellen Pollock and Amy Dalby.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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WorldCat

WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories that participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative.

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Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Lancashire (now Merseyside).

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References

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

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