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Sid James

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Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) (sometimes credited as Sidney James) was a South African-born British character and comic actor. [1]

97 relations: A King in New York, A Yank in Ermine, Adrian Rigelsford, Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Associated Television, Associated-Rediffusion, Barbara Windsor, BBC Radio, Bernard Bresslaw, Billing (filmmaking), Bless This House (film), Bless This House (UK TV series), Bruce Forsyth, Buckinghamshire, Carry On (franchise), Carry On Abroad, Carry On Constable, Carry On Cowboy, Carry On Dick, Carry On Doctor, Carry On Henry, Carry On Teacher, Carry On Up the Khyber, Character actor, Charlie Chaplin, Citizen James, Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, Cor, Blimey!, Diamond cutting, Diana Coupland, Dick Turpin, Dictionary of National Biography, Emeric Pressburger, Follow That Camel, Frankie Howerd, Galton and Simpson, George and the Dragon (TV series), Golders Green Crematorium, Hancock's Half Hour, Hell Drivers (film), Heroes of Comedy, Highwayman, Hillbrow, ITV (TV network), Iver, Jews, Johannesburg, Kroonstad, Lady Godiva Rides Again, ..., Les Dawson, Mark Antony, Michael Powell, Miriam Karlin, Myocardial infarction, Olga Lowe, Oliver!, Orange Free State, Orders Are Orders, Phil Silvers, Pinewood Studios, Quatermass 2, Reina James, Repertory theatre, Ronnie Knight, Sam Cree, Sitcom, Snopes.com, South African Army, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Stanley Baker, Stanley Holloway, Sunderland, Sunderland Empire Theatre, Taxi! (UK TV series), Ted Ray (comedian), Ted Willis, Baron Willis, The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series), The Galloping Major (film), The Independent, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series), The Small Back Room, The Titfield Thunderbolt, The Unforgettable, The Wedding of Lilli Marlene, Tony Hancock, Transvaal (province), Trapeze (film), Two in Clover, Tyne and Wear, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, Vince Powell, William G. Stewart, Wolf Mankowitz, World War II. Expand index (47 more) »

A King in New York

A King in New York is a 1957 British comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin in his last leading role, which co-stars, among others, his young son Michael.

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A Yank in Ermine

A Yank in Ermine is a 1955 British comedy film starring Peter M. Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James.

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Adrian Rigelsford

Adrian Rigelsford (born 1969, in Cambridge) is a writer and TV historian whose factual and fictional work has been subject to controversy.

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Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.

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Alfie Bass

Alfie Bass (born Abraham Basalinsky, 10 April 1916 – 15 July 1987) was an English actor.

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Associated Television

Associated Television (ATV), a former British television company, was awarded the franchise by the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide the Independent Television service at weekends for the London region.

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Associated-Rediffusion

Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion, London, was the British ITV contractor for London and parts of the surrounding counties, on weekdays between 1954 and 29 July 1968.

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Barbara Windsor

Dame Barbara Windsor, (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 1937) is an English actress, known for her appearances in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

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BBC Radio

BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927).

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Bernard Bresslaw

Bernard Bresslaw (25 February 1934 – 11 June 1993) was an English comic actor, best remembered as a member of the Carry On team.

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Billing (filmmaking)

Billing is a performing arts term used in referring to the order and other aspects of how credits are presented for plays, films, television, or other creative works.

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Bless This House (film)

Bless This House is a 1972 British comedy film and a spin-off from the television sitcom Bless This House.

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Bless This House (UK TV series)

Bless This House is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2 February 1971 to 22 April 1976.

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Bruce Forsyth

Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 75 years.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, abbreviated Bucks, is a county in South East England which borders Greater London to the south east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north east and Hertfordshire to the east.

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Carry On (franchise)

The Carry On series primarily consists of 31 classic British comedy motion pictures (1958–92), four Christmas specials, a television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays.

