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Richard Stilgoe

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Sir Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe (born 28 March 1943) is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician, best known for his humorous songs and frequent television appearances. [1]

51 relations: A Kick Up the Eighties, Anagram, Andrew Lloyd Webber, BBC Radio 4, BBC Television, BBC Two, Camberley, Charles Hart (lyricist), Clare College, Cambridge, Countdown (game show), Deputy Lieutenant, Esther Rantzen, Finders Keepers (1981 UK game show), Footlights, Godstone, High Sheriff of Surrey, Honorary degree, India, ITV (TV network), Joe Stilgoe, Knight Bachelor, Liverpool, Lord's Taverners, Maidstone, Margaret Thatcher, Monkton Combe School, Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Nationwide (TV programme), Oh! Mr Porter, Order of the British Empire, Pan (god), Performing arts, Peter Skellern, Prix Italia, Right of entry, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Variety Performance, Southern Television, Starlight Express, Surrey, Surrey County Cricket Club, Television South, That's Life!, The Cavern Club, The King's Singers, The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), Tony Award, University of Cambridge, West End theatre, Winifred Atwell, ..., 2012 Birthday Honours. Expand index (1 more) »

A Kick Up the Eighties

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

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Anagram

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber Kt (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is the second flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Camberley

Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, southwest of Central London, between the M3 and M4 motorways.

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Charles Hart (lyricist)

Charles Hart (born 3 June 1961) is a British lyricist, songwriter and musician.

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Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Countdown (game show)

Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles.

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Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area: an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county.

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Esther Rantzen

Dame Esther Louise Rantzen (born 22 June 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the hit BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994.

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Finders Keepers (1981 UK game show)

Finders Keepers was a British children's game show television series that aired on BBC1 from 13 February 1981 to 1 March 1985, hosted by Richard Stilgoe.

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Footlights

Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, founded in 1883 and run by the students of Cambridge University.

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Godstone

Godstone is a village and civil parish in the county of Surrey, England.

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High Sheriff of Surrey

The list of known High Sheriffs of Surrey extends back to 1066.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Joe Stilgoe

Joe Stilgoe (born 29 May 1979) is a British singer, pianist and songwriter.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Lord's Taverners

The Lord’s Taverners (registered charity no. 306054) is the official charity for recreational cricket and the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability sports charity.

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Maidstone

Maidstone is a large, historically important town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Monkton Combe School

Monkton Combe School is an independent boarding and day school of the British public school tradition, near Bath, England.

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Monte-Carlo Television Festival

The Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo is an international festival and competition focusing on productions for television, founded 1961 and based in Monaco.

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Nationwide (TV programme)

Nationwide is a former BBC News and current affairs television programme which ran from 9 September 1969 until 5 August 1983.

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Oh! Mr Porter

"Oh! Mr Porter" is an old British music hall song about a girl "going too far".

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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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Pan (god)

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan (Πάν, Pan) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs.

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Performing arts

Performing arts are a form of art in which artists use their voices or bodies, often in relation to other objects, to convey artistic expression.

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Peter Skellern

Peter Skellern (14 March 1947 – 17 February 2017) was an English singer-songwriter and pianist.

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Prix Italia

The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and website award.

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Right of entry

Right of entry refers to one's right to take or resume possession of land, or the right of a person to go onto another's real property without committing trespass.

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Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,500-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London.

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Royal Variety Performance

The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which Queen Elizabeth II is life-patron).

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Southern Television

Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the south and south-east of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981.

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Starlight Express

Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Richard Stilgoe (lyrics).

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Television South

Television South (TVS) was the ITV franchise holder in the south and south east of England between 1 January 1982 at 9.25 am and 31 December 1992 at 11.59 pm.

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That's Life!

That's Life! was a magazine-style television series on BBC1 between 26 May 1973 and 19 June 1994, presented by Esther Rantzen throughout the entire run, with various changes of co-presenters.

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The Cavern Club

The Cavern Club is a nightclub at 10 Mathew Street, in Liverpool, England.

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The King's Singers

The King's Singers are a British a cappella vocal ensemble founded in 1968.

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The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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Winifred Atwell

Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her year of birth as 1914, but her gravestone states that she died at the age of 73, suggesting that she was born in 1910. – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records.

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2012 Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours List 2012 was released on 16 June 2012 in the United Kingdom.

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References

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

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