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Carry On Abroad

Carry On Abroad is the twenty-fourth in the series of ''Carry On'' films to be made, released in 1972.

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Carry On Constable

Carry On Constable is the fourth film from the ''Carry On'' series, with 31 entries.

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Carry On Cowboy

Carry On Cowboy is the eleventh in the series of ''Carry On'' films to be made.

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Carry On Dick

Carry On Dick is the 26th in the series of ''Carry On'' films to be made.

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Carry On Doctor

Carry On Doctor (1967) is the fifteenth in the series of ''Carry On'' films to be made.

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Carry On Henry

Carry On Henry is the 21st in the series of Carry On films to be made and was released in 1971.

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Carry On Teacher

Carry On Teacher is the third in the series of ''Carry On'' films, with 31 entries.

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Carry On Up the Khyber

Carry On Up the Khyber is a British comedy and the sixteenth in the series of ''Carry On'' films to be made, released in 1968.

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Character actor

A character actor or character actress is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.

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Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.

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Citizen James

Citizen James is a BBC sitcom that ran for three series between 24 November 1960 and 23 November 1962.

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Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick

Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick is a 1998 play written by the English dramatist Terry Johnson, who also directed the original production at the National Theatre.

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Cor, Blimey!

Cor, Blimey! is a 2000 TV film that follows the relationship between ''Carry On'' film actors Sid James (played by Geoffrey Hutchings) and Barbara Windsor (played by Samantha Spiro).

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Diamond cutting

Diamond cutting is the practice of changing a diamond from a rough stone into a faceted gem.

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Diana Coupland

Betty Diana Coupland (5 March 1928– 10 November 2006), billed as Diana Coupland was an English actress and singer best remembered for her role as Jean Abbott on sitcom Bless This House, which she played from 1971 to 1976.

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Dick Turpin

Richard "Dick" Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.

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Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger (5 December 19025 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer.

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Follow That Camel

Follow That Camel is the fourteenth in the series of ''Carry On'' films to be made, released in 1967.

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Frankie Howerd

Francis Alick "Frankie" Howerd, (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992) was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades.

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Galton and Simpson

Ray Galton OBE (born 17 July 1930), and Alan Simpson OBE (27 November 1929 – 8 February 2017), were an English comedy scriptwriting partnership.

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George and the Dragon (TV series)

George and the Dragon is a British situation comedy made by ATV for the ITV network which was transmitted in four series comprising 4 series and 26 episodes between 19 November 1966 and 31 October 1968.

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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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Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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Hell Drivers (film)

Hell Drivers (1957) is a British film drama film noir directed by Cy Endfield and starring Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins and Patrick McGoohan.

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Heroes of Comedy

Heroes of Comedy is a British television series, produced by Thames Television, and broadcast on Channel 4, which devotes each episode to a legend of British comedy.

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Highwayman

A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers.

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Hillbrow

Hillbrow is an inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Iver

Iver is a large civil parish in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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Kroonstad

Kroonstad (Afrikaans for "Crown City") is the third-largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours drive from Gauteng.

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Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again, released in the United States as Bikini Baby, is a 1951 British comedy film starring Pauline Stroud, about a small-town English girl who wins a beauty contest and heads for greater fame after appearing as Lady Godiva in a pageant.

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Les Dawson

Leslie Dawson Jr. (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.

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Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius (Latin:; 14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony or Marc Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from an oligarchy into the autocratic Roman Empire.

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Michael Powell

Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.

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Miriam Karlin

Miriam Karlin, OBE (23 June 19253 June 2011) was an English actress whose career lasted for more than 60 years.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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Olga Lowe

Olga Lowe (14 September 1919 – 2 September 2013) was a British film, stage and television actress.

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Oliver!

Oliver! is an English musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrijstaat, Oranje-Vrystaat, abbreviated as OVS) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which later became a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

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Orders Are Orders

Orders Are Orders is a 1955 British comedy film directed by David Paltenghi, and featuring Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Raymond Huntley, Brian Reece and Bill Fraser.

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Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah".

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Pinewood Studios

Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, about from Slough, from Uxbridge, and approximately west of central London.

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Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2 (a.k.a. Enemy From Space in the United States) is a 1957 black-and-white British science fiction horror film drama from Hammer Film Productions, produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, that stars Brian Donlevy, and co-stars John Longden, Sid James, Bryan Forbes, Vera Day, and William Franklyn.

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Reina James

Reina James (born 1947) is a British author.

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Repertory theatre

A repertory theatre (also called repertory, rep or stock) can be a Western theatre or opera production in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation.

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Ronnie Knight

Ronald "Ronnie" Knight (born 1934) is a former nightclub owner and a convicted criminal.

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Sam Cree

Samuel Raymond Cree (1928–1980) was a Northern Irish playwright.

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Sitcom

A sitcom, short for "situation comedy", is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode.

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Snopes.com

Snopes.com, formally known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is one of the first online fact-checking websites.

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South African Army

The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.

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South African Broadcasting Corporation

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations (AM/FM) as well as 5 television broadcasts to the general public.

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Stanley Baker

Sir William Stanley Baker (28 February 192828 June 1976) was a Welsh actor and film producer.

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Stanley Holloway

Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English stage and film actor, humourist, singer, poet and monologist.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a city at the centre of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 miles northeast of Durham, 101 miles southeast of Edinburgh, 104 miles north-northeast of Manchester, 77 miles north of Leeds, and 240 miles north-northwest of London.

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Sunderland Empire Theatre

The Sunderland Empire Theatre is a large theatre venue located in High Street West in Sunderland, North East England.

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Taxi! (UK TV series)

Taxi! was a BBC television comedy-drama series transmitted in 1963 and 1964.

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Ted Ray (comedian)

Ted Ray (born Charles Olden; 21 November 1905 – 8 November 1977) was an English comedian of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, on radio and television.

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Ted Willis, Baron Willis

Edward Henry Willis, Baron Willis (13 January 1914 - 22 December 1992) was a British playwright, novelist and screenwriter who was also politically active in support of the Labour Party.

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The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes broadcast weekly between 1955 and 1959 on ITV starring Richard Greene as the outlaw Robin Hood and Alan Wheatley as his nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham.

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The Galloping Major (film)

The Galloping Major is a 1951 British comedy sports film, starring Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley and Janette Scott.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T. E. B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James and Alfie Bass.

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The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series)

The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a series of six television plays produced by the BBC and first transmitted between 1 January and 5 February 1970.

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The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room, released in the United States as Hour of Glory, is a 1949 film by the British producer-writer-director team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Farrar and Kathleen Byron and featuring Jack Hawkins and Cyril Cusack.

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The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British comedy film about a group of villagers trying to keep their branch line operating after British Railways decided to close it.

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The Unforgettable

The Unforgettable... was a British television documentary programme that aired on ITV.

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The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene is a 1953 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott and Sid James.

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Tony Hancock

Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor.

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Transvaal (province)

The Province of the Transvaal (Provinsie van die Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until the end of apartheid in 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it.

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Trapeze (film)

Trapeze is a 1956 circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, making her debut in American films.

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Two in Clover

Two in Clover is a British sitcom that ran for two series from 1969 to 1970.

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Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East region of England around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika, Unie van Suid-Afrika) is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vince Powell

Vincent Joseph PowellAnthony Hayward, The Independent, 18 July 2009 (6 August 1928 – 13 July 2009) was a British television creator and television screenwriter.

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William G. Stewart

William Gladstone Stewart (15 July 1933 – 21 September 2017) was an English television producer, director, and television presenter, best known as the presenter and producer of the Channel 4 general quiz show Fifteen to One from 1988 to 2003.

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Wolf Mankowitz

Cyril Wolf Mankowitz (7 November 1924 – 20 May 1998) was an English writer, playwright and screenwriter.

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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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References

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

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